women with us, so we said: “Should we not castrate ourselves?” The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, forbade us to do so, but permitted us to marry a woman for a fixed term in exchange for a garment. (Agreed upon.) p. 183

Authentic. It was narrated by al-Bukhārī (3/235, 413) and Muslim (4/130), as well as Ahmad (1/385, 390, 420, 432, 450).

225 – (Muslim narrated in his Sahīh from Sabra al-Juhanī that he accompanied the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, during the conquest of Mecca, and he permitted them to contract temporary marriages with women. He said: “The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, had not yet departed when he prohibited it.” Another wording of his hadith states: “Allah has indeed forbidden this until the Day of Resurrection.”) p. 183

Authentic. It is documented in al-Irwā’ (1902–1903).

1/225 (See its documentation in al-Mustadrak, p. 289.)

226 – (The hadith: “Ghaylān al-Thaqafī embraced Islam while married to ten women…”

Narrated by al-Shāfiī, Ahmad, al-Tirmidhī, Ibn Mājah, Ibn Abī Shayba, al-Dāraqutnī, and al-Bayhaqī.) p. 184

Authentic. It is documented in al-Irwā’ (1883).

227 – (The same applies to a man who embraced Islam while married to eight women. Narrated by Abū Dāwūd.) p. 185

Sound. It is documented in the source cited above (1885).

228 – (There is also a report concerning a man who had five wives: the Messenger, peace and blessings be upon him, forbade him to retain more than four of them. Narrated by Ahmad, the compilers of the Sunan works, al-Dārimī, Ibn Hibbān, and al-Hākim.) p. 185

Weak. It is documented in the aforementioned source (1884).