Hadith 23

Sunan Ibn Majah

Book 9: The Chapters on Marriage Sahih

Chapter 10

A man should not propose marriage to a woman to whom his brother already proposed

باب لاَ يَخْطُبِ الرَّجُلُ عَلَى خِطْبَةِ أَخِيهِ

Sahih
Sunan Ibn Majah 1867
حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ، وَسَهْلُ بْنُ أَبِي سَهْلٍ، قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ ‏ ‏ ‏.‏
"‏ لاَ يَخْطُبِ الرَّجُلُ عَلَى خِطْبَةِ أَخِيهِ ‏"
It was narrated from Abu Hurairah that:

the Messenger of Allah said: “A man should not propose to a woman to whom his brother has already proposed.”