Islam > Hadiths > Jurisprudence and juristic principles > Sulaymān ibn Dawūd (Prophet Solomon) (peace be upon him) said: "I will indeed have sexual …
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📖 1 min readعن أبي هُريرة رضي الله عنه عن النبيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قال: "قال سليمان بن داود -عليهما السلام-: لَأَطُوفنَّ الليلةَ على سَبْعينَ امرأةً، تَلِدُ كلُّ امرأةٍ منهن غُلامًا يقاتلُ في سبيلِ الله، فقِيل له: قل: إن شاءَ الله، فلم يَقُلْ، فطافَ بهنَّ، فلم تَلِدْ منهن إلا امرأةٌ واحدةٌ نصفَ إنسانٍ". قال: فقال رسولُ الله صلى الله عليه وسلم : "لو قالَ: إن شاء الله لم يَحْنَثْ، وكان دَرَكًا لحاجتهِ".
Prophet Sulaymān ibn Dawūd (peace be upon him) said to his interlocutor that he would have intercourse with seventy wives of his. It was permissible to combine such a number of wives in Sulaymān's time, or it was something specific to him. His intention was that each woman would give birth to a boy would who fight in the cause of Allah. His interlocutor told him to say: "Allah willing!" But he forgot to do so. He had intercourse with his wives, but none of them gave birth, except for one woman who gave birth to a stillborn. The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) said that if Sulaymān had said "Allah willing", he would have fulfilled his oath and realized his wish.
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