Hadith 64

Mishkat al-Masabih

Book 13: Marriage

Chapter 3

Making a Marriage publicly known, asking Woman in Marriage, and the Condition laid down - Section 1

باب إعلان النكاح والخطبة والشرط - الفصل الأول

Mishkat al-Masabih 3144
وَعَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «لَا يَخْطُبُ الرَّجُلُ عَلَى خِطْبَةِ أَخِيهِ حَتَّى يَنْكِحَ أَو يتْرك»
Abu Huraira reported God’s Messenger as saying, “A man must 'not ask a woman in marriage when his brother has done so already, until he marries or gives her up." (Bukhari and Muslim.)