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3342. It was narrated that Anas said: "Abû Talhah married Umm Sulaim and the dowry between them was Islam. Umm Sulaim became Muslim before Abû Talhah, and he proposed to her but she said: 'I have become Muslim; if you become Muslim I will marry you.' So he became Muslim, and that was the dowry between them." (Sahih)
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It transpires from this Hadîth that there was no other dower, except for Abû Talhah's Islam. The upcoming narrations further elucidate it. Therefore, any gain or benefit could become a dower; it could either be religious or worldly, as there is mention of the teaching of the Glorious Qur'an in the previous narration.