Question
I am looking for a incident of a scholar who married a woman after her husband passed on. She had a good selection of books.
Answer
Imams Abu Nu’aym and Bayhaqi (rahimahumallah) have recorded this incident.
Ahmad ibn Salamah An Naysaburi (rahimahullah) relates: “Ishaq ibn Rahuyah married a woman in Marw. Her husband had books of Imam Shafi’i and he had passed away. He only married her for [access to] her books…”
(Hilyatul Awliya, vol. 9 pg. 102-103, Manaqibush Shafi’i, vol. 1 pg. 266. Also see: Siyaru A’alamin Nubala, vol. 10 pg. 70)
See a brief biography of this great scholar here.
And Allah Ta’ala Knows best.
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