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muslim:1412fZuhayr 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:١٤١٢fحَدَّثَنَا 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  


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Collected by Muslim, Abū Dāwūd, Tirmidhī, Ibn Mājah, Aḥmad, Dārimī, Ibn Ḥibbān, Ṭabarānī, Suyūṭī
muslim:1412bZuhayr 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:١٤١٢bوَحَدَّثَنِي 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  

abudawud:2081al-Ḥasan b. ʿAlī > ʿAbdullāh b. Numayr > ʿUbaydullāh > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar

The Prophet ﷺ said: One of you must not ask a woman in marriage when his brother has done so already, and one of you must not sell (his own goods) when his brother has already sold (his goods) except with his permission.  

أبو داود:٢٠٨١حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ نُمَيْرٍ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لاَ يَخْطُبُ أَحَدُكُمْ عَلَى خِطْبَةِ أَخِيهِ وَلاَ يَبِيعُ عَلَى بَيْعِ أَخِيهِ إِلاَّ بِإِذْنِهِ  

tirmidhi:1134Aḥmad b. Manīʿ And Qutaybah > Sufyān b. ʿUyaynah > al-Zuhrī > Saʿīd b. al-Musayyab > Abū Hurayrah > Qutaybah Yablugh Bih

The Messenger of Allah said: "A man is not to sell over his brother's sale, nor is he to propose to whom his brother has proposed."  

الترمذي:١١٣٤حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مَنِيعٍ وَقُتَيْبَةُ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ قُتَيْبَةُ يَبْلُغُ بِهِ

النَّبِيَّ ﷺ وَقَالَ أَحْمَدُ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لاَ يَبِيعُ الرَّجُلُ عَلَى بَيْعِ أَخِيهِ وَلاَ يَخْطُبُ عَلَى خِطْبَةِ أَخِيهِ قَالَ وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ سَمُرَةَ وَابْنِ عُمَرَ  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى حَدِيثُ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ قَالَ مَالِكُ بْنُ أَنَسٍ إِنَّمَا مَعْنَى كَرَاهِيَةِ أَنْ يَخْطُبَ الرَّجُلُ عَلَى خِطْبَةِ أَخِيهِ إِذَا خَطَبَ الرَّجُلُ الْمَرْأَةَ فَرَضِيَتْ بِهِ فَلَيْسَ لأَحَدٍ أَنْ يَخْطُبَ عَلَى خِطْبَتِهِ وَقَالَ الشَّافِعِيُّ مَعْنَى هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ لاَ يَخْطُبُ الرَّجُلُ عَلَى خِطْبَةِ أَخِيهِ هَذَا عِنْدَنَا إِذَا خَطَبَ الرَّجُلُ الْمَرْأَةَ فَرَضِيَتْ بِهِ وَرَكَنَتْ إِلَيْهِ فَلَيْسَ لأَحَدٍ أَنْ يَخْطُبَ عَلَى خِطْبَتِهِ فَأَمَّا قَبْلَ أَنْ يَعْلَمَ رِضَاهَا أَوْ رُكُونَهَا إِلَيْهِ فَلاَ بَأْسَ أَنْ يَخْطُبَهَا وَالْحُجَّةُ فِي ذَلِكَ حَدِيثُ فَاطِمَةَ بِنْتِ قَيْسٍ حَيْثُ جَاءَتِ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَذَكَرَتْ لَهُ أَنَّ أَبَا جَهْمِ بْنَ حُذَيْفَةَ وَمُعَاوِيَةَ بْنَ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ خَطَبَاهَا فَقَالَ أَمَّا أَبُو جَهْمٍ فَرَجُلٌ لاَ يَرْفَعُ عَصَاهُ عَنِ النِّسَاءِ وَأَمَّا مُعَاوِيَةُ فَصُعْلُوكٌ لاَ مَالَ لَهُ وَلَكِنِ انْكِحِي أُسَامَةَ فَمَعْنَى هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ عِنْدَنَا وَاللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ أَنَّ فَاطِمَةَ لَمْ تُخْبِرْهُ بِرِضَاهَا بِوَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمَا وَلَوْ أَخْبَرَتْهُ لَمْ يُشِرْ عَلَيْهَا بِغَيْرِ الَّذِي ذَكَرَتْ
ibnmajah:2172Hishām b. ʿAmmār > Sufyān > al-Zuhrī > Saʿīd b. al-Musayyab > Abū Hurayrah

"A man is not to undersell his brother, nor is he to fry to outhaggle his brother."  

ابن ماجة:٢١٧٢حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ لاَ يَبِيعُ الرَّجُلُ عَلَى بَيْعِ أَخِيهِ وَلاَ يَسُومُ عَلَى سَوْمِ أَخِيهِ  

ahmad:9518Ismāʿīl > Yūnus b. ʿUbayd > al-Ḥasan > Abū Hurayrah

A man must not make proposal of marriage to a woman when his brother has done so already. And he must not offer a price for a thing for which his brother had already offered a price; and a woman must not be combined in marriage with her father's sister, nor with her mother's sister, and a woman must not ask to have her sister divorced in order to deprive her of what belongs to her, but she must marry, because she will have what Allah has decreed for her. (Using translation from Muslim 1408g)  

أحمد:٩٥١٨حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ عَنْ يُونُسَ بْنِ عُبَيْدٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ لَا يَسُومُ الرَّجُلُ عَلَىسَوْمِ أَخِيهِ وَلَا يَخْطُبْ عَلَى خِطْبَةِ أَخِيهِ  

ahmad:9899Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > al-ʿAlāʾ from his father > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] On the authority of the Prophet ﷺ , he said: "A man should not outbid his brother's bidding, nor propose to a woman who has already been proposed to."  

أحمد:٩٨٩٩حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ الْعَلَاءَ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ لَا يَسْتَامُ الرَّجُلُ عَلَى سَوْمِ أَخِيهِ وَلَا يَخْطُبُ عَلَى خِطْبَتِهِ  

ahmad:6088Yūnus > Ḥammād / Ibn Zayd > Ayyūb > Nāfiʿ

[Machine] Narrated Abdullah: The Prophet ﷺ said, "A man should not sell his brother's goods without his permission, nor propose to a woman who has already been proposed to without seeking his permission."  

أحمد:٦٠٨٨حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ حَدَّثَنِي حَمَّادٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ زَيْدٍ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ نَافِعٍ

عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ رَفَعَهُ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ لَا يَبِيعُ الرَّجُلُ عَلَىبَيْعِ أَخِيهِ وَلَا يَخْطُبُ إِلَّا بِإِذْنِهِ أَوْ قَالَ إِلَّا أَنْ يَأْذَنَ لَهُ  

ahmad:6276Ibn Numayr And Muḥammad b. ʿUbayd > ʿUbaydullāh > Nāfiʿʿan Ibn ʿUmar

The Prophet ﷺ said: One of you must not ask a woman in marriage when his brother has done so already, and one of you must not sell (his own goods) when his brother has already sold (his goods) except with his permission. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 2081)  

أحمد:٦٢٧٦حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ نُمَيْرٍ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللهِ عَنْ نَافِعٍعَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ لَا يَخْطُبُ أَحَدُكُمْ عَلَى خِطْبَةِ أَخِيهِ وَلَا يَبِيعُ عَلَى بَيْعِ أَخِيهِ إِلَّا بِإِذْنِهِ  

ahmad:6411ʿĀrim > Ḥammād > Ayyūb > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ said, "A man should not sell on the sale of his brother, nor propose to marry the betrothed of his brother, except with his permission. And perhaps he will give him permission."  

أحمد:٦٤١١حَدَّثَنَا عَارِمٌ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ لَا يَبِيعُ الرَّجُلُ عَلَى بَيْعِ أَخِيهِ وَلَا يَخْطُبُ عَلَى خِطْبَةِ أَخِيهِ إِلَّا بِإِذْنِهِ وَرُبَّمَا قَالَ يَأْذَنَ لَهُ  

ahmad:4722Yaḥyá > ʿUbaydullāh > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ said, "None of you should sell upon the sale of his brother, nor propose to marry the betrothed of his brother, unless he gives permission."  

أحمد:٤٧٢٢حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ حَدَّثَنِي نَافِعٌ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ لَا يَبِعْ أَحَدُكُمْ عَلَى بَيْعِ أَخِيهِ وَلَا يَخْطُبْ عَلَى خِطْبَةِ أَخِيهِ إِلَّا أَنْ يَأْذَنَ لَهُ  

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The Prophet ﷺ said: One of you must not ask a woman in marriage when his brother has done so already, and one of you must not sell (his own goods) when his brother has already sold (his goods) except with his permission. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 2081)   

أحمد:٨٢٢٥

وَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَا يَبِعْ أَحَدُكُمْ عَلَى بَيْعِ أَخِيهِ وَلَا يَخْطُبْ أَحَدُكُمْ عَلَى خِطْبَةِ أَخِيهِ  

ahmad:10849ʿAbd al-Ṣamad > Shuʿbah > al-Aʿmash > Abū Ṣāliḥ > Abū Hurayrah

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)   

أحمد:١٠٨٤٩حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَا يَسْتَامُ الرَّجُلُ عَلَى سَوْمِ أَخِيهِ وَلَا يَخْطُبْ عَلَى خِطْبَةِ أَخِيهِ  

darimi:2222ʿAbdullāh b. Saʿīd > ʿUqbah b. Khālid > ʿUbaydullāh > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar

The Prophet ﷺ said: One of you must not ask a woman in marriage when his brother has done so already, and one of you must not sell (his own goods) when his brother has already sold (his goods) except with his permission. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 2081)   

الدارمي:٢٢٢٢حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنَا عُقْبَةُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي نَافِعٌ عَنْ ابْنِ عُمَرَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ «لَا يَخْطُبُ أَحَدُكُمْ عَلَى خِطْبَةِ أَخِيهِ وَلَا يَبِيعُ عَلَى بَيْعِ أَخِيهِ حَتَّى يَأْذَنَ لَهُ»  

ذِكْرُ الْحَالَةِ الثَّانِيَةِ الَّتِي أُبِيحَ اسْتِعْمَالُ هَذَا الْفِعْلِ الْمَزْجُورِ عَنْهُ فِيهِمَا

ibnhibban:4051Abū 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:٤٠٥١أَخْبَرَنَا 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»  

tabarani:15003Abū Ḥabīb Yaḥyá b. Nāfiʿ > Saʿīd b. Abū Maryam > Ibn Lahīʿah > Yazīd b. Abū Ḥabīb > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Shimāsah > ʿUqbah b. ʿĀmir

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "None of you should sell upon the sale of his brother, nor propose marriage upon his engagement."  

الطبراني:١٥٠٠٣حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو حَبِيبٍ يَحْيَى بْنُ نَافِعٍ ثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي مَرْيَمَ ثَنَا ابْنُ لَهِيعَةَ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ أَبِي حَبِيبٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ شِمَاسَةَ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ عُقْبَةَ بْنَ عَامِرٍ يُخْبِرُ

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «لَا يَبْتَاعُ أَحَدُكُمْ عَلَى بَيْعِ أَخِيهِ وَلَا يَخْطُبُ عَلَى خِطْبَتِهِ»  

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"لا يَبِيع الرَّجُلُ عَلَى بَيعِ أَخِيهِ، وَلا يَخْطُب عَلَى خِطْبَةِ أَخيهِ إِلا أَنْ يَأذَنَ لَهُ".  

[حم] أحمد [عب] عبد الرازق [م] مسلم [د] أبو داود [ن] النسائي عن ابن عمر