Sahih al-Bukhari · Book 90

كِتَاب الْإِكْرَاهِ

The Book of Al-Ikrah (Coercion)

11 hadith · 8 chapters

The chapter divisions

Chapters in this book

11- بَابُ وَقَوْلُ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى: {إِلاَّ مَنْ أُكْرِهَ وَقَلْبُهُ مُطْمَئِنٌّ بِالإِيمَانِ وَلَكِنْ مَنْ شَرَحَ بِالْكُفْرِ صَدْرًا فَعَلَيْهِمْ غَضَبٌ مِنَ اللَّهِ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ عَظِيمٌ}:(1) (Chapter.) The Statement of Allah: "Except him who is forced thereto and whose heart is at rest with Faith, but such as open their breast to disbelief, on them is wrath from Allah, and theirs will be a great torment." (V.16:106)21 م- بَابُ مَنِ اخْتَارَ الضَّرْبَ وَالْقَتْلَ وَالْهَوَانَ عَلَى الْكُفْرِ:(1b) Chapter. Whoever preferred to be beaten, killed and humiliated rather than to revert to Kufr (i.e., disbelief).32- بَابٌ في بَيْعِ الْمُكْرَهِ وَنَحْوِهِ فِي الْحَقِّ وَغَيْرِهِ:(2) Chapter. Selling (one’s property) under coercion or other circumstances to repay a debt or the like.43- بَابُ لاَ يَجُوزُ نِكَاحُ الْمُكْرَهِ:(3) Chapter. Marriage established under coercion is invalid.54- بَابُ إِذَا أُكْرِهَ حَتَّى وَهَبَ عَبْدًا أَوْ بَاعَهُ لَمْ يَجُزْ:(4) Chapter. If someone gives a slave as a present or sold him under coercion, his deed is invalid.65- بَابُ مِنَ الإِكْرَاهِ:(5) Chapter. (An example of hateful) compulsion (i.e., to do a thing against one’s will is from being under coercion).76- بَابُ إِذَا اسْتُكْرِهَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ عَلَى الزِّنَا، فَلاَ حَدَّ عَلَيْهَا:(6) Chapter. If a woman is compelled to commit illegal sexual intercourse against her will, then no legal punishment is inflicted upon her۔87- بَابُ يَمِينِ الرَّجُلِ لِصَاحِبِهِ إِنَّهُ أَخُوهُ، إِذَا خَافَ عَلَيْهِ الْقَتْلَ أَوْ نَحْوَهُ:(7) Chapter. The (false) oath of a man that his companion is his brother when he fears that his companion might be killed or harmed (if he did not take such an oath).

Opening leaves

First narrations

Bukhari · 6940أَنّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَانَ يَدْعُو فِي الصَّلَاةِ : اللَّهُمَّ أَنْجِ عَيَّاشَ بْنَ أَبِي رَبِيعَةَ ، وَسَلَمَةَ بْنَ هِشَامٍ ، وَالْوَلِيدَ بْنَ الْوَلِيدِ ، اللَّهُمَّ أَنْجِ الْمُسْتَضْعَفThe Prophet (ﷺ) used to invoke Allah in his prayer, "O Allah! Save 'Aiyash bin Abi Rabi'a and Salama bin Hisham and Al-Walid bin Al-Walid; O Allah! Save the weak among the believers; O Allah! Be hard upon the tribe of Mu7 narratorsBukhari · 6941ثَلَاثٌ مَنْ كُنَّ فِيهِ وَجَدَ حَلَاوَةَ الْإِيمَانِ : أَنْ يَكُونَ اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَحَبَّ إِلَيْهِ مِمَّا سِوَاهُمَا ، وَأَنْ يُحِبَّ الْمَرْءَ لَا يُحِبُّهُ إِلَّا لِلَّهِ ، وَأَنْ يَكْرَهَ أَنْ يَعُودَ فِي الْكُAllah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "Whoever possesses the (following) three qualities will have the sweetness of faith (1) The one to whom Allah and His Apostle becomes dearer than anything else; (2) Who loves a person and he l5 narratorsBukhari · 6942لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُنِي وَإِنَّ عُمَرَ مُوثِقِي عَلَى الْإِسْلَامِ ، وَلَوِ انْقَضَّ أُحُدٌ مِمَّا فَعَلْتُمْ بِعُثْمَانَ ، كَانَ مَحْقُوقًا أَنْ يَنْقَضَّI heard Sa'id bin Zaid saying, "I have seen myself tied and forced by 'Umar to leave Islam (Before 'Umar himself embraced Islam). And if the mountain of Uhud were to collapse for the evil which you people had done to 'Ut5 narratorsBukhari · 6943أَلَا تَسْتَنْصِرُ لَنَا ، أَلَا تَدْعُو لَنَا ؟ ، فَقَالَ : قَدْ كَانَ مَنْ قَبْلَكُمْ يُؤْخَذُ الرَّجُلُ فَيُحْفَرُ لَهُ فِي الْأَرْضِ ، فَيُجْعَلُ فِيهَا ، فَيُجَاءُ بِالْمِنْشَارِ فَيُوضَعُ عَلَى رَأْسِهِ ، فَيُجْعَلWe complained to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) (about our state) while he was leaning against his sheet cloak in the shade of the Ka`ba. We said, "Will you ask Allah to help us? Will you invoke Allah for us?" He said, "Among tho5 narratorsBukhari · 6944انْطَلِقُوا إِلَى يَهُودَ ، فَخَرَجْنَا مَعَهُ حَتَّى جِئْنَا بَيْتَ الْمِدْرَاسِ ، فَقَامَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَنَادَاهُمْ : يَا مَعْشَرَ يَهُودَ أَسْلِمُوا تَسْلَمُوا ، فَقَالُوا : قَدْ بَلَّغWhile we were in the mosque, Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) came out to us and said, "Let us proceed to the Jews." So we went along with him till we reached Bait-al-Midras (a place where the Torah used to be recited and all the J5 narratorsBukhari · 6945أَنَّ أَبَاهَا زَوَّجَهَا وَهِيَ ثَيِّبٌ ، فَكَرِهَتْ ذَلِكَ ، فَأَتَتِ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَرَدَّ نِكَاحَهَاThat her father gave her in marriage when she was a matron and she disliked that marriage. So she came and (complained) to the Prophets and he declared that marriage invalid. (See Hadith No. 69, Vol. 7)7 narratorsBukhari · 6946يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، يُسْتَأْمَرُ النِّسَاءُ فِي أَبْضَاعِهِنَّ ؟ ، قَالَ : نَعَمْ ، قُلْتُ : فَإِنَّ الْبِكْرَ تُسْتَأْمَرُ ، فَتَسْتَحْيِي ، فَتَسْكُتُ ، قَالَ : سُكَاتُهَا إِذْنُهَاI asked the Prophet, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! Should the women be asked for their consent to their marriage?" He said, "Yes." I said, "A virgin, if asked, feels shy and keeps quiet." He said, "Her silence means her cons6 narratorsBukhari · 6947أَنَّ رَجُلًا مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ دَبَّرَ مَمْلُوكًا وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ مَالٌ غَيْرُهُ ، فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَقَالَ : مَنْ يَشْتَرِيهِ مِنِّي ؟A man from the Ansar made his slave, a Mudabbar. And apart from that slave he did not have any other property. This news reached Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and he said, "Who will buy that slave from me?" So Nu'aim bin An-Nahh4 narratorsBukhari · 6948كَانُوا إِذَا مَاتَ الرَّجُلُ كَانَ أَوْلِيَاؤُهُ أَحَقَّ بِامْرَأَتِهِ ، إِنْ شَاءَ بَعْضُهُمْ تَزَوَّجَهَا ، وَإِنْ شَاءُوا زَوَّجَهَا ، وَإِنْ شَاءُوا لَمْ يُزَوِّجْهَا ، فَهُمْ أَحَقُّ بِهَا مِنْ أَهْلِهَا ، فَنَزَلَRegarding the Qur'anic Verse 'O you who believe! You are forbidden to inherit women against their will.' (4.19) The custom (in the Pre-lslamic Period) was that if a man died, his relatives used to have the right to inher6 narratorsBukhari · 6950هَاجَرَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ بِسَارَةَ ، دَخَلَ بِهَا قَرْيَةً فِيهَا مَلِكٌ مِنَ الْمُلُوكِ ، أَوْ جَبَّارٌ مِنَ الْجَبَابِرَةِ ، فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَيْهِ أَنْ أَرْسِلْ إِلَيَّ بِهَا ، فَأَرْسَلَ بِهَا ، فَقَامَ إِلَيْهَا ، فَقَامَتAllah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "(The Prophet) Abraham migrated with his wife Sarah till he reached a town where there was a king or a tyrant who sent a message, to Abraham, ordering him to send Sarah to him. So when Abraham5 narratorsBukhari · 6952أَنْصُرْ أَخَاكَ ظَالِمًا أَوْ مَظْلُومًا ، فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ : يَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ، أَنْصُرُهُ إِذَا كَانَ مَظْلُومًا ، أَفَرَأَيْتَ إِذَا كَانَ ظَالِمًا كَيْفَ أَنْصُرُهُ ؟ ، قَالَ : تَحْجُزُهُ أَوْ تَمْنَعُهُ مِنَ الظُّلْAllah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "Help your brother whether he is an oppressor or an oppressed," A man said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! I will help him if he is oppressed, but if he is an oppressor, how shall I help him?" The 5 narrators