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Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "It is essential to have the consent of a virgin (for the marriage). I said, "A virgin
feels shy." The Prophet; said, "Her silence means her consent." Some people said, "If a man falls in
love with an orphan slave girl or a virgin and she refuses (him) and then he makes a trick by bringing
two false witnesses to testify that he has married her, and then she attains the age of puberty and
agrees to marry him and the judge accepts the false witness and the husband knows that the witnesses
were false ones, he may consummate his marriage."
Sahih al-Bukhari Book 90, Hadith 18
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Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "A lady slave should not be given in marriage until she is consulted, and a virgin
should not be given in marriage until her permission is granted." The people said, "How will she
express her permission?" The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "By keeping silent (when asked her consent)." Some
people said, "If a man, by playing a trick, presents two false witnesses before the judge to testify that
he has married a matron with her consent and the judge confirms his marriage, and the husband is sure
that he has never married her (before), then such a marriage will be considered as a legal one and he
may live with her as husband."
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Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) used to like sweets and also used to like honey, and whenever he finished the `Asr
prayer, he used to visit his wives and stay with them. Once he visited Hafsa and remained with her
longer than the period he used to stay, so I enquired about it. It was said to me, "A woman from her
tribe gave her a leather skin containing honey as a present, and she gave some of it to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)
to drink." I said, "By Allah, we will play a trick on him." So I mentioned the story to Sauda (the wife
of the Prophet) and said to her, "When he enters upon you, he will come near to you whereupon you
should say to him, 'O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! Have you eaten Maghafir?' He will say, 'No.' Then you say to
him, 'What is this bad smell? ' And it would be very hard on Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) that a bad smell should be
found on his body. He will say, 'Hafsa has given me a drink of honey.' Then you should say to him,
'Its bees must have sucked from the Al-`Urfut (a foul smelling flower).' I too, will tell him the same.
And you, O Saifya, say the same."
So when the Prophet (ﷺ) entered upon Sauda (the following happened). Sauda said, "By Him except
Whom none has the right to be worshipped, I was about to say to him what you had told me to say
while he was still at the gate because of fear from you. But when Allah 's Apostle came near to me, I
said to him, 'O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! Have you eaten Maghafir?' He replied, 'No.' I said, 'What about this
smell?' He said, 'Hafsa has given me a drink of honey.' I said, 'Its bees must have sucked Al-`Urfut.' "
When he entered upon me, I told him the same as that, and when he entered upon Safiya, she too told
him the same. So when he visited Hafsa again, she said to him, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! Shall I give you a
drink of it (honey)?" He said, "I have no desire for it." Sauda said, Subhan Allah! We have deprived
him of it (honey)." I said to her, "Be quiet!"