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1933. Anas said: "When ‘Abdur-Raḥmān bin ‘Awf arrived in Al-Madinah, the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ established a bond of brotherhood between him and Sa’d bin Ar-Rabī’. So he said to him: "Come here, I will divide my wealth and give you half, and I have two wives, I will divorce one of them, and when she completes her waiting period you may marry her." He said: "May Allāh bless you in your family and your wealth. Show me where the market is." So they showed him where the market was and he did not return that day except with some cottage cheese and cooking fat which he had
earned as profit. The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ saw him after that, and he had traces of yellow on him. So he said to him: "What is this?" He said: "I married a woman from the Anṣār." He said: "What dowry did you give her?" He said: "A date-stone (of gold) – (one of the narrators) Humaid said: "Or he said: – gold equal to the weight of a date-stone." So he said: "Have a banquet, even if with only a sheep." (Saḥīḥ)
[Abū 'Eisā said:] This Hadīth is Hasan Saḥīḥ. Aḥmad bin Ḥanbal said: "The weight of a date-stone of gold is the weight of three and one-third Dirham." Iṣḥāq bin Ibrāhīm said: "The weight of a date-stone of gold is the weight of five Dirham." Iṣḥāq bin Maṇṣūr informed me of that from Aḥmad bin Ḥanbal and Iṣḥāq.
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The Hadīth brings out the unmistakable fact that the singular example of self-sacrifice and self-effacement in terms of both life and property set by the Helpers (Anṣār) of Al-Madīnah in favor of the Emigrants (Muhājir) from Makkah, after the bond of brotherhood had been established between the two by the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ, is in many ways unparalleled in the history of mankind on this earth.
