Hadith 5121

A woman can present herself to a righteous man (for marriage).

English source

Darussalam · Volume 7

67 - THE BOOK OF AN-NIKĀH(The Wedlock)

Sahih al-Bukhari Darussalam English translation

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Shamela Arabic edition

الحديث: 5121 ¦ الجزء: 7 ¦ الصفحة: 13

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English translation

5121. Narrated Sahl bin Sa'd: A woman presented herself to the Prophet ﷺ (for marriage). A man said to him, "O Allāh's Messenger! (If you are not in need of her) marry her to me." The Prophet ﷺ said, "What have you got?" The man said, "I have nothing." The Prophet ﷺ said (to him), "Go and search (for something) even if it were an iron ring." The man went and returned saying, "No, I have not found anything, not even an iron ring; but this is my (Izār) waistsheet, and half of it is for her." He had no Ridā (upper garment). The Prophet ﷺ said, "What will she do with your waistsheet?" If you wear it, she will have nothing over her; and if she wears it, you will have nothing over you." So the man sat down and when he had sat a long time, he got up (to leave). When the Prophet ﷺ saw him (leaving), he called 'back, or the man was called (for him), and he said to the man, "How much of the Qur'an do you know (by heart)?" The man replied "I know such Sūrah and such Sūrah (by heart)," naming the Sūrah. The Prophet ﷺ said, "I have married her to you for what you know of the Qur'an (by heart)."

Arabic text

5121 - حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي مَرْيَمَ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو غَسَّانَ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو حَازِمٍ، عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ، أَنَّ امْرَأَةً عَرَضَتْ نَفْسَهَا عَلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَقَالَ لَهُ رَجُلٌ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ زَوِّجْنِيهَا، فَقَالَ: «مَا عِنْدَكَ؟» قَالَ: مَا عِنْدِي شَيْءٌ، قَالَ: «اذْهَبْ فَالْتَمِسْ وَلَوْ خَاتَمًا مِنْ حَدِيدٍ»، فَذَهَبَ ثُمَّ رَجَعَ، فَقَالَ: لاَ وَاللَّهِ مَا وَجَدْتُ شَيْئًا وَلاَ خَاتَمًا مِنْ حَدِيدٍ، وَلَكِنْ هَذَا إِزَارِي وَلَهَا نِصْفُهُ - قَالَ سَهْلٌ: وَمَا لَهُ رِدَاءٌ - فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «وَمَا تَصْنَعُ بِإِزَارِكَ، إِنْ لَبِسْتَهُ لَمْ يَكُنْ عَلَيْهَا مِنْهُ شَيْءٌ، وَإِنْ لَبِسَتْهُ لَمْ يَكُنْ عَلَيْكَ مِنْهُ شَيْءٌ»، فَجَلَسَ الرَّجُلُ حَتَّى إِذَا طَالَ مَجْلِسُهُ قَامَ، فَرَآهُ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَدَعَاهُ - أَوْ دُعِيَ لَهُ - فَقَالَ لَهُ: «مَاذَا مَعَكَ مِنَ القُرْآنِ؟» فَقَالَ: مَعِي سُورَةُ كَذَا وَسُورَةُ كَذَا - لِسُوَرٍ يُعَدِّدُهَا - فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «أَمْلَكْنَاكَهَا بِمَا مَعَكَ مِنَ القُرْآنِ»

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