with the new wife for seven days, and if someone marries a matron, he should stay with her for three days. Then he divides the days equally between them [i.e. all of his wives]”.

Ab? Qul?bah -the one who narrated the had?th from ’Anas- said: ‘I could say that ’Anas must have heard it from the prophet ( - )’. (1)

Muhammad Al ‘Utb? Al-Qrutub? was asked regarding whether the bridegroom who gets married on Thursday night is permitted to abandon the Jumu‘ah Sal?t’.

He answered: ‘No. Not even Thuhr and Asr Salaw?t. He should attend them with the congregation’.

Then he continued: ‘Such false acts prevail when the well-known and the reverend amongst his people deliver false rulings’. (2)

Muhammad’s statement indicates that this mistake has been practiced long ago, and some of those who claim to be of the scholars deliver such a false ruling. Indeed, we have no might nor power but with the help of All?h ( - عز وجل -) , the ’Athim, the ‘Ali’.

He also said: ‘Sahn?n said that some people claim that a bridegroom could leave attending [the Jumu‘ah Sal?t] for this is her [the bride’s] right granted to her by the prophet ( - ) !! And M?lik said: ‘I hate that a bridegroom leave attending any Sal?t” ’. (3)

Commenting on Suhn?n’s and M?lik’s statements, Muhammad Ibn Rushd said: ‘Suhn?n’s statement about what people think that this is the bride’s right on her husband; i.e. not to attend the Jumu‘ah Sal?t nor any other Sal?t and stay with her; is a shear ignorance -as M?lik said- and an avowed mistake’.

Then he said: ‘I believe that M?lik meant that he disliked that a bridegroom be permitted to leave attending all the Salaw?t with the