Narrated Sahl bin Saad al-Saeedi: A woman came to the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم and said: Messenger of Allah, I have offered myself to you. When she stood for a long time, a man got up and said: Messenger of Allah, marry her to me if you have no need for her. The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم asked: Have you anything to give her as dower ? He replied: I have nothing by this lower garment of mine. The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم said: If you give your lower garment, you will sit while you have no lower garment. So look for something else. He said: I do not find anything. He said: Look for something, even though it should be an iron ring. The man sought it but found nothing. The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم said: Do you know anything from the Quran ? He said: Yes, I know surah so and so, which he named. The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم said: I have given you her in marriage for the part of the Quran which you know.
Read More..A tradition similar to the one narrated above has also been transmitted by Abu Hurairah through a different chain of narrators. This version does not mention the lower garment and iron ring. He (the Prophet) said: How much do you memorize from Quran? He said: Surat al-Baqarah or the one that follows it. He said: Stand up and teach her twenty verses: she is your wife.
Read More..Makhul has also transmitted a tradition like the one narrated by Sahl (b. Saad al-Saeedi). Makhul used to say: This is not lawful for anyone after the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم.
Read More..Narrated Abdullah ibn Masud: Masruq said on the authority of Abdullah ibn Masud: Abdullah (ibn Masud ) was asked about a man who had married a woman without cohabiting with her or fixing any dower for her till he died. Ibn Masud said: She should receive the full dower (as given to women of her class), observe the waiting period ('Iddah), and have her share of inheritance. Thereupon Maqil ibn Sinan said: I heard the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم giving the same decision regarding Birwa daughter of Washiq (as the decision you have given).
Read More..The aforesaid tradition has also been transmitted by Alqamah on the authority of Abdullah. Uthman (b. Abi Shaibah) narrated a similar tradition.
Read More..Narrated Abdullah ibn Masud: Abdullah ibn Utbah ibn Masud said: Abdullah ibn Masud was informed of this story of a man. The people continued to visit him for a month or visited him many times (the narrator was not sure). He said: In this matter I hold the opinion that she should receive the type of dower given to women of her class with no diminution or excess, observe the waiting period ('iddah) and have her share of inheritance. If it is erroneous, that is from me and from Satan. Allah and His Messenger are free from its responsibility. Some people from Ashja got up; among them were al-Jarrah and Abu Sinan. They said: Ibn Masud, we bear witness that the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم gave a decision for us regarding Birwa, daughter of Washiq, to the same effect as the decision you have given. Her husband was Hilal ibn Murrah al-Ashjai. Thereupon Abdullah ibn Masud was very pleased when his decision agreed with the decision of the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم.
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