Narrated Uqba bin Amir: Allah's Apostle said, "From among all the conditions which you have to fulfill, the conditions which make it legal for you to have sexual relations (i.e. the marriage contract) have the greatest right to be fulfilled."
— Sahih Bukhari, Volume 3, Book 50: Conditions, Hadith #882
Narrated Uqba bin Amir: Allah's Apostle said, "From among all the conditions which you have to fulfill, the conditions which make it legal for you to have sexual relations (i.e. the marriage contract) have the greatest right to be fulfilled."
This hadith is from the book of Conditions in Sahih Bukhari, compiled by Imam al-Bukhari. It is hadith number 882 in book 50 of volume 3.
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