𝗪𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻'𝘀 𝗕𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗳𝗶𝘁𝘀 (429)

Loving for a Sister What You Love for Yourself: The Example of Umm Ḥabībah Sheikh Abū ’Amr ḥafidhahullāh states: Umm Ḥabībah was keen on securing goodness for her sister, so she offered her sister in marriage to the Prophet ﷺ. Naturally, women possess feelings of jealousy, so he said to her: “Do you desire that?” She replied: “I am not going to be left alone,” meaning: Since you will be marrying other women regardless, then my sister is more deserving. Thus, every righteous person strives to bring about goodness for themselves and their relatives. A virtuous woman wishes for her sister to marry a righteous man, and she seeks to bring goodness into her community and her family. Likewise, a righteous man endeavours to attain good for himself, his children, his brothers, and his kin. However, this incident also demonstrates that such an arrangement is not permissible. She offered her [biological] sister without knowing that it is unlawful for a man to be married to a woman and her sister at the same time. As we have previously come across in the narration of Abū Hurayrah in the Book of Marriage, it is not permitted for a man to marry a woman together with her sister, nor together with her paternal or maternal aunt.