ذِكْرُ الْخَبَرِ الْمُدْحِضِ قَوْلَ مَنْ زَعَمَ أَنَّ الْإِمَامَ مِنَ الْأَئِمَّةِ لَا يَجُوزُ لَهُ أَنْ يُخْفَى عَلَيْهِ شَيْءٌ مِنْ أَحْكَامِ الدِّينِ الَّذِي لَابُدَّ لِلْمُسْلِمِينَ مِنْهُ

"A man among us married a woman, but he did not name a dowry for her, and he did not have intercourse with her before he died." 'Abdullah said: 'Since I left the Messenger of Allah I have never been asked a more difficult question than this. Go to someone else.' They kept coming to him for a month, then at the end of that they said: 'Who shall we ask if we do not ask you? You are one of the most prominent Companions of Muhammad in this land and we cannot find anyone else.' He said: 'I will say what I think, and if it is correct then it is from Allah alone, with no partner, and if it is wrong then it is from me and from the Shaitan, and Allah and His Messenger have nothing to do with it. I think she should be given a dowry like that of her peers and no less, with no injustice, and she may inherit from him, and she has to observe the 'Iddah, four months and ten days.'" He said: "And that was heard by some people from Ashja', who stood up and said: 'We bear witness that you have passed the same judgment as the Messenger of Allah did concerning a woman from among us who was called Birwa' bint Washiq.'" He said: "Abdullah was never seen looking so happy as he did on that day, except with having accepted Islam."  

أَنَّهُ أَتَاهُ قَوْمٌ فَقَالُوا إِنَّ رَجُلاً مِنَّا تَزَوَّجَ امْرَأَةً وَلَمْ يَفْرِضْ لَهَا صَدَاقًا وَلَمْ يَجْمَعْهَا إِلَيْهِ حَتَّى مَاتَ فَقَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ مَا سُئِلْتُ مُنْذُ فَارَقْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَشَدَّ عَلَىَّ مِنْ هَذِهِ فَأْتُوا غَيْرِي فَاخْتَلَفُوا إِلَيْهِ فِيهَا شَهْرًا ثُمَّ قَالُوا لَهُ فِي آخِرِ ذَلِكَ مَنْ نَسْأَلُ إِنْ لَمْ نَسْأَلْكَ وَأَنْتَ مِنْ جِلَّةِ أَصْحَابِ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ بِهَذَا الْبَلَدِ وَلاَ نَجِدُ غَيْرَكَ قَالَ سَأَقُولُ فِيهَا بِجَهْدِ رَأْيِي فَإِنْ كَانَ صَوَابًا فَمِنَ اللَّهِ وَحْدَهُ لاَ شَرِيكَ لَهُ وَإِنْ كَانَ خَطَأً فَمِنِّي وَمِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ وَاللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ مِنْهُ بُرَآءُ أُرَى أَنْ أَجْعَلَ لَهَا صَدَاقَ نِسَائِهَا لاَ وَكْسَ وَلاَ شَطَطَ وَلَهَا الْمِيرَاثُ وَعَلَيْهَا الْعِدَّةُ أَرْبَعَةَ أَشْهُرٍ وَعَشْرًا قَالَ وَذَلِكَ بِسَمْعِ أُنَاسٍ مِنْ أَشْجَعَ فَقَامُوا فَقَالُوا نَشْهَدُ أَنَّكَ قَضَيْتَ بِمَا قَضَى بِهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي امْرَأَةٍ مِنَّا يُقَالُ لَهَا بِرْوَعُ بِنْتُ وَاشِقٍ قَالَ فَمَا رُئِيَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ فَرِحَ فَرْحَةً يَوْمَئِذٍ إِلاَّ بِإِسْلاَمِهِ  

[Machine] The man gets married and does not force her, meaning, and then he dies. Sa'id told us from Qatadah from Khalas and Abu Hassaan Al-A'raj from Abdullah ibn 'Utbah ibn Mas'ud that he said: They disagreed to Ibn Mas'ud regarding that for a month or close to that. They said it is necessary that you say about it. He said, "Indeed, I allocate for her a charity equivalent to the charity of a woman among her women, neither deficit nor extravagance. She has the inheritance, and she has the waiting period. If it is correct, it is from Allah Almighty, and if it is a mistake, it is from me and from Satan. Allah Almighty and His Messenger declare their innocence." Then a group from the most courageous among them, Al-Jarrash and Abu Sinan, stood up and said, "We testify that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ ruled for a woman from among us, her name is Barw' bint Washiq, with a similar ruling as the one you ruled." Ibn Mas'ud was extremely happy when his statement aligned with the verdict of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ .  

الرَّجُلُ يَتَزَوَّجُ وَلَا يَفْرِضُ لَهَا يَعْنِي ثُمَّ يَمُوتُ حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدٌ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ خِلَاسٍ وَأَبِي حَسَّانَ الْأَعْرَجِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُتْبَةَ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ أَنَّهُ قَالَ اخْتَلَفُوا إِلَى ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ فِي ذَلِكَ شَهْرًا أَوْ قَرِيبًا مِنْ ذَلِكَ فَقَالُوا لَا بُدَّ مِنْ أَنْ تَقُولَ فِيهَا؟ قَالَ فَإِنِّي أَقْضِي لَهَا مِثْلَ صَدُقَةِ امْرَأَةٍ مِنْ نِسَائِهَا لَا وَكْسَ وَلَا شَطَطَ وَلَهَا الْمِيرَاثُ وَعَلَيْهَا الْعِدَّةُ فَإِنْ يَكُ صَوَابًا فَمِنَ اللهِ ﷻ وَإِنْ يَكُنْ خَطَأً فَمِنِّي وَمِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ وَاللهُ ﷻ وَرَسُولُهُ بَرِيئَانِ فَقَامَ رَهْطٌ مِنْ أَشْجَعَفِيهِمُ الْجَرَّاحُ وَأَبُو سِنَانٍ فَقَالُوا نَشْهَدُ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَضَى فِي امْرَأَةٍ مِنَّا يُقَالُ لَهَا بَرْوَعُ بِنْتُ وَاشِقٍ بِمِثْلِ الَّذِي قَضَيْتَ فَفَرِحَ ابْنُ مَسْعُودٍ بِذَلِكَ فَرَحًا شَدِيدًا حِينَ وَافَقَ قَوْلُهُ قَضَاءَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ  

"A man among us married a woman, but he did not name a dowry for her, and he did not have intercourse with her before he died." 'Abdullah said: 'Since I left the Messenger of Allah I have never been asked a more difficult question than this. Go to someone else.' They kept coming to him for a month, then at the end of that they said: 'Who shall we ask if we do not ask you? You are one of the most prominent Companions of Muhammad in this land and we cannot find anyone else.' He said: 'I will say what I think, and if it is correct then it is from Allah alone, with no partner, and if it is wrong then it is from me and from the Shaitan, and Allah and His Messenger have nothing to do with it. I think she should be given a dowry like that of her peers and no less, with no injustice, and she may inherit from him, and she has to observe the 'Iddah, four months and ten days.'" He said: "And that was heard by some people from Ashja', who stood up and said: 'We bear witness that you have passed the same judgment as the Messenger of Allah did concerning a woman from among us who was called Birwa' bint Washiq.'" He said: "Abdullah was never seen looking so happy as he did on that day, except with having accepted Islam." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 3358)   

عَنْ شَيْءٍ مُنْذُ فَارَقْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَشَدَّ عَلَيَّ مِنْ هَذِهِ فَأْتُوا غَيْرِي قَالُوا فَاخْتَلَفُوا إِلَيْهِ فِيهَا شَهْرًا ثُمَّ قَالُوا لَهُ فِي آخِرِ ذَلِكَ مَنْ نَسْأَلُ إِذَا لَمْ نَسْأَلْكَ وَأَنْتَ آخَيْتَ أَصْحَابَ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ فِي هَذَا الْبَلَدِ وَلَا نَجِدُ غَيْرَكَ فَقَالَ سَأَقُولُ فِيهَا بِجَهْدِ رَأْيِي فَإِنْ كَانَ صَوَابًا فَمِنَ اللَّهِ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ وَإِنْ كَانَ خَطَأً فَمِنِّي وَاللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ مِنْهُ بَرِيءٌ «أَرَى أَنْ أَجْعَلَ لَهَا صَدَاقًا كَصَدَاقِ نِسَائِهَا لَا وَكْسَ وَلَا شَطَطَ وَلَهَا الْمِيرَاثُ وَعَلَيْهَا الْعِدَّةُ أَرْبَعَةَ أَشْهُرٍ وَعَشْرًا» قَالَ وَذَلِكَ يَسْمَعُ أُنَاسٌ مِنْ أَشْجَعَ فَقَامُوا فَقَالُوا نَشْهَدُ أَنَّكَ قَضَيْتَ بِمِثْلِ الَّذِي قَضَى بِهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي امْرَأَةٍ مِنَّا يُقَالُ لَهَا بِرْوَعُ بِنْتُ وَاشِقٍ قَالَ فَمَا رُؤِيَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ فَرِحَ بِشَيْءٍ مَا فَرِحَ يَوْمَئِذٍ إِلَّا بِإِسْلَامِهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ «اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ كَانَ صَوَابًا فَمِنْكَ وَحْدَكَ لَا شَرِيكَ لَكَ وَإِنْ كَانَ خَطَأً فَمِنِّي وَمِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ وَاللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ مِنْهُ بَرِيءٌ»  

"A man among us married a woman, but he did not name a dowry for her, and he did not have intercourse with her before he died." 'Abdullah said: 'Since I left the Messenger of Allah I have never been asked a more difficult question than this. Go to someone else.' They kept coming to him for a month, then at the end of that they said: 'Who shall we ask if we do not ask you? You are one of the most prominent Companions of Muhammad in this land and we cannot find anyone else.' He said: 'I will say what I think, and if it is correct then it is from Allah alone, with no partner, and if it is wrong then it is from me and from the Shaitan, and Allah and His Messenger have nothing to do with it. I think she should be given a dowry like that of her peers and no less, with no injustice, and she may inherit from him, and she has to observe the 'Iddah, four months and ten days.'" He said: "And that was heard by some people from Ashja', who stood up and said: 'We bear witness that you have passed the same judgment as the Messenger of Allah did concerning a woman from among us who was called Birwa' bint Washiq.'" He said: "Abdullah was never seen looking so happy as he did on that day, except with having accepted Islam." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 3358)  

أَنَّهُ أَتَاهُ قَوْمٌ فَقَالُوا إِنَّ رَجُلًا مِنَّا تَزَوَّجَ امْرَأَةً وَلَمْ يَفْرِضْ لَهَا صَدَاقًا وَلَمْ يَجْمَعْهَا إِلَيْهِ حَتَّى مَاتَ فَقَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ مَا سُئِلْتُ مُنْذُ فَارَقْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ أَشَدَّ عَلَيَّ مِنْ هَذِهِ فَأْتُوا غَيْرِي فَاخْتَلَفُوا إِلَيْهِ فِيهَا شَهْرًا ثُمَّ قَالُوا لَهُ فِي آخِرِ ذَلِكَ مَنْ نَسْأَلُ إِنْ لَمْ نَسْأَلْكَ وَأَنْتَ مِنْ جُلَّةِ أَصْحَابِ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ بِهَذَا الْبَلَدِ وَلَا نَجْدُ غَيْرَكَ؟ قَالَ سَأَقُولُ فِيهَا بِجَهْدِ رَأْيِي فَإِنْ كَانَ صَوَابًا فَمِنَ اللهِ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ وَإِنْ كَانَ خَطَأً فَمِنِّي وَمِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ وَاللهُ وَرَسُولُهُ مِنْهُ بُرَآءٌ أَرَى أَنْ أَجْعَلَ لَهَا صَدَاقَ نِسَائِهَا لَا وَكْسَ وَلَا شَطَطَ وَلَهَا الْمِيرَاثُ وَعَلَيْهَا الْعِدَّةُ أَرْبَعَةَ أَشْهُرٍ وَعَشْرًا قَالَ وَذَلِكَ بِسَمْعِ أُنَاسٍ مِنْ أَشْجَعَ فَقَامُوا فَقَالُوا نَشْهَدُ أَنَّكَ قَضَيْتَ بِمَا «قَضَى بِهِ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فِي امْرَأَةٍ مِنَّا يُقَالُ لَهَا بِرْوَعُ بِنْتُ وَاشِقٍ» قَالَ فَمَا رُئِيَ عَبْدُ اللهِ فَرِحَ فَرْحَةً يَوْمَئِذٍ إِلَّا بِإِسْلَامِهِ  

"A man among us married a woman, but he did not name a dowry for her, and he did not have intercourse with her before he died." 'Abdullah said: 'Since I left the Messenger of Allah I have never been asked a more difficult question than this. Go to someone else.' They kept coming to him for a month, then at the end of that they said: 'Who shall we ask if we do not ask you? You are one of the most prominent Companions of Muhammad in this land and we cannot find anyone else.' He said: 'I will say what I think, and if it is correct then it is from Allah alone, with no partner, and if it is wrong then it is from me and from the Shaitan, and Allah and His Messenger have nothing to do with it. I think she should be given a dowry like that of her peers and no less, with no injustice, and she may inherit from him, and she has to observe the 'Iddah, four months and ten days.'" He said: "And that was heard by some people from Ashja', who stood up and said: 'We bear witness that you have passed the same judgment as the Messenger of Allah did concerning a woman from among us who was called Birwa' bint Washiq.'" He said: "Abdullah was never seen looking so happy as he did on that day, except with having accepted Islam." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 3358)   

عَنْ شَيْءٍ مُنْذُ فَارَقْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ أَشَدَّ عَلَيَّ مِنْ هَذِهِ فَأْتُوا غَيْرِي قَالَ قَالَ فَاخْتَلَفُوا إِلَيْهِ فِيهَا شَهْرًا ثُمَّ قَالُوا لَهُ فِي آخِرِ ذَلِكَ مَنْ يَسْأَلُ إِذَا لَمْ يَسْأَلْكَ وَأَنْتَ أُخَيَّةُ أَصْحَابِ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ فِي هَذَا الْبَلَدِ وَلَا نَجِدُ غَيْرَكَ فَقَالَ سَأَقُولُ فِيهَا بِجَهْدِ رَأْيِي فَإِنْ كَانَ صَوَابًا فَمِنَ اللهِ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ وَإِنْ كَانَ خَطَأً فَمِنِّي وَاللهُ وَرَسُولُهُ مِنْهُ بَرِيءٌ أَرَى أَنْ أَجْعَلَ لَهَا صَدَاقًا كَصَدَاقِ نِسَائِهَا وَلَا وَكْسَ وَلَا شَطَطَ وَلَهَا الْمِيرَاثُ وعليها الْعِدَّةُ أَرْبَعَةَ أَشْهُرٍ وَعَشْرًا قَالَ وَذَلِكَ يَسْمَعُ ناسٌ مِنْ أَشْجَعَ فَقَامُوا فَقَالُوا نَشْهَدُ أَنَّكَ قَضَيْتَ بِمِثْلِ الَّذِي قَضَى بِهِ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فِي امْرَأَةٍ مِنَّا يُقَالُ لَهَا بِرْوَعُ بِنْتُ وَاشِقٍ قَالَ فَمَا رُئِيَ عَبْدُ اللهِ فَرِحَ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِشَيْءٍ مَا فَرِحَ إِلَّا بِإِسْلَامِهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ اللهُمَّ إِنْ كَانَ صَوَابًا فَمِنْكَ وَحْدَكَ لَا شَرِيكَ لَكَ وَإِنْ كَانَ خَطَأً فَمِنِّي وَمِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ وَاللهُ وَرَسُولُهُ مِنْهُ بَرِيءٌ وَرَوَاهُ إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ أَبِي خَالِدٍ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ فَقَالَ فِيهِ فَقَامَ مَعْقِلُ بْنُ سِنَانٍ الْأَشْجَعِيُّ وَرَوَاهُ ابْنُ عَوْنٍ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ عَنْ رَجُلٍ عَنِ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ وَقَالَ فِيهِ فَقَالَ الْأَشْجَعِيُّ  

[Machine] It was narrated that Ibn Mas'ud said: A man had married a woman and he died before consummating the marriage. He did not give her any dowry, so they came to Ibn Mas'ud to settle the matter. They argued about it for a month or close to a month, then they said: "She must have some dowry." He (Ibn Mas'ud) said: "Her dowry is the same as that of any woman among her people, without exaggeration or negligence. She is entitled to inheritance and she must observe the waiting period (after her husband's death). If it is correct, then it is from Allah; if it is a mistake, then it is from me and from the Shaytan. Allah and His Messenger are innocent of this." Then a group of the most bold among them, including Al-Jarrah and Abu Sinan, stood up and said: "We bear witness that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ ruled concerning a woman among us who was called Barwa' bint Washiq, and her husband was called Hilal bin Murrah Al-Ashja'i." Ibn Mas'ud was extremely happy when his ruling coincided with the ruling of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ . This was narrated by Hammam bin Yahya from Qatadah from Abu Hassan, and it was narrated by Hisham Al-Dustuway from Qatadah from Khalas. The Shaykh said: The disagreement concerning the name of the one who narrated the story of Barwa' bint Washiq from the Prophet ﷺ does not undermine the hadith, because all of these narrations have authentic chains of transmission, and in some of them it is indicated that a group of Al-Ashja'a were witnesses to that. So it is as if the narration was named after one of them, and some of them named two, while others did not specify. This does not weaken the hadith. And if it were not for the trustworthiness of those who narrated it,  

أَنَّ ابْنَ مَسْعُودٍ ؓ أُتِيَ فِي رَجُلٍ تَزَوَّجَ امْرَأَةً فَمَاتَ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَدْخُلَ بِهَا وَلَمْ يُسَمِّ لَهَا صَدَاقًا فَاخْتَلَفُوا إِلَيْهِ فِي ذَلِكَ شَهْرًا أَوْ قَرِيبًا مِنْ شَهْرٍ فَقَالُوا لَا بُدَّ أَنْ تَقُولَ فِيهَا قَالَ أَقْضِي أَنَّ لَهَا صَدَاقَ امْرَأَةٍ مِنْ نِسَائِهَا لَا وَكْسَ وَلَا شَطَطَ وَلَهَا الْمِيرَاثُ وَعَلَيْهَا الْعِدَّةُ فَإِنْ يَكُنْ صَوَابًا فَمِنَ اللهِ وَإِنْ يَكُنْ خَطَأً فَمِنْ نَفْسِي وَمِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ وَاللهُ وَرَسُولُهُ بَرِيئَانِ مِنْ ذَلِكَ فَقَامَ رَهْطٌ مِنْ أَشْجَعَ فِيهِمُ الْجَرَّاحُ وَأَبُو سِنَانٍ فَقَالُوا نَشْهَدُ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَضَى فِي امْرَأَةٍ مِنَّا يُقَالُ لَهَا بِرْوَعُ بِنْتُ وَاشِقٍ وَكَانَ زَوْجُهَا يُقَالُ لَهُ هِلَالُ بْنُ مُرَّةَ الْأَشْجَعِيُّ فَفَرِحَ ابْنُ مَسْعُودٍ ؓ فَرَحًا شَدِيدًا حِينَ وَافَقَ قَضَاؤُهُ قَضَاءَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ