The Woman Who Offered Herself (In Marriage) To The Prophet ﷺ
Darussalam · Volume 3
9. The Chapters On MarriageSunan Ibn Majah Darussalam English translation
الحديث: 2000 ¦ الجزء: 1 ¦ الصفحة: 644
Source no. 2000 · Volume 4 · Page 500
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2000. It was narrated from Hishâm bin 'Urwah, from his father that 'Aishah used to say: "Wouldn't a woman feel too shy to offer herself to the Prophet ﷺ?" Until Allâh revealed: "You (O Muhammad) can postpone (the turn of) whom you will of them (your wives), and you may receive whom you will."[1] She said: "Then I said: 'Your Lord is quick to make things easy for you.'"(Sahih)
2000 - حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ قال: حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدَةُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ، عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، أَنَّهَا كَانَتْ تَقُولُ: " أَمَا تَسْتَحِي الْمَرْأَةُ أَنْ تَهَبَ نَفْسَهَا لِلنَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ؟ حَتَّى أَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ: {تُرْجِي مَنْ تَشَاءُ مِنْهُنَّ وَتُؤْوِي إِلَيْكَ مَنْ تَشَاءُ} [الأحزاب: 51] ، قَالَتْ: فَقُلْتُ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَيُسَارِعُ فِي هَوَاكَ "
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[1] Al-Ahzâb 33:51.
It is not regarded a good thing in an Islamic society that a woman offers herself to a man for marriage; the right procedure is that this offer should be made by the guardian of woman. The distinctive highness of Allāh's Messenger ﷺ looked strange to 'Aishah ؓ, that the women themselves would request the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ to marry with them.