Yahya related to me from Malik from Nafi from Abdullah ibn Umar
that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace,
said, "Do not ask for a woman in marriage when another muslim has
already done so."
Malik said, "The explanation of the
statement of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him
peace, according to what we think - and Allah knows best - is that 'Do
not ask for a woman in marriage when another muslim has already done
so' means that when a man has asked for a woman in marriage, and she
has inclined to him and they have agreed on a bride-price, which she
has suggested and with which they are mutually satisfied, it is
forbidden for another man to ask for that woman in marriage. It does
not mean that when a man has asked for a woman in marriage, and his
suit does not agree with her and she does not incline to him that no
one else can ask for her in marriage. That is a door to misery for
people."
Muwatta Malik Book 28, Hadith 2
When `Abdur-Rahman bin `Auf married an Ansari woman, the Prophet (ﷺ) asked him, "How much Mahr
did you give her?" `Abdur-Rahman said, "Gold equal to the weight of a date stone." Anas added:
When they (i.e. the Prophet (ﷺ) and his companions) arrived at Medina, the emigrants stayed at the
Ansar's houses. `Abdur-Rahman bin `Auf stayed at Sa`d bin Ar-Rabi's house. Sa`d said to `Abdur-
Rahman, "I will divide and share my property with you and will give one of my two wives to you."
`Abdur-Rahman said, "May Allah bless you, your wives and property (I am not in need of that; but
kindly show me the way to the market)." So `Abdur-Rahman went to the market and traded there
gaining a profit of some dried yoghurt and butter, and married (an Ansari woman). The Prophet (ﷺ) said
to him, "Give a banquet, even if with one sheep."
Sahih al-Bukhari Book 67, Hadith 102
Yahya related to me from Malik from Rabia ibn Abi Abd ar-Rahman
from Muhammad ibn Yahya ibn Habban that Ibn Muhayriz said, "I went
into the mosque and saw Abu Said al-Khudri and so I sat by him and
asked him about coitus interruptus. Abu Said al-Khudri said, 'We went
out with the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him
peace, on the expedition to the Banu al-Mustaliq. We took some Arabs
prisoner, and we desired the women as celibacy was hard for us. We
wanted the ransom, so we wanted to practise coitus interruptus. We
said, 'Shall we practise coitus interruptus while the Messenger of
Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, is among us before we
ask him?' We asked him about that and he said, 'You don't have to not
do it. There is no self which is to come into existence up to the Day
of Rising but that it will come into existence.' "
Muwatta Malik Book 29, Hadith 106
A man came to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and said, "I saw in a dream, a cloud having shade. Butter and honey
were dropping from it and I saw the people gathering it in their hands, some gathering much and some
a little. And behold, there was a rope extending from the earth to the sky, and I saw that you (the
Prophet) held it and went up, and then another man held it and went up and (after that) another (third)
held it and went up, and then after another (fourth) man held it, but it broke and then got connected
again." Abu Bakr said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! Let my father be sacrificed for you! Allow me to interpret
this dream." The Prophet (ﷺ) said to him, "Interpret it." Abu Bakr said, "The cloud with shade symbolizes
Islam, and the butter and honey dropping from it, symbolizes the Quran, its sweetness dropping and
some people learning much of the Quran and some a little. The rope which is extended from the sky
to the earth is the Truth which you (the Prophet) are following. You follow it and Allah will raise you
high with it, and then another man will follow it and will rise up with it and another person will follow
it and then another man will follow it but it will break and then it will be connected for him and he
will rise up with it. O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! Let my father be sacrificed for you! Am I right or wrong?" The
Prophet replied, "You are right in some of it and wrong in some." Abu Bakr said, "O Allah's Prophet!
By Allah, you must tell me in what I was wrong." The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Do not swear."
Sahih al-Bukhari Book 91, Hadith 60