Vol.1, Beirut: Dar Al Arqam Bin
AlAqam, no. 86.
[ 19 ]Bukhari, vol.1, book 6, no. 304.
[ 20 ]Bukhari, vol.4, book 56, no. 2926.
This oft repeated Hadith also appears in
no. 2925 and Muslim vol. 4, book 41,
nos. 6981–6985.
[ 21 ]Mishkat Al Messabih, vol. 2, no.
5552.
[ 22 ]Abu Dawud Sulaiman bin Al
Aash’ath Al Azdi as Sijistani, Sunan
abuDawud, Ahmad Hasan, translator,
Kitab Bhavan, 1990. Book 37, no.
4310.
[ 23 ]Lists of the prophet’s wives differ,
but he seems to have had around twelve
in all, including Hafsa, Daughter of
‘Umar, who was one of his successors
as the caliph, or leader of the Islamic