Marriage (Kitab Al-Nikah)
Sunan Abī Dāwūd 2122
لَيْسَ بِكِ عَلَى أَهْلِكِ هَوَانٌ إِنْ شِئْتِ سَبَّعْتُ لَكِ وَإِنْ سَبَّعْتُ لَكِ سَبَّعْتُ لِنِسَائِي
laysa biki ʿalā ahliki hawānun in shiʾti sabbaʿtu laki wa-in sabbaʿtu laki sabbaʿtu linisāʾī
Transliteration generated from the Arabic vowel marks
The full narration
Abd al-Malik b. Abi Bakr reported from his father on the authority of Umm Salamah:When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) married Umm Salamah, he stayed with her three night, and said: Your people (i.e. clan) are not being humbled for you in my estimation. If you wish I shall stay with you seven nights; and if I stay with you seven nights, I shall stay with my other wives seven nights
Source
Sunan Abī Dāwūd · 2122
Ṣaḥīḥ
- Sahih
- Sahih
- Sahih Muslim (1460)