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3352. It was narrated from Umm Ḥabībah that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ married her when she was in Ethiopia. An-Najāshī performed the marriage for her and gave her a dowry of four thousand, and he fitted her out from his own wealth, and sent her with Shurāḥbīl bin Hasanah. The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ did not send her anything, and the dowry of his wives was four hundred Dirhams. (Da'if)
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'She was in Ethiopia': In reality, she had emigrated to Ethiopia along with her husband Ubaidullah bin Jahsh. A little later, Ubaidullah bin Jahsh became a Christian, and died in the state of apostasy. Umm Habibah remained constant in Islam. When Allâh's Messenger ﷺ came to know about the course of events, he sent 'Amr bin Umayyah Ad-Dhamari to An-Najâshî, the emperor of Ethiopia, with his marriage proposal to her.