"Lalle ne mafi girma daga cikinku a wajen Allah shi ne wanda ya fi tsoron Allah (Taqwa)" [Al-Hujurat: 13] Annabi ﷺ ya bayar da cousin dinsa Zaynab bin Jahsh (ra), wacce take daga cikin manyan mutanen Quraish, a aure ga Zayd bin Haritha (ra) wanda bawa ne da aka 'yantar. Abdullah b. Burayda (ra) ya ruwaito daga mahaifinsa cewa wata yarinya ta zo wurin Manzon Allah ﷺ ta ce: "Mahaifina ya aurar da ni ga dan uwansa domin ya daga darajarsa mara daraja." Sai Annabi ﷺ ya ba ta damar soke auren. Ta amsa da cewa: "Na yarda da abin da mahaifina ya yi, amma ina so in sanar da (sauran) mata cewa iyaye ba su da ikon aurar da 'ya'yansu mata ba tare da yardarsu ba." Ma'anar maganarta: 'domin ya daga darajarsa mara daraja' shi ne mahaifinta yana so ya daga matsayin zamantakewar dan uwansa ta hanyar aurar da ita gare shi. Wannan na nufin mahaifin ya aurar da ita ba tare da yardarta ba, saboda ba ta ga shi ya dace da ita ba, ba don ta yi tunanin ba ya kai ta matsayi ba, domin hakika shi dan uwanta ne, sai dai saboda ba ta amince da auren ba. Abu Hatim al-Muzani ya ruwaito cewa Manzon Allah ﷺ ya ce: "Idan wanda halayensa da dabi'unsa suka gamsar da kai ya zo neman aure, to ka aurar da 'yarka gare shi. Idan ba ka yi haka ba, za a samu fitina da babbar barna a duniya." Suka ce: "Ya Manzon Allah, ko da yana da wani aibi?" Ya ce: "Idan wanda halayensa da dabi'unsa suka gamsar da kai ya zo neman aure, to ka aurar da shi." Ya maimaita haka sau uku. Haka kuma Abu Hurayrah (ra) ya ruwaito wannan Hadisi. Sigar tasa ta ce: Manzon Allah ﷺ ya ce: "Idan wani ya nemi 'yarka, kuma halayensa da dabi'unsa suka gamsar da kai, to ka aurar da ita gare shi. Idan ba ka yi haka ba, za a samu fitina da babbar barna a duniya." Haka kuma an rawaito wannan Hadisi ta wasu hanyoyin watsawa. Abu Hurairah (ra) ya ruwaito cewa Abu Hind ya yi wa Manzon Allah (pbuh) hijama daga saman kansa (don magani). Manzon Allah ﷺ ya ce: "Ya ku 'ya'yan Bayadha, ku auri Abu Hind (daya daga cikin matanku) ku nemo masa mace don aurensa". Hanzala b. Abu Sufyan al-Jumahi (ra) ya ruwaito cewa mahaifiyarsa ta ce: "Na ga 'yar'uwar Abdur-Rahman b. Auf a matsayin matar Bilal."
Duk wadannan hujjoji a fili suke nuna cewa daidaituwa tsakanin ma'aurata ba shi da wani la'akari ko daraja. Duk macen da ta amince namiji ya zama mijinta, za ta iya yin aure yadda ta ga dama, kuma duk namijin da ya amince mace ta zama matarsa, zai iya yin aure ba tare da la'akari da batun daidaituwa ba.
Amma abin da aka ruwaito daga Ibn Umar cewa Manzon Allah ﷺ ya ce: "Larabawa suna daidai da juna. Kabila da kabila, iyali da iyali, da namiji da namiji, sai dai mai dinki ko mai yanka (hajjam)." Wannan Hadisi karya ne, ba shi da tushe kuma ba ingantacce ba ne. Ibn Abi Hatim ya ce: "Na tambayi mahaifina game da wannan Hadisi. Ya amsa: an ki shi." Ibn Abdul Barr ya ce wannan Hadisi an kage shi.
Dangane da abin da Al-Bazzar ya rubuta na Hadisin Mu'adh: "Larabawa suna daidai da juna, 'yantattun bayi (waɗanda ba Larabawa ba) suma suna daidai da juna", isnadin wannan Hadisi rauni ne.
Dangane da Hadisin Barira, wanda ke cewa Manzon Allah ﷺ ya ce wa Barira: "Idan an 'yanta ki, wannan bangare na ke (watau kasancewarki matar miji) ya zama 'yanci", wannan ba ya nuna daidaituwa, domin mijin Barira bawa ne, kuma idan baiwa da ke auren bawa ta zama 'yantacciya, tana da zabi ta ci gaba da zama da bawan ko ta soke auren. Babu wata alama a cikin wannan Hadisi ta daidaituwa. Hujjar cewa mijin Barira bawa ne ita ce abin da Al-Qasim ya ruwaito daga Aisha (ra), cewa Barira tana auren bawa namiji a lokacin da ta taimaka wajen 'yantar da ita. Manzon Allah (ﷺ) ya ce mata: "Ki zaɓi, idan kina so ki ci gaba da zama da wannan bawa, ko kuma ki rabu da shi." Wata hujja kuma ita ce abin da aka riwaito a cikin Muslim daga Urwa, daga Aisha (ra) cewa Barira an 'yantar da ita alhali mijinta yana har yanzu bawa. Saboda haka Annabi (ﷺ) ya ba ta damar zaɓi (ko dai ta ci gaba da zama da shi, ko ta soke auren). Da ace shi mutum ne 'yantacce, da bai ba ta zaɓi ba. Game da abin da aka ruwaito daga Annabi (ﷺ) cewa ya ce: "Kada ku auri mata sai waɗanda suke daidai da ku, kuma kada ku aurar da su ga maza sai waɗanda suke abokai (Awliya)," to wannan hadisi raunana ne (Da'if) kuma ba shi da tushe.
“Verily, the most honourable of you with Allah is that (believer) who has more Taqwa” [Al- Hujurat: 13] The Prophet (pbuh) gave his cousin Zaynab bin Jahsh (ra), who was from the exalted people of the Quraish, in marriage to Zayd bin Haritha (ra) who was a freedman. Abdullah b. Burayda (ra) narrates on the authority of his father that a young girl came to the Messenger of Allah (swt) and said: “My father married me off to his nephew in order to raise his lowly status.” So the Prophet (pbuh) gave her the right to repudiate the marriage. She responded: “I accept what my father has done, but I wanted to inform the (other) women that fathers do not have any authority to give their daughters in marriage against their wishes.” The meaning of her statement: 'in order to raise his lowly status' is that her father wanted to raise his nephew's social standing by marrying her to Him. This means that the father gave her in marriage against her wish because she did not consider Him suitable for her, not because she thought He was not a match for her, indeed He was her cousin, but because she did not agree to the marriage. Abu Hatim al-Muzani reports that the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: “When someone whose character and morals are agreeable to you approaches you for marriage give your daughter to Him in marriage. If you do not then there will be tribulation and immense corruption in the earth”. They said:”O Messenger of Allah, even if He has some deficiency”?. He said: “When someone comes whose character and morals are agreeable to you and approaches you for marriage, give your daughter to Him in marriage”. He said this three times. Also Abu Hurayrah (ra) narrated this Hadith. his version reads: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: “When someone proposes for your daughter and his character and morals are agreeable to you, then give to Him in marriage. If you do not there will be tribulation and immense corruption in the earth”. And this Hadith has been narrated through other lines of transmission as well. Abu Hurayrah (ra) narrated that Abu Hind cupped the Prophet (pbuh) from the crown of his head (for treatment). The Prophet (pbuh) said: “O sons of Bayadha, marry Abu Hind (one of your women) and seek a woman for his marriage”. Hanzala b. Abu Sufyan al-Jumahi (ra) narrates that his mother said: “I saw the sister of Abdur-Rahman b. Awf as a wife to Bilal.” All of these evidences clearly show that matching between spouses has no consideration or value. Any woman who consents to a man becoming her husband, she can marry as she wishes, and any man that consents to a woman becoming his wife, He can marry without considering the issue of matching. As for what has been narrated from Ibn Umar that the Prophet (pbuh) said: “The Arabs are equal to each other. Tribe to a tribe, a family to a family and a man to a man except a tailor and or a clipper (Hajjam).” This Hadith is a lie and baseless and is not valid. Ibn Abu Hatim said: “I asked my father about this Hadith. He replied: it is rejected.” Ibn Abdel Birr said that this Hadith is fabricated. As for what Al-Bazzar has recorded of the Hadith of Mu'adh: ‘The Arabs are a match to each other and the freedmen (non-Arab patrons) are a match to each other’. The narration of this Hadith is weak. As for the Hadith of Barira, which states that the Prophet (pbuh) said to Barira: “When you had been freed, that part of you (i.e. being wife to a husband) has been freed”. This does not indicate matching because her husband was a slave and when a slave-girl who is married to a slave becomes free she can choose to remain married to the slave or annul her marriage. There is no indication in this Hadith of matching. The evidence that Barira's husband was a slave is what Al-Qasim has narrated from Aisha (ra), that Barira was married to a slave man when she (Aisha (ra)) helped to free her. The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) told her: “Choose, if you wish to remain married to this slave or separate from Him”. Another evidence is what has been narrated in Muslim by Urwa on the authority of Aisha (ra) that Barira was freed whilst her husband was still a slave. So the Prophet (pbuh) allowed her to choose (either to stay married to Him or annul the marriage). If He was a free man then He would not have given her the choice. As for what has been reported from the Prophet (pbuh) that He said: “Do not marry women except those that are your match and do not marry them to men except those who are friends (Awliya)”. It is weak (Daif) and baseless.