Sunan Abi Dawud · Marriage (Kitab Al-Nikah)
باب الصَّدَاقِ
Chapter: Regarding The Dowry.
4 hadith · references 2105–2108
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Abu Dawud · 2105حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ النُّفَيْلِيُّ ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ الْهَادِ ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ، عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ ، قَالَ : سَأَلْAbu Salamah said “I asked Aishah about the dower given by the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. She said “It was twelve Uqiyahs and a nashsh”. I asked “What is nashsh?” She said it is half an uqiyah.6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 2106أَلَا لَا تُغَالُوا بِصُدُقِ النِّسَاءِ ، فَإِنَّهَا لَوْ كَانَتْ مَكْرُمَةً فِي الدُّنْيَا أَوْ تَقْوَى عِنْدَ اللَّهِ لَكَانَ أَوْلَاكُمْ بِهَا النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، مَا أَصْدَقَ رَسُولُ اللَّهAbul 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 6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 2107حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجُ بْنُ أَبِي يَعْقُوبَ الثَّقَفِيُّ ، حَدَّثَنَا مُعَلَّى بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ ، حَدَّثَنَا مَعْمَرٌ ، عَنْ الزُّهْرِيِّ ، عَنْ عُرْوَةَ ، عَنْ أُمِّ حَبِيبَةَ ، 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 ﷺ giving her on his behalf a dower of four thousand (dirhams). He s7 narratorsAbu Dawud · 2108أَنَّ النَّجَاشِيَّ زَوَّجَ أُمَّ حَبِيبَةَ بِنْتَ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَلَى صَدَاقِ أَرْبَعَةِ آلَافِ دِرْهَمٍ ، وَكَتَبَ بِذَلِكَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ Az-Zuhri said: The Negus married Umm Habibah daughter of Abu Sufyan to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ for a dower of four thousand dirhams. He wrote it to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ who accepted it.5 narrators