سنن أبي داود
Book 12: Marriage (Kitab Al-Nikah)
كِتَاب النِّكَاحِ
Chapter 18
Chapter: Regarding it being disliked for a person to propose after his brother’s proposal.
باب فِي كَرَاهِيَةِ أَنْ يَخْطُبَ الرَّجُلُ عَلَى خِطْبَةِ أَخِيهِ
English narration
Narrated by أبو هريرة الدوسي
Abu Hurairah reported the Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying “ A man should not seek the hand of a woman in marriage when his brother has already sought her hand. ”
النص العربي
حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَمْرِو بْنِ السَّرْحِ ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ ، عَنْ الزُّهْرِيِّ ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ، قَالَ : قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : "
لَا يَخْطُبُ الرَّجُلُ عَلَى خِطْبَةِ أَخِيهِ
" .
The isnād
2 narrations with matching wording share this tree; it forks where their chains diverge.
Matching wording
Compared word by word against this hadith’s matn. Highlighted words are only in this narration; struck-through words are only in the current hadith.