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darimi:2292 – Muḥammad b. Yūsuf > Sufyān > Manṣūr > Ibrāhīm > ʿAlqamah

[Machine] "Abdullah narrated that there was a man who married a woman without giving her any dowry, nor did he consummate the marriage with her. Then, he passed away from her. The Prophet ﷺ ruled that she should receive her bridal gift, observe the waiting period (iddah), and inherit from him. Ma'qil al-Ashja'i said, 'The Messenger of Allah ﷺ ruled similarly regarding Bura' bint Washiq, a woman from the Banu Ru'as tribe.' Hearing this, Muhammad and Sufyan rejoiced, and both said, 'We will follow this ruling.'"  

الدارمي:٢٢٩٢ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ

عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ فِي رَجُلٍ تَزَوَّجَ امْرَأَةً وَلَمْ يَكُنْ فَرَضَ لَهَا شَيْئًا وَلَمْ يَدْخُلْ بِهَا وَمَاتَ عَنْهَا قَالَ فِيهَا لَهَا صَدَاقُ نِسَائِهَا وَعَلَيْهَا الْعِدَّةُ وَلَهَا الْمِيرَاثُ قَالَ مَعْقِلٌ الْأَشْجَعِيُّ «قَضَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي بِرْوَعَ بِنْتِ وَاشِقٍ امْرَأَةٍ مِنْ بَنِي رُؤَاسٍ بِمِثْلِ مَا قَضَيْتَ» قَالَ فَفَرِحَ بِذَلِكَ قَالَ مُحَمَّدٌ وَسُفْيَانُ نَأْخُذُ بِهَذَا  

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Collected by Nasāʾī, Abū Dāwūd, Aḥmad, Ibn Ḥibbān, Ṭabarānī
nasai:3524 – Maḥmūd b. Ghaylān > Zayd b. al-Ḥubāb > Sufyān > Manṣūr > Ibrāhīm > ʿAlqamah > Ibn Masʿūd > Suʾil > a man

"She should have a Mahr like that of women like her, no less and no more; she has to observe the 'Iddah, and she is entitled to inherit." Ma'qil bin Sinan Al-Ashja'i stood up and said: "The Messenger of Allah passed a similar judgment among us concerning Birwa' bint Washiq." And Ibn Masud rejoiced at that.  

النسائي:٣٥٢٤ – أَخْبَرَنَا مَحْمُودُ بْنُ غَيْلاَنَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا زَيْدُ بْنُ الْحُبَابِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ أَنَّهُ سُئِلَ

عَنْ رَجُلٍ تَزَوَّجَ امْرَأَةً وَلَمْ يَفْرِضْ لَهَا صَدَاقًا وَلَمْ يَدْخُلْ بِهَا حَتَّى مَاتَ قَالَ ابْنُ مَسْعُودٍ لَهَا مِثْلُ صَدَاقِ نِسَائِهَا لاَ وَكْسَ وَلاَ شَطَطَ وَعَلَيْهَا الْعِدَّةُ وَلَهَا الْمِيرَاثُ فَقَامَ مَعْقِلُ بْنُ سِنَانٍ الأَشْجَعِيُّ فَقَالَ قَضَى فِينَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي بِرْوَعَ بِنْتِ وَاشِقٍ امْرَأَةٍ مِنَّا مِثْلَ مَا قَضَيْتَ فَفَرِحَ ابْنُ مَسْعُودٍ ؓ  

nasai:3355 – Aḥmad b. Sulaymān > Yazīd > Sufyān > Manṣūr > Ibrāhīm > ʿAlqamah > ʿAbdullāh

"I think that she should have a dowry like that of her peers no less, with no injustice and she may inherit from him and she has to observe the 'Iddah." Ma'qil bin Sinan Al-Ashja'i testified: "The Messenger of Allah passed a similar judgment concerning Birwa' bint Washiq."  

النسائي:٣٣٥٥ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ

أَنَّهُ أُتِيَ فِي امْرَأَةٍ تَزَوَّجَهَا رَجُلٌ فَمَاتَ عَنْهَا وَلَمْ يَفْرِضْ لَهَا صَدَاقًا وَلَمْ يَدْخُلْ بِهَا فَاخْتَلَفُوا إِلَيْهِ قَرِيبًا مِنْ شَهْرٍ لاَ يُفْتِيهِمْ ثُمَّ قَالَ أَرَى لَهَا صَدَاقَ نِسَائِهَا لاَ وَكْسَ وَلاَ شَطَطَ وَلَهَا الْمِيرَاثُ وَعَلَيْهَا الْعِدَّةُ فَشَهِدَ مَعْقِلُ بْنُ سِنَانٍ الأَشْجَعِيُّ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَضَى فِي بِرْوَعَ بِنْتِ وَاشِقٍ بِمِثْلِ مَا قَضَيْتَ  

nasai:3356 – Isḥāq b. Manṣūr > ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Sufyān > Firās > al-Shaʿbī > Masrūq

"She should have the dowry, and she has to observe the 'Iddah, and she may inherit." Ma'qil bin Sinan said: "I heard the Prophet pass the same judgment concerning Birwa' bint Washiq."  

النسائي:٣٣٥٦ – أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ فِرَاسٍ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ عَنْ مَسْرُوقٍ

عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ فِي رَجُلٍ تَزَوَّجَ امْرَأَةً فَمَاتَ وَلَمْ يَدْخُلْ بِهَا وَلَمْ يَفْرِضْ لَهَا قَالَ لَهَا الصَّدَاقُ وَعَلَيْهَا الْعِدَّةُ وَلَهَا الْمِيرَاثُ فَقَالَ مَعْقِلُ بْنُ سِنَانٍ فَقَدْ سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَضَى بِهِ فِي بِرْوَعَ بِنْتِ وَاشِقٍ  

abudawud:2114 – ʿUthmān b. Abū Shaybah > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Mahdī > Sufyān > Firās > al-Shaʿbī > Masrūq

Masruq said on the authority of Abdullah ibn Mas'ud: Abdullah (ibn Mas'ud ) was asked about a man who had married a woman without cohabiting with her or fixing any dower for her till he died. Ibn Mas'ud said: She should receive the full dower (as given to women of her class), observe the waiting period ('Iddah), and have her share of inheritance. Thereupon Ma'qil ibn Sinan said: I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ giving the same decision regarding Birwa' daughter of Washiq (as the decision you have given).  

أبو داود:٢١١٤ – حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ فِرَاسٍ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ عَنْ مَسْرُوقٍ

عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ فِي رَجُلٍ تَزَوَّجَ امْرَأَةً فَمَاتَ عَنْهَا وَلَمْ يَدْخُلْ بِهَا وَلَمْ يَفْرِضْ لَهَا الصَّدَاقَ فَقَالَ لَهَا الصَّدَاقُ كَامِلاً وَعَلَيْهَا الْعِدَّةُ وَلَهَا الْمِيرَاثُ فَقَالَ مَعْقِلُ بْنُ سِنَانٍ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَضَى بِهِ فِي بِرْوَعَ بِنْتِ وَاشِقٍ  

ahmad:15943 – Yazīd b. Hārūn > Sufyān > Manṣūr > Ibrāhīm > ʿAlqamah

"I think that she should have a dowry like that of her peers no less, with no injustice and she may inherit from him and she has to observe the 'Iddah." Ma'qil bin Sinan Al-Ashja'i testified: "The Messenger of Allah passed a similar judgment concerning Birwa' bint Washiq." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 3355)   

أحمد:١٥٩٤٣ – حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ قَالَ

أُتِيَ عَبْدُ اللهِ فِي امْرَأَةٍ تَزَوَّجَهَا رَجُلٌ ثُمَّ مَاتَ عَنْهَا وَلَمْ يَفْرِضْ لَهَا صَدَاقًا وَلَمْ يَكُنْ دَخَلَ بِهَا قَالَ فَاخْتَلَفُوا إِلَيْهِ فَقَالَ أَرَى لَهَا مِثْلَ صَدَاقِ نِسَائِهَا وَلَهَا الْمِيرَاثُ وَعَلَيْهَا الْعِدَّةُ فَشَهِدَ مَعْقِلُ بْنُ سِنَانٍ الْأَشْجَعِيُّ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَضَى فِي بِرْوَعَ ابْنَةِ وَاشِقٍ بِمِثْلِ مَا قَضَى  

ahmad:18464 – ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Sufyān > Firās > al-Shaʿbī > Masrūq

"She should have the dowry, and she has to observe the 'Iddah, and she may inherit." Ma'qil bin Sinan said: "I heard the Prophet pass the same judgment concerning Birwa' bint Washiq." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 3356)  

أحمد:١٨٤٦٤ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ فِرَاسٍ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ عَنْ مَسْرُوقٍ

عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ فِي رَجُلٍ تَزَوَّجَ امْرَأَةً فَمَاتَ عَنْهَا وَلَمْ يَدْخُلْ بِهَا وَلَمْ يَفْرِضْ لَهَا قَالَ لَهَا الصَّدَاقُ وَعَلَيْهَا الْعِدَّةُ وَلَهَا الْمِيرَاثُ فَقَالَ مَعْقِلُ بْنُ سِنَانٍ شَهِدْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَضَى بِهِ فِي بِرْوَعَ بِنْتِ وَاشِقٍ  

ahmad:18466 – Yazīd > Sufyān > Manṣūr > Ibrāhīm > ʿAlqamah

"I think that she should have a dowry like that of her peers no less, with no injustice and she may inherit from him and she has to observe the 'Iddah." Ma'qil bin Sinan Al-Ashja'i testified: "The Messenger of Allah passed a similar judgment concerning Birwa' bint Washiq." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 3355)   

أحمد:١٨٤٦٦ – حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ قَالَ

أُتِيَ عَبْدُ اللهِ فِي امْرَأَةٍ تَزَوَّجَهَا رَجُلٌ فَتُوُفِّيَ وَلَمْ يَفْرِضْ لَهَا صَدَاقًا وَلَمْ يَكُنْ دَخَلَ بِهَا قَالَ فَاخْتَلَفُوا إِلَيْهِ فَقَالَ أَرَى لَهَا مِثْلُ صَدَاقِ نِسَائِهَا وَلَهَا الْمِيرَاثُ وَعَلَيْهَا الْعِدَّةُ فَشَهِدَ مَعْقِلُ بْنُ سِنَانٍ الْأَشْجَعِيُّ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَضَى فِي بِرْوَعَ بِنْتِ وَاشِقٍ بِمِثْلِ هَذَا  

ذِكْرُ الْخَبَرِ الْمُدْحِضِ قَوْلَ مَنْ نَفَى تَصْحِيحَ هَذِهِ السُّنَّةِ الَّتِي ذَكَرْنَاهَا مِنْ جِهَةِ النَّقْلِ

ibnhibban:4100 – ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad al-Azdī > Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > Muṣʿab b. al-Miqdām > Zāʾidah > Manṣūr > Ibrāhīm > ʿAlqamah And al-Aswad > ʿAbdullāh > a man Atāh Fasaʾalah

[Machine] About a man who married a woman but died before consummating the marriage or establishing a dowry for her. He did not say anything on the matter and they went on repeating their marriage for a month. Then he said, "I will state my opinion, if it is right, it is from Allah, and if it is wrong, it is from me. I see that she should receive her husband's dowry and inherit from him, and she is in her waiting period." Fulan Al-Ashji stood up and said, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ ruled in the case of Bura' bint Washiq with the same verdict." Upon hearing this, Abdullah was happy and praised Allah.  

ابن حبّان:٤١٠٠ – أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْأَزْدِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا مُصْعَبُ بْنُ الْمِقْدَامِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا زَائِدَةُ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ وَالْأَسْوَدُ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ أَنَّ رَجُلًا أَتَاهُ فَسَأَلَهُ

عَنْ رَجُلٍ تَزَوَّجَ امْرَأَةً فَمَاتَ عَنْهَا وَلَمْ يَدْخُلْ بِهَا وَلَمْ يَفْرِضْ لَهَا فَلَمْ يَقُلْ شَيْئًا وَرَدَّدَهُمْ شَهْرًا ثُمَّ قَالَ أَقُولُ بِرَأْيِي فَإِنْ كَانَ صَوَابًا فَمِنَ اللَّهِ وَإِنْ كَانَ خَطَأً فَمِنْ قِبَلِي أَرَى لَهَا صَدَاقَ نِسَائِهَا لَا وَكْسَ وَلَا شَطَطَ وَعَلَيْهَا الْعِدَّةُ وَلَهَا الْمِيرَاثُ فَقَامَ فُلَانٌ الْأَشْجَعِيُّ وَقَالَ «قَضَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي بِرْوَعَ بِنْتِ وَاشِقٍ بِمِثْلِ» ذَلِكَ قَالَ فَفَرِحَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بِذَلِكَ وَكَبَّرَ  

tabarani:17744 – ʿAbdullāh b. Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal And ʾAbū ʿUbaydah ʿAbd al-Wārith b. Ibrāhīm al-ʿAskarī > Abū al-Rabīʿ al-Zahrānī > al-Muḥāribī > Yazīd b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman al-Dālānī > Firās > al-Shaʿbī > Masrūq

Masruq said on the authority of Abdullah ibn Mas'ud: Abdullah (ibn Mas'ud ) was asked about a man who had married a woman without cohabiting with her or fixing any dower for her till he died. Ibn Mas'ud said: She should receive the full dower (as given to women of her class), observe the waiting period ('Iddah), and have her share of inheritance. Thereupon Ma'qil ibn Sinan said: I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ giving the same decision regarding Birwa' daughter of Washiq (as the decision you have given). (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 2114)  

الطبراني:١٧٧٤٤ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ حَنْبَلٍ وَأَبُو عُبَيْدَةَ عَبْدُ الْوَارِثِ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الْعَسْكَرِيُّ قَالَا ثنا أَبُو الرَّبِيعِ الزَّهْرَانِيُّ ثنا الْمُحَارِبِيُّ ثنا يَزِيدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الدَّالَانِيُّ عَنْ فِرَاسٍ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ عَنْ مَسْرُوقٍ

عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ فِي رَجُلٍ تَزَوَّجَ امْرَأَةً فَمَاتَ عَنْهَا وَلَمْ يَدْخُلْ بِهَا وَلَمْ يَفْرِضْ لَهَا فَقَالَ «لَهَا الصَّدَاقُ كَامِلًا وَعَلَيْهَا الْعِدَّةُ وَلَهَا الْمِيرَاثُ» فَقَالَ مَعْقِلُ بْنُ سِنَانٍ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ «قَضَى بِهِ فِي بَرْوَعَ بِنْتِ وَاشِقٍ»