Abu Salamah said “I asked Aishah about the dower given by the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم. She said “It was twelve Uqiyahs and a nashsh”. I asked “What is nashsh?” She said it is half an uqiyah.
Read More..Abul Ajfa as-Sulami said: Umar (Allah be pleased with him) delivered a speech to us and said: Do not go to extremes in giving women their dower, for if it represented honour in this world and piety in Allah's sight, the one of you most entitled to do so would have been the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم. The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم did not marry any of his wives or gave any of his daughters in marriage for more than twelve uqiyahs.
Read More..Urwah reported on the authority of Umm Habibah that she was married to Abdullah ibn Jahsh who died in Abyssinia, so the Negus married her to the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم giving her on his behalf a dower of four thousand (dirhams). He sent her to the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم with Shurahbil ibn Hasanah. Abu Dawud said: Hasanah is his mother.
Read More..Az-Zuhri said: The Negus married Umm Habibah daughter of Abu Sufyan to the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم for a dower of four thousand dirhams. He wrote it to the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم who accepted it.
Read More..Narrated Anas: The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم saw the trace of yellow on Abdur-Rahman bin Awf. The Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم said: What is this ? He replied: Messenger of Allah, I have married a woman. He asked: How much dower did you give her ? He said: A nawat weight of gold. He said: Hold a wedding feast, even if only with a sheep.
Read More..Narrated Jabir ibn Abdullah: The Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم said: If anyone gives as a dower to his wife two handfuls of flour or dates he has made her lawful for him. Abu Dawud said: This tradition has been narrated by Abdur Rahman ibn Mahdi, from Salih ibn Ruman, from Abu al-Zubayr on the authority of Jabir as his own statement (not going back to the Prophet). It has also been transmitted by Abu Asim from Salih ibn Ruman, from Abuz Zubayr on the authority of Jabir who said: During the lifetime of the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم we used to contract temporary marriage for a handful of grain. Abu Dawud said: This tradition has also been transmitted by Ibn Juraij from Abu al-Zubair on the authority of Jabir similar to the one narrated by Abu Asim.
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