It is narrated from Sayyiduna Uqbah bin Amir al-Juhani (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Shall I not tell you about the borrowed billy-goat (the ram for hire)?" The Companions said: "Certainly, O Messenger of Allah." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "He is the one who performs halalah (al-muhallil). May Allah Almighty curse the one who performs halalah and the one for whom halalah is performed." Abu Salih, the scribe of al-Layth, mentioned that al-Layth heard it from Mishrah bin Ha'an.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Uqbah bin Amir (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Shall I not tell you about the borrowed billy-goat (that is, the ram for hire)? He is the one who performs halalah (al-muhallil)." Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "May Allah Almighty curse the one who performs halalah and the one for whom halalah is performed (al-muhallal lahu)." This hadith is sahih (authentic) in its chain of narration, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that a man asked him about a man who had divorced his wife with three pronouncements, after which his brother married her, without any (prior) consultation with him, merely with the intention of making her lawful for his brother: would she be lawful for the first husband? He said: "No, unless it is a marriage of genuine desire. In the blessed time of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) we used to regard such a thing as fornication (sifah)." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim), but they did not record it.