his "Masa'il" (84), on the authority of his father, who said: Dawud narrated to us from Abu Nadrah, from Abu Sa'id, the freed slave of Abu Usayd, who said: He married (85), and Abdullah ibn Mas'ud, Abu Dharr, Hudhayfah, and others from the Companions of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, were present. The time for prayer arrived, so they stepped him forward, and he was a slave, so he led them in prayer. Then they said to him: "When you go in to your wife, pray two rak'ahs, then take hold of the head of your wife and say: 'O Allah, bless me in my wife, and bless my wife in me; provide them sustenance from me, and provide me sustenance from them.' Then attend to yourself and your wife" (86). Abu Dawud (87) narrated with his chain of transmission from 'Amr ibn Shu'ayb, from his father, from his grandfather, from the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, that he said: "When one of you marries a woman or purchases (88) a servant, let him say: 'O Allah, I ask You for her good and the good of what You have created in her nature, and I seek refuge in You from her evil and the evil of what You have created in her nature.' And if he purchases a camel, let him take hold of the top of its hump and say the like of that."
1136 - Issue: He said: (And it is not permitted for a free man to combine more than four wives.)
The scholars are in consensus regarding this, and we do not know of anyone who disagreed with it among them (1), except for something reported about (2) al-Qasim ibn Ibrahim (3), that he permitted nine; due to the saying of Allah the Exalted: {Then marry those that please you of [other] women, two or three or four} (4).
(84) In M: "Mas'alah". (85) Meaning: Abu Sa'id, the freed slave of Abu Usayd. In A there is an addition: "Salim". It is an error. (86) Its authentication was previously provided in 3/26, 27. To it should be added: it was also recorded by Abd al-Razzaq, in: The Chapter on what a man should begin with when entering upon his wife, from the Book of Marriage. Al-Musannaf 6/192. (87) In: The Chapter in the Compilation of Marriage, from the Book of Marriage. Sunan Abi Dawud 1/498. It was also recorded by Ibn Majah, in: The Chapter of what a man says when he enters upon his wife, from the Book of Marriage, and in: The Chapter of buying slaves, from the Book of Commerce. Sunan Ibn Majah 1/617, 618, 2/757. (88) In A, B, and M: "wa-ishtara" (and he purchased). (1) Omitted from: A, M. (2) In M there is an addition: "Ibn". (3) Al-Qasim ibn Ibrahim ibn Isma'il al-Hasani al-Rassi, born in the year 169 AH, and to him are attributed the Qasimiyyah of the Zaydiyyah. Tarikh al-Turath al-'Arabi 1/3/328.
"مَسائِلِه" (٨٤)، عن أبِيه، حَدَّثَنا دَاودُ عن أبى نَضْرةَ، عن أبى سعيدٍ مَوْلَى أبى أُسَيْدٍ، قال: تَزَوّجَ (٨٥)، فحَضَرَه عبدُ اللَّه بن مسعودٍ، وأبو ذَرٍّ، وحُذَيْفةُ، وغيرهُم من أصحابِ رسولِ اللَّه -صلى اللَّه عليه وسلم-، فحَضَرَتِ الصلاةُ، فقَدَّمُوه وهو مَمْلوكٌ، فصَلَّى بهم، ثم قالوا له: إذا دَخَلْتَ على أهْلِكَ فصَلِّ رَكْعَتَيْنِ، ثم خُذْ برَأْسِ أهْلِكَ، فَقُلْ: اللَّهُمَّ بارِكْ لى فى أهْلِى، وبارِكْ لأهْلِى فِىَّ، وارْزُقْهُم مِنِّى، وارْزُقْنِى منهم. ثم شَأْنك وشَأْنَ أهْلِكَ (٨٦). ورَوى أبو داودَ (٨٧)، بإسْنادِه عن عَمْرِو بن شُعَيْبٍ، عن أبيه، عن جَدِّه، عن النَّبِىِّ -صلى اللَّه عليه وسلم-، أنَّه قال: "إذَا تَزَوَّجَ أحَدُكُم امْرَأَةً أوِ اشْتَرَى (٨٨) خادِمًا، فلْيَقُلْ: اللَّهُمَّ إنِّى أسْأَلُكَ خَيْرَهَا وخَيْرَ مَا جَبَلْتَها عَلَيْهِ، وأعُوذُ بك مِنْ شَرِّهَا وشَرِّ مَا جَبَلْتَهَا عَلَيْهِ. وإذَا اشْتَرَى بَعِيرًا، فَلْيَأْخُذْ بِذُرْوَةِ سَنَامِهِ، ولْيَقُلْ مِثْلَ ذلِكَ".
١١٣٦ - مسألة؛ قال: (وَلَيْس لِلْحُرِّ أَنْ يَجْمَعَ بَيْنَ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ أَرْبَعِ زَوْجَاتٍ)
أجْمَعَ أهلُ العلمِ على هذا، ولا نعلمُ أحدًا خالَفَه منهم (١)، إلَّا شيئا يُحْكَى عن (٢) القاسمِ بن إبراهيمَ (٣)، أنَّه أباحَ تِسْعًا؛ لقولِ اللَّه تعالى: {فَانْكِحُوا مَا طَابَ لَكُمْ مِنَ
(٨٤) فى م: "مسألة".(٨٥) أى أبو سعيد مرلى أبى أسيد. وفى أزيادة: "سالم". خطأ.(٨٦) تقدم تخريجه فى: ٣/ ٢٦، ٢٧. ويضاف إليه: كما أخرجه عبد الرزاق أيضًا، فى: باب ما ييدأ الرجل الذى يدخل على أهله، من كتاب النكاح. المصنف ٦/ ١٩٢.(٨٧) فى: باب فى جامع النكاح، من كتاب النكاح. سنن أبى داود ١/ ٤٩٨.كما أخرجه ابن ماجه، فى: باب ما يقول الرجل إذا دخلت عليه أهله، من كتاب النكاح، وفى: باب شراء الرقيق، من كتاب التجارات. سنن ابن ماجه ١/ ٦١٧، ٦١٨، ٢/ ٧٥٧.(٨٨) فى أ، ب، م: "واشترى".(١) سقط من: أ، م.(٢) فى م زيادة: "ابن".(٣) القاسم بن إبراهيم بن إسماعيل الحسنى الرسى، ولد سنة تسع وستين ومائة، وكسب إليه القاسمية من الزيدية. تاريخ التراث العربي ١/ ٣/ ٣٢٨.
