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1114. B. Abū Al-‘Ajfā’ (As-Sulamī) said: “Umar bin Al-Khaṭṭāb said: ‘Do not exaggerate in the dowries of women. If doing so was honorable in the world or Taqwā before Allāh then Allāh’s Prophet ﷺ would have been the first of you to do it. I do not know of the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ marrying any of his women, nor giving any of his daughters in marriage, for more than twelve Uqīyah.’” (Ḥasan)
(Abū 'Eisā said:) This Hadīth is Ḥasan Ṣaḥīḥ. Abū Al-'Ajfā' As-Sulamī's name is Haram, and a Uqīyah – according to the people of knowledge – is forty Dirham, so twelve Uqīyah is four hundred and eighty Dirham.
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According to a Ṣaḥīḥ, narration the point of view of Imām Shafī'i is correct. If a person has nothing to pay as dowry he can pay in the form of teaching Qur'ān. (Faṭh Al-Bārī v.9. p.267) In the narration of 'Aishah the amount of dowry is five hundred Dirham. 'Umar has disregarded 20 Dirham. (1/2 Uqīyah) Some say the dowry of Umm Habībah paid by Najāshī was four hundred Dirham and some say four hundred Dinār. (Ma'arīf Al-Ḥadīth v.7. p 26.)
