Hadith / Musnad Ahmad / 435:29
Musnad Ahmad 435:29
Hadith of Mu'awiyah ibn Abi Sufyan (RA)
حديث معاوية بن أبي سفيان
Hadith 435:29
Ya'qub and Sa'd narrated to us, they said: My father narrated to us, from Muhammad ibn Ishaq, who said: Abd al-Rahman ibn Hurmuz al-A'raj narrated to me, that al-Abbas ibn Abd Allah ibn Abbas gave his daughter in marriage to Abd al-Rahman ibn al-Hakam, and Abd al-Rahman gave his daughter in marriage to him, and they had set a dowry. Mu'awiyah ibn Abi Sufyan—and he was the Caliph—wrote to Marwan, ordering him to separate them, and he said in his letter: "This is the *shighar* (exchange marriage) which the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, forbade."
حدثنا يعقوب، وسعد، قالا: حدثنا أبي، عن محمد بن إسحاق، قال: حدثني عبد الرحمن بن هرمز الأعرج، أن العباس بن عبد الله بن عباس أنكح عبد الرحمن بن الحكم ابنته، وأنكحه عبد الرحمن ابنته، وقد كانا جعلا صداقا، فكتب معاوية بن أبي سفيان - وهو خليفة - إلى مروان يأمره بالتفريق بينهما، وقال في كتابه: " هذا الشغار الذي نهى عنه رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم "