16. Nikāḥ (Marriage)

١٦۔ كتاب النكاح

16.10 It is permissible for a father to arrange the marriage of a young virgin

١٦۔١٠ باب تَزْوِيجِ الأَبِ الْبِكْرَ الصَّغِيرَةَ

Aishah’s account of her marriage to the Prophet ﷺ

muslim:1422aAbū Kurayb Muḥammad b. al-ʿAlāʾ > Abū Usāmah; Abū Bakr b. Abī Shaybah > Abū Usāmah > Hishām > abīhi > ʿĀʾishah

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ married me when I was six years old, and he entered upon me when I was a girl of nine years. She said: We came to Madinah, and I was ill for a month, then my hair grew down in a jumaymah. 

Umm Ruman came to me while I was on a swing with my companions, and she called out to me, so I came to her, not knowing what she wanted with me. She took me by my hand and stood me at the door, and I said, “Hah, hah,” until my breath went away. Then she brought me into a house, and there were women of the Ansar. They said, “Upon goodness and blessing, and upon the best fortune.” She handed me over to them, and they washed my head and prepared me. Nothing startled me except that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was there in the forenoon, and they handed me over to him.

مسلم:١٤٢٢aحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو كُرَيْبٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْعَلاَءِ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ قَالَ وَجَدْتُ فِي كِتَابِي عَنْ أَبِي أُسَامَةَ عَنْ هِشَامٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

تَزَوَّجَنِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لِسِتِّ سِنِينَ، وَبَنَى بِي وَأَنَا بِنْتُ تِسْعِ سِنِينَ. قَالَتْ: فَقَدِمْنَا الْمَدِينَةَ فَوُعِكْتُ شَهْرًا، فَوَفَى شَعْرِي جُمَيْمَةً،

فَأَتَتْنِي أُمُّ رُومَانَ وَأَنَا عَلَى أُرْجُوحَةٍ وَمَعِي صَوَاحِبِي، فَصَرَخَتْ بِي فَأَتَيْتُهَا وَمَا أَدْرِي مَا تُرِيدُ بِي، فَأَخَذَتْ بِيَدِي فَأَوْقَفَتْنِي عَلَى الْبَابِ، فَقُلْتُ: هَهْ هَهْ، حَتَّى ذَهَبَ نَفَسِي، فَأَدْخَلَتْنِي بَيْتًا فَإِذَا نِسْوَةٌ مِنَ الأَنْصَارِ، فَقُلْنَ: عَلَى الْخَيْرِ وَالْبَرَكَةِ وَعَلَى خَيْرِ طَائِرٍ، فَأَسْلَمَتْنِي إِلَيْهِنَّ، فَغَسَلْنَ رَأْسِي وَأَصْلَحْنَنِي، فَلَمْ يَرُعْنِي إِلاَّ وَرَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ ضُحًى، فَأَسْلَمْنَنِي إِلَيْهِ.

muslim:1422b[Chain 1] Yaḥyá b. Yaḥyá > Abū Muʿāwiyah > Hishām b. ʿUrwah [Chain 2] Ibn Numayr > ʿAbdah > Ibn Sulaymān > Hishām from his father > ʿĀʾishah

Allah's Apostle ﷺ married me when I was six years old, and I was admitted to his house when I was nine years old.

مسلم:١٤٢٢bوَحَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ نُمَيْرٍ وَاللَّفْظُ لَهُ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدَةُ هُوَ ابْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ هِشَامٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

تَزَوَّجَنِي النَّبِيُّ ﷺ وَأَنَا بِنْتُ سِتِّ سِنِينَ وَبَنَى بِي وَأَنَا بِنْتُ تِسْعِ سِنِينَ

Aisha’s age at marriage

muslim:1422cʿAbd b. Ḥumayd > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > al-Zuhrī > ʿUrwah > ʿĀʾishah

that the Prophet ﷺ married her when she was seven years old, and she was brought to him as a bride when she was nine years old, with her dolls with her, and he died leaving her when she was eighteen.

مسلم:١٤٢٢cوَحَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ بْنُ حُمَيْدٍ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ تَزَوَّجَهَا وَهْىَ بِنْتُ سَبْعِ سِنِينَ، وَزُفَّتْ إِلَيْهِ وَهِيَ بِنْتُ تِسْعِ سِنِينَ وَلُعَبُهَا مَعَهَا، وَمَاتَ عَنْهَا وَهِيَ بِنْتُ ثَمَانَ عَشْرَةَ.

muslim:1422dYaḥyá b. Yaḥyá And ʾIsḥāq b. Ibrāhīm Waʾabū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah Waʾabū Kurayb > Yaḥyá Waʾisḥāq > al-Ākharān > Abū Muʿāwiyah > al-Aʿmash > Ibrāhīm > al-Aswad > ʿĀʾishah

'A'isha (Allah be pleased with her) reported that Allah's Apostle ﷺ married her when she was six years old, and he (the Holy Prophet) took her to his house when she was nine, and when he (the Holy Prophet) died she was eighteen years old

مسلم:١٤٢٢dوَحَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى وَإِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَأَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ وَأَبُو كُرَيْبٍ قَالَ يَحْيَى وَإِسْحَاقُ أَخْبَرَنَا وَقَالَ الآخَرَانِ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنِ الأَسْوَدِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

تَزَوَّجَهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَهْىَ بِنْتُ سِتٍّ وَبَنَى بِهَا وَهْىَ بِنْتُ تِسْعٍ وَمَاتَ عَنْهَا وَهْىَ بِنْتُ ثَمَانَ عَشْرَةَ