The Meaning of the Hadith: "Three Matters Are Serious in Their Seriousness and Serious in Their Joking"
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: A hadith was narrated from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)Sunan Ibn Majah 2039Hasan (Darussalam) and marriage is mentioned among them. He asks: What is the intended meaning of this? And does joking lead to
Answer:
the conclusion of a marriage contract? There is no joking in a marriage contract. There is no joking in a marriage contract. If you say to him, "I am giving you my daughter, my daughter, or my relative," and he says, "I accept," and then you say, "I was joking with you, I am marrying you, I was joking with you," no, there is no joking in this. This is final. It is binding. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: A hadith was narrated from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)
There are three matters in which seriousness is serious and joking is serious
ثلاث جدهن جد وهزلهن جدAnswer:
the conclusion of a marriage contract? There is no joking in a marriage contract. There is no joking in a marriage contract. If you say to him, "I am giving you my daughter, my daughter, or my relative," and he says, "I accept," and then you say, "I was joking with you, I am marrying you, I was joking with you," no, there is no joking in this. This is final. It is binding. Yes.
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من باب في غير أولي الإربة — islamhouse.com (41:16)
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