2840 - Muhammad ibn Ishaq al-Saghani informed us, saying: Ahmad ibn Ishaq narrated to us, saying: Hammad ibn Salamah narrated to us, from Humayd, from 'Ikrimah, from Ibn 'Abbas, that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, married Maymunah while he was in the state of ihram (ritual consecration).

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And Yunus ibn Muhammad was followed in mentioning 'Ikrimah in the chain of transmission:

'Abd ibn Humayd (583) recorded it via Abu al-Walid al-Tayalisi, and the compiler [al-Nasa'i] via the route of Ahmad ibn Ishaq as will come in the following hadith, and al-Daraqutni in "al-Sunan" (3663) via the route of 'Abbas ibn al-Walid al-Narsi — all three of them from Hammad ibn Salamah, with the same chain of transmission as the one preceding it (the chain of Ahmad). In the compiler's version: "while he was in the state of ihram," and in the versions of Ahmad, 'Abd ibn Humayd, and al-Daraqutni: "while both of them were in the state of ihram" (similar to the compiler's narration).

Ahmad (2393), the compiler in "al-Sunan al-Kubra" (3190), and Ibn Hibban (4133) also recorded it via the route of Muhammad ibn Ishaq, from Aban ibn Salih, from Mujahid and 'Ata', from Ibn 'Abbas. Aban ibn Salih was paired with 'Abdullah ibn Abi Najih in the versions of Ahmad and Ibn Hibban. In Ahmad's version: "that he, peace and blessings be upon him, married Maymunah bint al-Harith during a journey while he was in a state of prohibition (haram)." In Ibn Hibban's version: "while he was in the state of ihram during the 'Umrah of al-Qada' (the compensatory 'Umrah)."

Al-Bukhari (4259) suspended it (mu'allaq) from Muhammad ibn Ishaq, with wording similar to Ibn Hibban's aforementioned wording.

The compiler said following the hadith: "The well-known report from 'Ata' from Ibn 'Abbas is that the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, was cupped while he was in the state of ihram."

The hadith concerning the marriage of Maymunah while he was in the state of ihram will come via the route of 'Ata' from Ibn 'Abbas under number (2841). The various chains of the hadith and the discrepancy in its text are to be examined in the commentary on hadith (2837).

(1) Its chain of transmission is sound despite a discrepancy in its text, as mentioned in the preceding hadiths. It is in "al-Sunan al-Kubra" under number (3809).

Ahmad (2565), (3233), (3283), (3319), (3384), and (3400), al-Bukhari (4258), Abu Dawud (1844), al-Tirmidhi (842) and (843), and Ibn Hibban (4129) also recorded it via various routes, from 'Ikrimah, from him [Ibn 'Abbas].

In the two narrations of Ahmad (2565) and (3319): "He married Maymunah at Sarif while he was in the state of ihram," and in the second there is an addition: "then he consummated the marriage with her after he had returned, at Sarif." In narration (3384) there is an addition: "and he consummated the marriage with her while in a lawful state (halal) at Sarif, and she died at Sarif," and similar wording is found in al-Bukhari. In Ahmad's narration (3233) there is an addition: "and he was cupped while he was in the state of ihram." =