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Sahih al-Bukhari 2733 (Book 54, Hadith 20) #2612
The Mahr of Women Who Emigrated

SUMMARY: This hadith explains the Islamic ruling on the Mahr of women who emigrated from their husbands and embraced Islam, and how Allah revealed a verse to compensate those whose wives had gone.

Narrated Az-Zuhri: 'Urwa said, "Aisha told me that Allah's Messenger used to examine the women emigrants. We have been told also that when Allah revealed the order that the Muslims should return to the pagans what they had spent on their wives who emigrated (after embracing Islam) and that the Muslims should not keep unbelieving women as their wives, 'Umar divorced two of his wives, Qariba, the daughter of Abu Umayyah and the daughter of Jarwal Al-Khuza'i. Later on Mu'awiya married Qariba and Abu Jahm married the other". When the pagans refused to pay what the Muslims had spent on their wives, Allah revealed: "And if any of your wives have gone from you to the unbelievers and you have an accession (by the coming over of a woman from the other side) (then pay to those whose wives have gone) the equivalent of what they had spent (on their Mahr)". (60.11) So, Allah ordered that the Muslim whose wife has gone, should be given, as a compensation of the Mahr he had given to his wife, from the Mahr of the wives of the pagans who had emigrated deserting their husbands. We do not know any of the women emigrants who deserted Islam after embracing it. We have also been told that Abu Basir bin Asid Ath-Thaqafi came to the Prophet as a Muslim emigrant during the truce. Al-Akhnas bin Shariq wrote to the Prophet requesting him to return Abu Basir.
وَقَالَ عُقَيْلٌ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، قَالَ عُرْوَةُ فَأَخْبَرَتْنِي عَائِشَةُ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ كَانَ يَمْتَحِنُهُنَّ، وَبَلَغَنَا أَنَّهُ لَمَّا أَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى أَنْ يَرُدُّوا إِلَى الْمُشْرِكِينَ مَا أَنْفَقُوا عَلَى مَنْ هَاجَرَ مِنْ أَزْوَاجِهِمْ، وَحَكَمَ عَلَى الْمُسْلِمِينَ، أَنْ لاَ يُمَسِّكُوا بِعِصَمِ الْكَوَافِرِ، أَنَّ عُمَرَ طَلَّقَ امْرَأَتَيْنِ قَرِيبَةَ بِنْتَ أَبِي أُمَيَّةَ، وَابْنَةَ جَرْوَلٍ الْخُزَاعِيِّ، فَتَزَوَّجَ قَرِيبَةَ مُعَاوِيَةُ، وَتَزَوَّجَ الأُخْرَى أَبُو جَهْمٍ، فَلَمَّا أَبَى الْكُفَّارُ أَنْ يُقِرُّوا بِأَدَاءِ مَا أَنْفَقَ الْمُسْلِمُونَ عَلَى أَزْوَاجِهِمْ، أَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى ‏{‏وَإِنْ فَاتَكُمْ شَىْءٌ مِنْ أَزْوَاجِكُمْ إِلَى الْكُفَّارِ فَعَاقَبْتُمْ‏}‏ وَالْعَقِبُ مَا يُؤَدِّي الْمُسْلِمُونَ إِلَى مَنْ هَاجَرَتِ امْرَأَتُهُ مِنَ الْكُفَّارِ، فَأَمَرَ أَنْ يُعْطَى مَنْ ذَهَبَ لَهُ زَوْجٌ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ مَا أَنْفَقَ مِنْ صَدَاقِ نِسَاءِ الْكُفَّارِ اللاَّئِي هَاجَرْنَ، وَمَا نَعْلَمُ أَحَدًا مِنَ الْمُهَاجِرَاتِ ارْتَدَّتْ بَعْدَ إِيمَانِهَا‏.‏ وَبَلَغَنَا أَنَّ أَبَا بَصِيرِ بْنَ أَسِيدٍ الثَّقَفِيَّ قَدِمَ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ مُؤْمِنًا مُهَاجِرًا فِي الْمُدَّةِ، فَكَتَبَ الأَخْنَسُ بْنُ شَرِيقٍ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ يَسْأَلُهُ أَبَا بَصِيرٍ، فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ‏.‏

TOPICS
emigration  *  compensation  *  verse  *  mahr

QUICK LESSONS:
Honor contracts even with nonbelievers ; Respect agreements made with nonbelievers ; Be generous towards others regardless if they are believers or nonbelievers ; Be fair ; Treat genders equally .

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith discusses the Islamic ruling on the Mahr of women who emigrated from their husbands and embraced Islam. According to this hadith narrated by Az-Zuhri through 'Urwa through Aisha that when Allah revealed the order that Muslims should return to pagans what they had spent on their wives who emigrated after embracing Islam and that Muslims should not keep unbelieving women as their wives; Umar divorced two of his wives Qariba daughter of Abu Umayyah and daughter of Jarwal Al Khuza’i. Later Mu’awiya married Qariba and Abu Jahm married other one. When pagans refused to pay what Muslims had spent on their wives Allah revealed a verse in Surah al Mumtahanah which states “And if any of your wives have gone from you to the unbelievers and you have an accession then pay to those whose wife has gone equivalent of what they have spent” meaning that Muslim whose wife has gone should be given compensation for mahr he gave his wife from mahrs given by pagan men for their deserting Muslim women. It is also mentioned in this Hadith about a man named Abu Basir bin Asid Ath Thaqafi who came as Muslim immigrant during truce period where Akhnas bin Shariq wrote letter requesting Prophet Muhammad ﷺto return him back but we do not know any woman immigrant deserting Islam after embracing it.

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