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A Woman Giving Herself In Marriage To A Man With No Dowry

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Darussalam · Volume 4

26. The Book Of Marriage

Sunan an-Nasai Darussalam English translation

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الحديث: 3359 ¦ الجزء: 6 ¦ الصفحة: 123

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3361. It was narrated from Saḥl bin Sa'd that a woman came to the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ and said: "O Messenger of Allāh, I give myself in marriage to you." She stood for a long time, then a man stood up and said: "Marry her to me if you do not want to marry her." The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: "Do you have anything?" He said: "I cannot find anything." He said: "Look (for something), even if it is only an iron ring." So he looked but he could not find anything. The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said to him: "Have you (memorized) anything of the Qur'ān?" He said: "Yes, Sūrah such and such and Sūrah such and such," naming them. The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: "I marry her to you for what you know of the Qur'ān." (Ṣaḥīḥ)

Arabic text

3359 - أَخْبَرَنَا هَارُونُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا مَعْنٌ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا مَالِكٌ، عَنْ أَبِي حَازِمٍ، عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ جَاءَتْهُ امْرَأَةٌ، فَقَالَتْ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، إِنِّي قَدْ وَهَبْتُ نَفْسِي لَكَ، فَقَامَتْ قِيَامًا طَوِيلًا، فَقَامَ رَجُلٌ، فَقَالَ: زَوِّجْنِيهَا إِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَكَ بِهَا حَاجَةٌ، قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «هَلْ عِنْدَكَ شَيْءٌ؟» قَالَ: مَا أَجِدُ شَيْئًا، قَالَ: «الْتَمِسْ وَلَوْ خَاتَمًا مِنْ حَدِيدٍ» فَالْتَمَسَ، فَلَمْ يَجِدْ شَيْئًا، فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «هَلْ مَعَكَ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ شَيْءٌ؟» قَالَ: نَعَمْ، سُورَةُ كَذَا وَسُورَةُ كَذَا، لِسُوَرٍ سَمَّاهَا، قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «قَدْ زَوَّجْتُكَهَا عَلَى مَا مَعَكَ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ»

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This Hadīth has been mentioned earlier several times. Here the purpose is that the woman had used the term Hibah (gift) and Hibah generally means gratis. Hence, this proposal would also be without dowry.