221 – (His words, peace and blessings be upon him: “A man may not be married simultaneously to a woman and her paternal aunt, nor to a woman and her maternal aunt,” as recorded in the two Sahih collections.) p. 176

Authentic. Indeed, it is mass-transmitted, having been narrated by seven Companions, including Abū Hurayra, may Allah be pleased with him. The report from him alone has seven chains of transmission, all of which I documented, together with the hadiths of the other Companions, in al-Irwā’ (1882).

222 – (The Messenger, peace and blessings be upon him, teaches us this, saying: “Make sure you choose a woman committed to her religion, or you will be the loser.” Narrated by al-Bukhārī.) p. 179

Authentic. It was narrated by al-Bukhārī (3/417), as well as Muslim (4/175), Abū Dāwūd (2047), al-Nasā’ī (2/72), al-Dārimī (2/133–134), Ibn Mājah (1858), and Ahmad (2/428), from the hadith of Abū Hurayra, may Allah be pleased with him. It is also corroborated by a similar hadith from Abū Saīd al-Khudrī, traced back to the Prophet, which is documented in al-Ahādīth al-Sahīha (303).

223 – (It is reported that Marthad ibn Abī Marthad sought the Prophet’s permission, peace and blessings be upon him, to marry a prostitute with whom he had had a relationship during the pre-Islamic period. Her name was Anāq. The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, did not respond to him until the following words of Allah Most High were revealed:

“A fornicator may marry only a fornicatress or an idolatress, and a fornicatress may be married only to a fornicator or an idolater. This has been forbidden to the believers.”

The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, then recited the verse to him and said: “Do not marry her.”

The account is recorded by Abū Dāwūd, al-Nasā’ī, and al-Tirmidhī.) p. 181

Authentic. It is documented in al-Irwā’ (1886).

224 – (Ibn Masūd said: We used to go on military campaigns with the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, and we had no—