Hadiths on Marriage

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64 explained prophetic hadiths on "Marriage": Arabic text, translation, explanation and lessons, with authenticity grade and references.

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This category gathers 66 hadiths on marriage, across ten sub-themes: the excellence and manners of marriage, the rulings and conditions, the women it is unlawful to marry, marrying the disbelievers, the dowry (as sadaq), the wedding banquet and the marital relations between the spouses. The reported hadiths teach kindness towards the wives, the obligatory consent of the previously married, divorced or virgin woman, and the encouragement to announce the marriage. They also point out a grave prohibition: "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)" (no. 58076).

Updated on 24 September 2026 at 12:34 AM

The list of hadiths on Marriage

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 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 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 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 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 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) 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 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 Authentic hadith The Jews say that coitus interruptus is minor infanticide. He said: The Jews told a lie. If Allah intends to create it, you cannot prevent it Authentic hadith I asked ‘Ā'ishah: How much was the dowry paid by the Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him)? She said: His dowry for his wiv Authentic hadith ‘Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) reported: I married Fātimah (may Allah be pleased with her) so I said: O Messenger of Allah, let me consummate th Authentic hadith ‘Abdullāh ibn Mas‘ūd was asked about a man who had married a woman without specifying a dowry for her and then died before consummating the marriage w Authentic hadith The easiest marriage is the best marriage Authentic hadith The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) held a wedding dinner for his marriage to one of his wives with two Mudds of barley Authentic hadith The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) stayed for three nights between Khaybar and Madīnah when he married Safiyyah Authentic Whoever has two wives and is inclined to one of them will come on the Day of Judgment with his side inclined Authentic hadith It is a Sunnah for a man who marries a virgin when he already has a wife (who is no longer a virgin) that he stay seven nights with the new wife and t Authentic hadith Indeed, you are not inferior in the sight of your family. If you wish, I can stay seven (nights) with you, but if I stay seven with you, I will also s Authentic hadith the Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) allocated two days to ‘Ā’ishah; her own day and that of Sawdah Good hadith The Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) did not give preference to one of us over the other in terms of his division of t Authentic hadith Whenever the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) intended to go on a journey, he would cast lots among his wives and would take the Good hadith Three things are binding regardless of whether they were expressed seriously or jokingly: marriage, divorce, and restoration (of a divorcee) Authentic Every one of you is a guardian and responsible for his subjects Authentic Indeed, many women have come to the family of Muhammad complaining about their husbands. Those (men) are not the best among you Authentic hadith Whenever a woman harms her husband in this world, his wife from the Houris of Paradise says: Do not harm him! May Allah destroy you! He is but a passi Authentic hadith If I were to order anyone to prostrate himself before another, I would have ordered the wife to prostrate herself before her husband Authentic hadith The Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) prohibited Shighār marriage Authentic Those who can afford marriage should marry, for it is more effective in lowering the gaze and guarding chastity. He who cannot afford it should fast, Authentic hadith The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) prohibited the fixed term marriage on the Day of Khaybar and eating the flesh of domestic do Authentic The worthiest stipulations to be fulfilled are those which make sexual intercourse lawful for you Authentic hadith The Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) emancipated Safiyyah and made her emancipation her dowry Authentic hadith O Messenger of Allah, I married a woman. He asked: How much did you give her as dowry? He replied: A date seed weight of gold. he then said: May Allah Authentic hadith Mention was made of coitus interruptus in the presence of the Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) whereupon he said: Why Authentic hadith The Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) forbade ‘Uthmān ibn Mazh‘ūn to be celibate. If he had given him permission we wou Authentic hadith I give her to you in marriage for what you have of the Qur'an Authentic hadith Even if she was not my stepdaughter whom I raised, she would still be unlawful for me because she is my niece through suckling. Thuwaybah breastfed me Authentic hadith We used to practice coitus interruptus while the Qur'an was being revealed. Sufyān said: If it had been something unlawful, then the Qur'an would have Authentic hadith A previously married woman should not be married until her verbal consent has been sought, and a virgin should not be married until her permission has
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