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[3487] 76 - (1425) It was
narrated that Sahl bin Sa'd As-Sâ'idî said: "A woman came to the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ and said: 'O Messenger of Allâh ﷺ, I have come to give myself to you (in marriage).' The Messenger of Allâh ﷺ looked her up and down, then the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ lowered his head. When the woman saw that he had not made any decision about her, she sat down. A man among his Companions stood up and said: 'O Messenger of Allâh, if you have no need of her then marry her to me.' He said: 'Do you have anything?' He said: 'No, by Allâh, O Messenger of Allâh.' He said: 'Go to your family and see if you can find something.' So he went, then he came back and said: 'No, by Allâh, O Messenger of Allâh, not even a ring of iron, only this Izâr (lower garment) of mine'" - Sahl said: "He did not have a Ridâ' (upper garment) - 'and she may have half of it.' The Messenger of Allâh ﷺ said: 'What will she do with your Izâr? If you wear it she will not have anything of it and if she wears it you will not have anything of it.' The man sat down, and after he had sat for a long time, he got up (to leave). The Messenger of Allâh ﷺ saw him turning away, and he ordered that he be called to him. When he came, he said: 'What do you know of the Qur'an?' He said: 'I know Sûrah
such-and-such and Sûrah such-and-such' - and he listed them. He said: 'Do you recite them by heart?' He said: 'Yes.' He said: 'Go. You have been given her (in marriage) for what you know of the Qur'an.'" This is the Hadîth of Ibn Abî Hâzim (a narrator), and the Hadîth of Ya'qûb (another narrator) is very similar in wording.
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