Hadith 9398

Chapter 6

باب 6

(6) باب تَحْرِيمِ الْخِطْبَةِ عَلَى خِطْبَةِ أَخِيهِ حَتَّى يَأْذَنَ أَوْ يَتْرُكَ

(6) Chapter: The prohibition of proposing marriage when one's brother has already proposed, unless he gives permission or gives up the idea (AR)
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حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ أَيُّوبَ، وَقُتَيْبَةُ، وَابْنُ، حُجْرٍ جَمِيعًا عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ، - قَالَ ابْنُ أَيُّوبَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ، - أَخْبَرَنِي الْعَلاَءُ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " لاَ يَسُمِ الْمُسْلِمُ عَلَى سَوْمِ أَخِيهِ وَلاَ يَخْطُبْ عَلَى خِطْبَتِهِ " .

Abu Huraira (Allah be pleased with him) reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:
The Muslim should not purchase in opposition to his brother, and he should not make the proposal of marriage on the proposal already made by his brother. (AR)

Reference (AR): Sahih Muslim 1413 d (AR)

In-book reference (AR): Book 16, Hadith 64 (AR)

USC-MSA web (English) reference(deprecated numbering scheme): Book 8, Hadith 3292 (AR)