Manhaj al-Salikin wa Tawdih al-Fiqh fi al-Din - Abd al-Rahman al-Sadi’ - (193)

and His Messenger. He would then recite three verses.” This was related by the compilers1 of the Sunan collections.2 Some scholars have explained3 which three verses these are:

1—His words, Most High: “O you who believe, fear Allah as He should be feared, and do not die except as Muslims” [Āl Imrān: 102].

2—The first verse of Sūrat al-Nisā’: “O mankind, fear your Lord, who created you from a single soul, created from it its mate, and spread from the two of them many men and women. Fear Allah, in whose name you make requests of one another, and respect the ties of kinship. Surely Allah is ever Watchful over you” [al-Nisā’: 1].

3—And His words, Most High: “O you who believe, fear Allah and speak words of truth,” continuing through the two verses4 [al-Ahzāb: 70, 71].

505—The only requirements are:

A—The offer5: the words spoken by the guardian, such as, “I give her to you in marriage,” or, “I marry her to you.”

(1) Manuscript “B” reads: “as related by the compilers of”; manuscript “T” reads: “as related by the authors of.” (2) Reported by Ahmad (1/392), al-Tayālisī (338), Abū Dāwūd (2118), al-Tirmidhī (1105)—who graded it *hasan* (good)—al-Nasā’ī (3/104), and Ibn Mājah (1892). (3) Manuscripts “B” and “T” read: “enumerated them.” (4) Manuscript “T” reads: “the two verses,” while manuscript “A” reads: “the verse.” (5) Manuscript “T” reads: “by the offer.”

وَرَسُولُهُ، وَيَقْرَأُ ثَلَاثَ آيَاتٍ" رَوَاهُ أَهْلُ١ اَلسُّنَنِ٢، وَالثَّلَاثُ اَلْآيَات فَسَّرَهَا٣ بَعْضُهُمْ، وَهِيَ: ١- قَوْلُهِ تَعَالَى: ﴿يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا اتَّقُوا اللَّهَ حَقَّ تُقَاتِهِ وَلا تَمُوتُنَّ إِلَّا وَأَنْتُمْ مُسْلِمُونَ﴾ [آلِ عِمْرَانَ: ١٠٢] . ٢- وَالْآيَةُ اَلْأُولَى مِنْ سُورَةِ اَلنِّسَاءِ: ﴿يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ اتَّقُوا رَبَّكُمُ الَّذِي خَلَقَكُمْ مِنْ نَفْسٍ وَاحِدَةٍ وَخَلَقَ مِنْهَا زَوْجَهَا وَبَثَّ مِنْهُمَا رِجَالاً كَثِيراً وَنِسَاءً وَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ الَّذِي تَسَاءَلُونَ بِهِ وَالْأَرْحَامَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ كَانَ عَلَيْكُمْ رَقِيبًا﴾ [النساء:١] . ٣- وَقَوْلُهُ تَعَالَى: ﴿يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا اتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَقُولُوا قَولاً سَدِيداً﴾ الآيتين٤، [الأحزاب:٧٠، ٧١] . ٥٠٥- ولا يجب إلا: أَ- اَلْإِيجَابُ٥: وَهُوَ اَللَّفْظُ اَلصَّادِرُ مِنْ اَلْوَلِيِّ، كقوله: زوجتك، أو أنكحتك.

١ في "ب": "لرواية أهل"، وفي "ط": "لرواية أصحاب". ٢ رواه أحمد "٣٩٢/١"، والطيالسي "٣٣٨"، وأبو داود "٢١١٨"، والترمذي "١١٠٥" وحسنه، والنسائي "١٠٤/٣"، وابن ماجه "١٨٩٢". ٣ في "ب، ط": "سردها". ٤ كذا في "ط"، وفي "أ": "الآية". ٥ في "ط": "بالإيجاب".