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ذِكْرُ الْحَالَةِ الثَّانِيَةِ الَّتِي أُبِيحَ اسْتِعْمَالُ هَذَا الْفِعْلِ الْمَزْجُورِ عَنْهُ فِيهِمَا

ibnhibban:4051 – Abū Yaʿlá > ʿAlī b. al-Jaʿd > Ṣakhr b. Jūwayriyah > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar

[Machine] "From the Prophet of Allahﷺ he said, 'A man should not propose to his brother's betrothed until the first proposer either abandons his proposal or gives permission to the second proposer to proceed.'"  

ابن حبّان:٤٠٥١ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو يَعْلَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْجَعْدِ قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا صَخْرُ بْنُ جُوَيْرِيَةَ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ «لَا يَخْطُبُ الرَّجُلُ عَلَى خِطْبَةِ أَخِيهِ حَتَّى يَتْرُكَ الْخَاطِبُ الْأَوَّلُ أَوْ يَأْذَنَ لَهُ فَيَخْطُبُ»  

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bukhari:5142 – Makkī b. Ibrāhīm > Ibn Jurayj > Nāfiʿ > Ibn

The Prophet ﷺ decreed that one should not try to cancel a bargain already agreed upon between some other persons (by offering a bigger price). And a man should not ask for the hand of a girl who is already engaged to his Muslim brother, unless the first suitor gives her up, or allows him to ask for her hand.  

البخاري:٥١٤٢ – حَدَّثَنَا مَكِّيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ نَافِعًا يُحَدِّثُ

أَنَّ ابْنَ عُمَرَ ؓ كَانَ يَقُولُ نَهَى النَّبِيُّ ﷺ أَنْ يَبِيعَ بَعْضُكُمْ عَلَى بَيْعِ بَعْضٍ وَلاَ يَخْطُبَ الرَّجُلُ عَلَى خِطْبَةِ أَخِيهِ حَتَّى يَتْرُكَ الْخَاطِبُ قَبْلَهُ أَوْ يَأْذَنَ لَهُ الْخَاطِبُ  

muslim:1412b – Zuhayr b. Ḥarb And Muḥammad b. al-Muthanná > Yaḥyá al-Qaṭṭān > Zuhayr > Yaḥyá > ʿUbaydullāh > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar

A person should not enter into a transaction when his brother (had already entered into but not finalised), and he should not make proposal of marriage upon the proposal already made by his brother, until he permits it.  

مسلم:١٤١٢b – وَحَدَّثَنِي زُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى جَمِيعًا عَنْ يَحْيَى الْقَطَّانِ قَالَ زُهَيْرٌ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ أَخْبَرَنِي نَافِعٌ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ لاَ يَبِعِ الرَّجُلُ عَلَى بَيْعِ أَخِيهِ وَلاَ يَخْطُبْ عَلَى خِطْبَةِ أَخِيهِ إِلاَّ أَنْ يَأْذَنَ لَهُ  

muslim:1412f – Zuhayr b. Ḥarb And Muḥammad b. al-Muthanná Wa-al-Lafẓ Lizuhayr > Yaḥyá > ʿUbaydullāh > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar

A person should not enter into a transaction when his brother is already making a transaction and he should not make a proposal of marriage when his brother has already made a proposal except when he gives permission.  

مسلم:١٤١٢f – حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى وَاللَّفْظُ لِزُهَيْرٍ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ أَخْبَرَنِي نَافِعٌ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ لاَ يَبِعِ الرَّجُلُ عَلَى بَيْعِ أَخِيهِ وَلاَ يَخْطُبْ عَلَى خِطْبَةِ أَخِيهِ إِلاَّ أَنْ يَأْذَنَ لَهُ  

ahmad:6036 – Abū al-Yamān > Shuʿayb > Nāfiʿ > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade a man from proposing to the same woman his brother has previously proposed to, unless the first proposer gives up his right or gives permission.  

أحمد:٦٠٣٦ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْيَمَانِ أَخْبَرَنَا شُعَيْبٌ أَخْبَرَنَا نَافِعٌ أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ عُمَرَ قَالَ

نَهَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ يَخْطُبَ الرَّجُلُ عَلَى خِطْبَةِ أَخِيهِ حَتَّى يَدَعَهَا الَّذِي خَطَبَهَا أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍ أَوْ يَأْذَنَ لَهُ  

tabarani:6898 – [Chain 1] ʿAbdullāh b. Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal > Abū And Muḥammad b. Abū Bakr al-Muqaddamī [Chain 2] al-Ḥusayn b. Isḥāq al-Tustarī > Yaḥyá al-Ḥimmānī > Abū Dāwud al-Ṭayālisī > ʿImrān al-Qaṭṭān > Qatādah > al-Ḥasan > Samurah

Abu Hurairah reported the Apostle of Allaah ﷺ as saying “ A man should not seek the hand of a woman in marriage when his brother has already sought her hand.” (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 2080)  

الطبراني:٦٨٩٨ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ حَنْبَلٍ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ الْمُقَدَّمِيُّ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ التُّسْتَرِيُّ ثنا يَحْيَى الْحِمَّانِيُّ قَالُوا ثنا أَبُو دَاوُدَ الطَّيَالِسِيُّ ثنا عِمْرَانُ الْقَطَّانُ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «لَا يَخْطُبِ الرَّجُلُ عَلَى خِطْبَةِ أَخِيهِ»  

bayhaqi:14034 – Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > Abū Bakr Yaḥyá b. Jaʿfar b. Abū Ṭālib > ʿAbd al-Wahhāb b. ʿAṭāʾ > Ṣakhr b. Jūwayriyah > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ prohibited a man from proposing to the sister of his brother until he is rejected or given permission.  

البيهقي:١٤٠٣٤ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ أنبأ أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا أَبُو بَكْرٍ يَحْيَى بْنُ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ثنا عَبْدُ الْوَهَّابِ بْنُ عَطَاءٍ ثنا صَخْرُ بْنُ جُوَيْرِيَةَ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ ؓ قَالَ

نَهَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ يَخْطُبَ الرَّجُلُ عَلَى خِطْبَةِ أَخِيهِ حَتَّى يَرُدَّ أَوْ يَأْذَنَ لَهُ