Hadith 213
Three-Narrator Ahadith
Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal · From the Musnad of Abū Mālik Sahl ibn Saʿd al-Sāʿidī (may Allah be pleased with him)
Arabic
حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو حَازِمٍ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ سَهْلَ بْنَ سَعْدٍ يَقُولُ: أَنَا فِي الْقَوْمِ إِذْ دَخَلَتِ امْرَأَةٌ، فَقَالَتْ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، إِنَّهَا قَدْ وَهَبَتْ نَفْسَهَا لَكَ، فَرَ فِيهَا رَأْيَكَ. فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ: زَوِّجْنِيهَا. فَلَمْ يُجِبْهُ حَتَّى قَامَتِ الثَّالِثَةَ، فَقَالَ لَهُ: «عِنْدَكَ شَيْءٌ؟» قَالَ: لَا. قَالَ: «اذْهَبْ فَاطْلُبْ». قَالَ: لَمْ أَجِدْ. قَالَ: «فَاذْهَبْ فَاطْلُبْ، وَلَوْ خَاتَمًا مِنْ حَدِيدٍ». قَالَ: مَا وَجَدْتُ خَاتَمًا مِنْ حَدِيدٍ. قَالَ: «هَلْ مَعَكَ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ شَيْءٌ؟» قَالَ: نَعَمْ، سُورَةُ كَذَا وَسُورَةُ كَذَا. قَالَ: «قَدْ أَنْكَحْتُكَهَا عَلَى مَا مَعَكَ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ».
English translation
Sahl ibn Saʿd (may Allah be pleased with him) reported: I was among the people when a woman came and said, “O Messenger of Allah, this woman has given herself [in marriage] to you; consider the matter.” A man said, “Marry her to me.” The Prophet (ﷺ) ﷺ did not respond until [the man had asked again and] she had stood up for the third time. He said to the man, “Do you have anything [to give as a dowry]?” He said, “No.” He said, “Go and find something.” He said, “I could not find anything.” He said, “Go and find something—even an iron ring.” He said, “I could not find even an iron ring.” He said, “Do you know any part of the Qurʾān [by heart]?” He said, “Yes: such-and-such a sūrah and such-and-such a sūrah.” He said, “I have married her to you for what you know of the Qurʾān.” Reference: Musnad Aḥmad 213
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