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 One may not combine in marriage a woman and her paternal aunt, or a woman and her maternal aunt Authentic hadith It is from the Sunnah that if someone marries a virgin, he should stay with her (the virgin) for seven days and then divide the nights between them. B Authentic hadith The Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) said concerning the daughter of Hamzah: She is not lawful for me (to marry). That Authentic hadith We received a letter from ‘Umar ibn al-Khattāb one year before his death. He said: Cancel every marriage between unmarriageable relatives from among t

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم Sun 27 Jumada al-Awwal
الأحد 27 جمادى الأولى

إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ وَمَلَٰٓئِكَتَهُۥ يُصَلُّونَ عَلَى ٱلنَّبِىِّ ۚ يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ صَلُّوا۟ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلِّمُوا۟ تَسْلِيمًا

God and His angels shower their blessings on the Prophet. O believers, you should also send your blessings on him, and salute him with a worthy greeting.

Al-Ahzab 33:56

Blessings on the Prophet ﷺ