Sahih al-Bukhari 2621 (Book 54, Hadith 20)
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 (ﷺ) as a Muslim emigrant during the
truce. Al-Akhnas bin Shariq wrote to the Prophet (ﷺ) requesting him to return Abu Basir.
Sahih al-Bukhari 2621 (Book 54, Hadith 20)
The above hadith is from the Sahih al-Buhari collection of hadiths. Compiled by the esteemed Islamic scholar Muḥammad ibn Ismā‘īl al-Bukhārī around 847 CE, Sahih al-Bukhari stands as one of the most revered and authoritative collections within Sunni Islam. This monumental work is a primary component of the Kutub al-Sittah, or the six canonical books of hadith. It is distinguished by its rigorous methodology and is often considered the most authentic book after the Quran. The collection is meticulously organized into 97 chapters, encompassing approximately 7,563 individual narrations of the Prophet Muhammad’s sayings, actions, and approvals, forming a vital foundation for Islamic law and practice.
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