and—according to the well-known position of the Hanbali school—such a stipulation is sound and, once pronounced, becomes binding, because the woman has a tangible interest and benefit in it.
A second opinion within the school holds that the condition is invalid; this was the preference of Shaykh Taqi al-Din (Ibn Taymiyyah). He maintained that it is unlawful to make such a stipulation, and that even if it is inserted it remains null, for in the two Ṣaḥīḥs the Prophet ﷺ said, “Every condition that is not found in the Book of Allah is void.”
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The phrase “so that she may overturn what is in her bowl” is a metaphor meant to deter and to paint an ugly picture of the case in which the new wife deprives the first wife of her sustenance, maintenance, and married life with her husband.
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The words “over his brother’s sale” and “over his brother’s proposal” refer to one’s brother in Islam, for faith is the strongest bond linking Muslims: “The believers are but brothers, so make peace between your brothers” (Qur’an 49:10). By using this expression, the Prophet draws the Muslim close to his fellow Muslim, so that he should neither bear malice toward him nor compete with him for something to which the brother has a stronger and more specific claim.