al-Aqd al-Tamam fiman zawwajahu al-Nabi

al-Aqd al-Tamam fiman zawwajahu al-Nabi (The Complete Necklace Concerning Those Whom the Prophet Married Off) is a concise hadith treatise by the Damascene Hanbali scholar Ibn al-Mubarrad (d. 909 AH / 1503 CE) compiling reports about individuals whose marriages were arranged or conducted by the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ Dalil Maktabat al-Mar'a a…+1.

Composition and Context

The author completed the treatise on Friday, 11 Ramadan 878 AH (1474 CE) at the Madrasa of Shaykh al-Islam Abu Umar in the al-Salihiyya quarter of Damascus al-Durr al-Naqi fi Sharh …+1. Ibn al-Mubarrad structured it following the traditional methodology of hadith scholars (tariqat al-muhaddithin), citing most reports through his own connected chains of transmission (asānīd) tracing back to earlier canonical and biographical compilations Dalil Maktabat al-Mar'a a…+1.

Contents and Methodology

The work contains twenty-one hadiths and reports documenting specific marriage cases overseen by the Prophet ﷺ Dalil Maktabat al-Mar'a a…. Among the figures and episodes covered in the text are:

• The companion married off with what he memorized of the Quran as his dowry, alongside related variants concerning marital gifts Dalil Maktabat al-Mar'a a…+1.
• The Bedouin man directed by the Prophet ﷺ to marry an unmarried woman from Banu al-Najjar al-Aqd al-Tamam fiman zaw…+1.
• The marriage arrangements of Companions such as Ma'n ibn Yazid, Julaybib, Zayd ibn Haritha (to Zaynab bint Jahsh and Umm Ayman), and Abu al-As ibn al-Rabi' (to the Prophet's daughter Zaynab) Dalil Maktabat al-Mar'a a…+1.
• The marriages of the Prophet's daughters Ruqayya and Umm Kulthum to Uthman ibn Affan, following their initial separation from 'Utba and 'Uqba, the sons of Abu Lahab Dalil Maktabat al-Mar'a a…+1.
• The marriage of Ali ibn Abi Talib to Fatima, including narrations detailing Ali's dowry of his armor (al-dir' al-hutamiyya), the simple furnishing of their household, and the supplicatory prayers made over them al-Aqd al-Tamam fiman zaw…+1.

Alongside authentic reports, Ibn al-Mubarrad incorporates critical remarks on the soundness of certain narrations, noting uncorroborated (munkar) and fabricated (mawḍū') reports recorded in historical works such as those cited by Ibn Asakir al-Aqd al-Tamam fiman zaw…+1.

Reception and Editions

The treatise has been noted for gathering widely dispersed narrations under a single thematic focus, illustrating both legal rulings (aḥkām) concerning marriage and aspects of the Prophet's life and care for his Companions Dalil Maktabat al-Mar'a a….

The work was edited by Hisham ibn Ismail al-Saqqa, reviewed by Mahmud ibn Muhammad al-Haddad, and published by Dar Alam al-Kutub in Riyadh (1405 AH / 1985 CE) Dalil Maktabat al-Mar'a a…+1. The printed edition features an appendix (dhayl) compiled by the editor, supplying additional marriage narratives omitted from the original treatise, such as the marriages of Fatima bint Qays, Umm Kulthum bint Uqba, and Bilal ibn Rabah Dalil Maktabat al-Mar'a a….