Narrated Ibn `Umar: Two men came from the east and delivered speeches, and the Prophet said, Some eloquent speech has the in fluency of magic (e.g., some people refuse to do something and then a good eloquent speaker addresses them and then they agree to do that very thing after his speech).
Read More..Narrated Ar-Rabi`: (the daughter of Muawwidh bin Afra) After the consummation of my marriage, the Prophet came and sat on my bed as far from me as you are sitting now, and our little girls started beating the tambourines and reciting elegiac verses mourning my father who had been killed in the battle of Badr. One of them said, Among us is a Prophet who knows what will happen tomorrow. On that the Prophet said, Leave this (saying) and keep on saying the verses which you had been saying before.
Read More..Narrated Anas: `Abdur Rahman bin `Auf married a woman and gave her gold equal to the weight of a date stone (as Mahr). When the Prophet noticed the signs of cheerfulness of the marriage (on his face) and asked him about it, he said, I have married a woman and gave (her) gold equal to a date stone in weight (as Mahr).
Read More..Narrated Sahl bin Sa`d As-Sa`idi: While I was (sitting) among the people in the company of Allah's Apostle a woman stood up and said, O Allah's Apostle! She has given herself in marriage to you; please give your opinion of her. The Prophet did not give her any reply. She again stood up and said, O Allah's Apostle! She has given herself (in marriage) to you; so please give your opinion of her. The Prophet did not give her any reply. She again stood up for the third time and said, She has given herself in marriage to you: so give your opinion of her. So a man stood up and said, O Allah's Apostle! Marry her to me. The Prophet asked him, Have you got anything? He said, No. The Prophet said, Go and search for something, even if it were an iron ring. The man went and searched and then returned saying, I could not find anything, not even an iron ring. Then the Prophet said, Do you know something of the Qur'an (by heart)? He replied, I know (by heart) such Sura and such Sura. The Prophet said, Go! I have married her to you for what you know of the Qur'an (by heart).
Read More..Narrated Sahl bin Sa`d: The Prophet said to a man, Marry, even with (a Mahr equal to) an iron ring.
Read More..Narrated `Uqba: The Prophet said: The stipulations most entitled to be abided by are those with which you are given the right to enjoy the (women's) private parts (i.e. the stipulations of the marriage contract).
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