recite Du‘?’ with them. Indeed this is the great success for which people should dedicate themselves. (1)
[56] Abandoning the Jumu‘ah and other congregational Salaw?t by the bridegroom:
One of the most prevalent mistakes people make is believing that it is permissible for a bridegroom to abandon the Jumu‘ah and other congregational Salaw?t in the mosque depending on the prophet’s ( - ) had?th which states: ‘A virgin’s proportion is seven days and the matron’s proportion is three days’. (2)
This is indeed a false interpretation of the had?th. The aforementioned had?th concerns the man who gets married to another woman; Al-Bukh?r?’s narration which is traced back to ’Anas is a hard evidence on this. The narration states: “If one marries a virgin and he has already got a wife, he should stay
(1) “Ad-D?nul Kh?lis” (vol. 4 / p. 313).
(2) Narrated by: Al-Bukh?r? in the “Sah?h” (vol. 9 / pp. 313 - 4) (no. 5213 and 5214), Muslim in his “Sah?h” (no. 1461), Ab? D?w?d in “As-Sunnan” (no. 2124), At-Trimith? in “Al-J?mi‘ ” (no. 1339), Abdir Razz?q in “Al-Musannaf” (no. 10643), Al Baihaq? in “As-Sunnan Al-Kubr?” (vol. 7 / p. 301), Al-Baghaw? in “Sarh As-Sunnah” (no. 2326), At-Tah?w? in “Sharh Ma‘?n? Al-?th?r” (vol. 3 / p. 28) and M?lik in “Al-Muwatta’ ” (vol. 2 / p. 530 / no. 15).
They all narrated it through a chain of narrators traced back to one of the prophet’s ( - ) Sah?bah.
Kh?lid Ibn Mahr?n al-Hathth?’ added in his narration ‘If I ascribed this to the prophet ( - ) I would be telling the truth, but indeed this is the Sunnah’.
The had?th was narrated through a chain of narrators traced back to the prophet ( - ) by “ Ibn M?jah in “As-Sunnan” (no. 1916), Ad-D?rim? in As-Sunnan (vol. 2 / p. 144), Ahmad in Al-Musnad (vol. 3 / p. 99), Ab? Nu‘aim in “Al-Hilyah” (vol. 2 / p. 288) and (vol. 3 / p. 13), Ibn Khuzaimah, Ibn Hibb?n and Al-Ism?‘?l? - as is mentioned in “Al-Fath” (vol. 9 / p. 315).
Anas’s statement “ ... but it is the Sunnah” -as narrated by Kh?lid- supports that this ruling must have been taken from the prophet ( - ).
In “Nasbur R?yah” (vol. 1 / p. 314), Az-Zayl‘? said: ‘It is known that if a Sah?b? stated that a certain act is a “Sunnah”, he certainly refered to “the prophet’s ( - ) ruling”. The same thing applies on others’ sayings unless they ascribe it to other than prophet ( - ) such as: “The two ‘Umars’ Sunnah” and phrases like this’.
See: “Al-Kif?yah” by Al-Khat?b (p. 421) and “Ihk?mul Ahk?m” (vol. 3 / p. 67) and (vol. 4 / p. 41) by Ibn Daqiq Al-Eid.