Darussalam · Volume 2
12. THE BOOK OF MARRIAGESunan Abi Dawud Darussalam English translation
الحديث: 2107 ¦ الجزء: 2 ¦ الصفحة: 235
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(قلت: إسناده صحيح على شرط الشيخين، وكذا قال الحاكم، ووافقه الذهبي، وصححه ابن الجارود)
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2107. Umm Ḥabībah narrated that she had been married to 'Ubaidullāh bin Jahsh, and he died while they were in Abyssinia. So An-Najāshī married her to the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ, and gave her four thousand Dirhams as dowry on behalf of the Prophet ﷺ, and sent her to him with Shuraḥbil bin Ḥasanah. (Da'if) Abū Dāwūd said: Ḥasanah was his mother.
2107 - حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجُ بْنُ أَبِي يَعْقُوبَ الثَّقَفِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا مُعَلَّى بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ، حَدَّثَنَا مَعْمَرٌ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ أُمِّ حَبِيبَةَ، أَنَّهَا كَانَتْ تَحْتَ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ جَحْشٍ فَمَاتَ بِأَرْضِ الْحَبَشَةِ «فَزَوَّجَهَا النَّجَاشِيُّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَأَمْهَرَهَا عَنْهُ أَرْبَعَةَ آلَافٍ وَبَعَثَ بِهَا إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مَعَ شُرَحْبِيلَ ابْنِ حَسَنَةَ». قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ: حَسَنَةُ هِيَ أُمُّهُ
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A rich or well-to-do person may give more in a dowry (Mahr). It is not forbidden, providing the intention is not to show off. To give large sums of money as a Mahr for ostentation or to force the groom to do so, or the groom withholding it — all would be improper. Likewise, it is also wrong for a well-to-do man to fix a small amount of Mahr.