Marriage

Narrated Ibn 'Umar (RA):

The divorce of a slave-woman occurs by saying it (the divorce word) twice, and her 'Iddah (waiting period) is two menses. [Reported by ad-Daraqutni].

He reported it as Marfu' (a saying of the Prophet) and graded it Da'if (weak).

Abu Dawud, at-Tirmidhi and Ibn Majah reported the aforesaid Hadith from the narration of 'Aishah (RA), which al-Hakim graded as Sahih (authentic), but the Hadith scholars disagreed with him, and they agreed that it is Da'if (weak).

Narrated Ruwaifi' bin Thabit (RA):

The Prophet (ﷺ) said: "It is not lawful for a man who believes in Allah and the Last Day to water what another person has sown." [Abu Dawud and at-Tirmidhi reported it. Ibn Hibban graded it Sahih (authentic), and al-Bazzar graded it Hasan (good)].

Narrated 'Umar (RA) regarding a wife of a lost husband:

She should wait for four years and then observe the 'Iddah for four months and ten days (before she may remarry). [Malik and ash-Shafi'i reported it].

Narrated al-Mughirah bin Shu'bah (RA):

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: "The spouse of a lost husband remains his wife till she gets a certain news about his death." [ad-Daraqutni reported it with a Da'if (weak) chain of narrators].

Narrated Jabir (RA):

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: "A man must not spend the night in the house of woman unless he is her husband or a Mahram." [Reported by Muslim].

Narrated Ibn 'Abbas (RA):

The Prophet (ﷺ) said: "A man must not be alone with a woman except in the presence of a Mahram." [al-Bukhari reported it].

Narrated Abu Sa'id (RA)" The Prophet (ﷺ) said in regard to the captives taken at Autas, "There must be no intercourse with a pregnant woman till she gives birth, or with one who is not pregnant till she has had one menstrual period." [Abu Dawud reported it, and al-Hakim graded it Sahih (authentic)].

The aforesaid Hadith has a supporting narration from Ibn 'Abbas (RA) reported by ad-Daraqutni.

Narrated Abu Hurairah (RA):

The Prophet (ﷺ) said: "The child (born out of wedlock) belongs to the one on whose bed it is born, and stoning to death is for the fornicator." [Agreed upon, regarding Abu Hurairah's Hadith].

The aforesaid Hadith is also a part of 'Aishah's Hadith in the course of a story.

And from Ibn Mas'ud by an-Nasa'i.

And from 'Uthman by Abu Dawud.

Narrated 'Aishah (RA):

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: "One or two sucks do not make (marriage) unlawful." [Muslim reported it].

Narrated ['Aishah (RA)]:

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: "Be sure (you women) who your brothers are, for suckling is that which is the result of hunger (i.e. when milk is the child's only food)." [Agreed upon].

Narrated ['Aishah (RA)]:

Sahlah (RA) daughter of Suhail (RA) came and said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) , Salim the manumitted slave of Abu Hudhaifah lives with us in our house; and he has attained what men attain (i.e. puberty)." He said, "Suckle him so you would become unlawful to him (in marriage)." [Reported by Muslim].

Narrated ['Aishah (RA)]:

Aflah (her foster suckling uncle), brother of Abul-Qais, came and asked her permission to enter after the Hijab (was instituted for women). She said, "I refused to allow him in and when Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) came, I told him about what I had done, so he commanded me to give him permission to enter where I am and said, 'He is your paternal uncle.'" [Agreed upon].

Narrated ['Aishah (RA)]:

In what was sent down in the Qur'an was 'ten known sucklings made marriage unlawful'. Afterwards, they were abrogated by 'five known ones.' Then, when Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) died these words were among what was recited in the Qur'an. [Reported by Muslim].

Narrated Ibn 'Abbas (RA):

The Prophet (ﷺ) was offered to marry the daughter of Hamzah. He said, "She is unlawful to me for she is the daughter of my brother in suckling; and what is unlawful by reason of blood relationship is unlawful by reason of suckling relationship." [Agreed upon].