Hadiths on Family Jurisprudence

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177 explained prophetic hadiths on "Family Jurisprudence": Arabic text, translation, explanation and lessons, with authenticity grade and references.

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163 hadiths cover family law in 15 subcategories: marriage, divorce, remarriage with one's divorcee, wife-initiated divorce, the oath of abstinence, mutual condemnation, the waiting period, breastfeeding, child custody, expenses, clothing and adornment, Muslim society, as well as the rulings of women and of the newborn. Marriage is the largest part with 57 hadiths.

Updated on 24 September 2026 at 12:34 AM

The list of hadiths on Family Jurisprudence

Authentic O womenfolk, give charity, for indeed, I was shown that you form the majority of the dwellers of Hellfire." They said: Why is that, O Messenger of All Authentic hadith By the One in Whose hand my soul is, whenever the devil sees you walking on a path, he follows a path other than yours Authentic No woman should travel on a two-day-distant journey except with her husband or a Mahram Authentic hadith Tasbīh is for the men, and clapping is for the women Authentic hadith Yūsuf ibn ‘Abdullāh ibn Salām (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allah (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him) named me Yūsu Authentic hadith My heirs should not take a dinar or dirham. Whatever I leave behind, excluding the provision for my wives and my employees, should be spent in charity Authentic Take from his money in a reasonable manner what suffices you and suffices your children Authentic hadith ‘Abdur-Rahmān ibn ‘Awf and Az-Zubayr ibn al-‘Awwām (may Allah be pleased with both of them) complained of lice to the Messenger of Allah (may Allah's Authentic hadith Keep some of your wealth, for this is better for you Authentic hadith I advise you to treat women kindly, for the woman was created from a rib, and the most crooked part of the rib is its uppermost part. If you try to st Authentic Life in this world is sweet and green, and indeed, Allah has made you successors there to see how you will behave. So, be cautious of this world and b Authentic hadith Some of you would whip your wives as if they were slaves and then have intercourse with them at the end of the day Authentic Let not a believing man hate a believing woman. If he dislikes one of her characteristics, he will be pleased with another Authentic If you wish, be patient and you will enter Paradise; or, if you wish, I will supplicate Allah to cure you Authentic hadith If your wife asks your permission to go to the mosque, do not prevent her Authentic hadith Among the most wicked people in the sight of Allah on the Day of Judgment is the man who has sexual intercourse with a woman and then divulges her sec Good hadith O Allah, I declare strictly inviolable the rights of the two weak ones: the orphan and the woman Authentic The upper hand is better than the lower hand Good hadith May Allah have mercy upon a man who wakes up at night and prays, and awakens his wife. If she refuses, he sprinkles water on her face. May Allah have Authentic hadith The narration about Barīrah and her husband Authentic hadith The liar is not the one who seeks reconciliation between people, conveying good, or saying good things Authentic The one who maintains ties of kinship is not the one who recompenses the good done to him by his relatives; rather, he is the one who keeps good relat Authentic Support your brother whether he is an oppressor or oppressed Authentic hadith Indeed, silk is worn by him who has no share (in the Hereafter) Authentic Theseits women Authentic hadith This man followed us. If you wish, allow him to come in, and if you wish, he will go back Authentic hadith I saw the Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) eating with three fingers, and when he finished eating, he would lick them Authentic Breastfeeding produces the same interdiction that childbirth produces Authentic hadith O Messenger of Allah, would I be rewarded for Abu Salāmah's children that I spend on them so as not to leave them like this and like that, while they Authentic hadith The believer who mixes with people and patiently bears their annoyance is better than the believer who does not mix with people or patiently bear thei Authentic hadith The Ash‘aris, if they ran short of provisions while on a military expedition, or if their children did not have enough food in Madīnah Authentic hadith If a man calls his wife to fulfill his desire, she should come to him even if she is busy with the oven Hasan The most perfect believer in terms of his faith is the one who has the most excellent manners, and the best of you are those who are best to their wom Authentic The world is but an enjoyment and the best of worldly enjoyments is a righteous woman Authentic Allah said: 'O son of Adam, spend, and I will spend on you.' Authentic The Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) taught us the sermon of need Good hadith When one of you betroths a woman, if he can look at what urges him to marry her, let him do so Authentic hadith Go and look at her, for that is more likely to create love between you Authentic hadith If Allah casts the desire to engage a woman in the heart of a man, it is Okay for him to look at her Good hadith Announce marriages Authentic There is no marriage except with a guardian Authentic Any woman who marries without the permission of her guardians, her marriage is void—three times—and if he consummated the marriage with her, she would Authentic hadith A previously-married woman is more entitled to give a decision about her marriage than her guardian, whereas a virgin's permission is to be sought. He Authentic hadith No woman should perform the marriage of another woman, and no woman should perform her own marriage. It is an adulteress who performs her own marriage Authentic hadith A virgin girl came to the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) and said that her father had married her off although she hated [that Good hadith If a slave marries without his master’s permission, he is a fornicator Its chain of narrators is Sahih/Authentic The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) married Maymūnah when he was in the state of Ihrām and consummated marriage with her when he Authentic hadith The Messenger of Allah (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him) allowed temporary marriage for three nights in the year of the battle of Awtās, t Authentic hadith May Allah curse the Muhallil (a man who marries an irrevocably divorced woman for the sole purpose of making her lawful for her ex-husband to remarry) Authentic hadith A man divorced his wife three times, then another man married her and divorced her before consummating the marriage with her. Her first husband wanted Good hadith O Banu Bayādah, marry off (your daughters) to Abu Hind, and ask him to marry off (his daughters) to you Good hadith Divorce whomever of them you wish Authentic hadith Ghaylān ibn Salamah Ath-Thaqafi embraced Islam and he had ten wives from the pre-Islamic period of ignorance, and they all embraced Islam with him. Th Authentic hadith The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) returned his daughter Zaynab to Abu al-‘Ās ibn Ar-Rabī‘ in marriage after six years without Hasan Cursed is the one who has anal intercourse with his wife Hasan I said: O Messenger of Allah, what is the right of the wife of any of us over him? He said: "To feed her when you eat, clothe her when you clothe your Authentic hadith The Jews used to say: If one has sexual intercourse with his wife from her back, then she will deliver a squint-eyed child. So this verse was revealed Authentic hadith If a man invites his wife to his bed and she refuses, and so he spends the night angry with her, the angels will curse her until the morning Authentic The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) cursed the woman who adds hair extensions and the one who asks for it to be added, and the w Authentic hadith I was about to forbid sexual intercourse during the breastfeeding period until I considered that the Romans and the Persians do it without any harm do
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Al-Ahzab 33:56

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