Volume 9, Book 86, Number 102:
Narrated ‘Aisha:
Allah’s Apostle 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 Apostle
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 Apostle! 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 Apostle 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 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 Apostle! 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 Apostle! Shall I give
you a drink of it (honey)?” He said, “I have no desire for it.” Sauda said, Subhan Allah! We have de –
prived him of it (honey).” I said to her, “Be quiet!”
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Volume 9, Book 86, Number 97:
Narrated Um Salama:
The Prophet 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)
Volume 9, Book 86, Number 98:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet 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, “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.”
Volume 9, Book 86, Number 99:
Narrated Al-Qasim:
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 cancelled that marriage.” (See Hadith No. 78)
Volume 9, Book 86, Number 100:
Narrated Abu Haraira:
Allah’s Apostle said, “A lady slave should not be given in marriage until she is consulted, and a vir –
gin should not be given in marriage until her permission is granted.” The people said, “How will she
express her permission?” The Prophet 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
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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.”
Volume 9, Book 86, Number 101:
Narrated ‘Aisha:
Allah’s Apostle said, “It is essential to have the consent of a virgin (for the marriage). I said, “A vir –
gin 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 bring –
ing 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 wit –
nesses were false ones, he may consummate his marriage.”
Volume 9, Book 86, Number 92:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
Allah’s Apostle said, “One should not prevent others from watering their animals with the surplus
of his water in order to prevent them from benefiting by the surplus of grass.”
Volume 9, Book 86, Number 93:
Narrated Ibn ‘Umar:
Allah’s Apostle forbade the practice of An-Najsh.