Tag: Q n A, Bukhari

That he heard Usama bin Zaid speaking to Sa`d, saying, “Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) mentioned the plague and
said, ‘It is a means of punishment with which some nations were punished and some of it has
remained, and it appears now and then. So whoever hears that there is an outbreak of plague in some
land, he should not go to that land, and if the plague breaks out in the land where one is already
present, one should not run away from that land, escaping from the plague.”

Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said, “It is essential to have the consent of a virgin (for the marriage). I said, “A virgin
feels shy.” The Prophet; said, “Her silence means her consent.” Some people said, “If a man falls in
love with an orphan slave girl or a virgin and she refuses (him) and then he makes a trick by bringing
two false witnesses to testify that he has married her, and then she attains the age of puberty and
agrees to marry him and the judge accepts the false witness and the husband knows that the witnesses
were false ones, he may consummate his marriage.”

Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) used to like sweets and also used to like honey, and whenever he finished the `Asr
prayer, he used to visit his wives and stay with them. Once he visited Hafsa and remained with her
longer than the period he used to stay, so I enquired about it. It was said to me, “A woman from her
tribe gave her a leather skin containing honey as a present, and she gave some of it to Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ)
to drink.” I said, “By Allah, we will play a trick on him.” So I mentioned the story to Sauda (the wife
of the Prophet) and said to her, “When he enters upon you, he will come near to you whereupon you
should say to him, ‘O Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ)! Have you eaten Maghafir?’ He will say, ‘No.’ Then you say to
him, ‘What is this bad smell? ‘ And it would be very hard on Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) that a bad smell should be
found on his body. He will say, ‘Hafsa has given me a drink of honey.’ Then you should say to him,
‘Its bees must have sucked from the Al-`Urfut (a foul smelling flower).’ I too, will tell him the same.
And you, O Saifya, say the same.”
So when the Prophet (ﷺ) entered upon Sauda (the following happened). Sauda said, “By Him except
Whom none has the right to be worshipped, I was about to say to him what you had told me to say
while he was still at the gate because of fear from you. But when Allah ‘s Apostle came near to me, I
said to him, ‘O Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ)! Have you eaten Maghafir?’ He replied, ‘No.’ I said, ‘What about this
smell?’ He said, ‘Hafsa has given me a drink of honey.’ I said, ‘Its bees must have sucked Al-`Urfut.’ ”
When he entered upon me, I told him the same as that, and when he entered upon Safiya, she too told
him the same. So when he visited Hafsa again, she said to him, “O Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ)! Shall I give you a
drink of it (honey)?” He said, “I have no desire for it.” Sauda said, Subhan Allah! We have deprived
him of it (honey).” I said to her, “Be quiet!”

A woman from the offspring of Ja`far was afraid lest her guardian marry her (to somebody) against
her will. So she sent for two elderly men from the Ansar, `AbdurRahman and Mujammi’, the two sons
of Jariya, and they said to her, “Don’t be afraid, for Khansa’ bint Khidam was given by her father in
marriage against her will, then the Prophet (ﷺ) cancelled that marriage.” (See Hadith No. 78)

Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said, “A lady slave should not be given in marriage until she is consulted, and a virgin
should not be given in marriage until her permission is granted.” The people said, “How will she
express her permission?” The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “By keeping silent (when asked her consent).” Some
people said, “If a man, by playing a trick, presents two false witnesses before the judge to testify that
he has married a matron with her consent and the judge confirms his marriage, and the husband is sure
that he has never married her (before), then such a marriage will be considered as a legal one and he
may live with her as husband.”

The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “I am only a human being, and you people have disputes. May be some one
amongst you can present his case in a more eloquent and convincing manner than the other, and I give
my judgment in his favor according to what I hear. Beware! If ever I give (by error) somebody
something of his brother’s right then he should not take it as I have only, given him a piece of Fire.”
(See Hadith No. 638. Vol. 3)

The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “A virgin should not be married till she is asked for her consent; and the matron
should not be married till she is asked whether she agrees to marry or not.” It was asked, “O Allah’s
Apostle! How will she (the virgin) express her consent?” He said, “By keeping silent.” Some people
said that if a virgin is not asked for her consent and she is not married, and then a man, by playing a trick
presents two false witnesses that he has married her with her consent and the judge confirms his
marriage as a true one, and the husband knows that the witnesses were false ones, then there is no
harm for him to consummate his marriage with her and the marriage is regarded as valid.

That he asked `Aisha regarding the Verse: ‘If you fear that you shall not be able to deal justly with the
orphan girls, marry (other) women of your choice.’ (4.3) `Aisha said, “It is about an orphan girl under
the custody of her guardian who being attracted by her wealth and beauty wants to marry her with
Mahr less than other women of her status. So such guardians were forbidden to marry them unless
they treat them justly by giving them their full Mahr. Then the people sought the verdict of Allah’s
Apostle for such cases, whereupon Allah revealed: ‘They ask your instruction concerning women..’
(4.127) (The sub-narrator then mentioned the Hadith.)

The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “For every betrayer there will be a flag by which he will be recognized on the Day
of Resurrection. ”

Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) forbade the practice of An-Najsh.