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الفتح الربانی
Fath al-Rabbani
مسائل النكاح
Issues of Marriage
بَابُ جَوَازِ التزويج عَلَى الْقَلِيلِ وَالكَثيرِ وَاسْتِحْبَابِ الْقَصْدِ فِيهِ
Chapter: Permissibility of Marrying for Little or Much and Recommendation of Moderation in It
Al-Fath ar-Rabbani 6920 — Permissibility of Marrying for Little
عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ أَنَّ عَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنَ عَوْفٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ تَزَوَّجَ عَلَى وَزْنِ نَوَاةٍ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ قَالَ فَكَانَ الْحَكَمُ يَأْخُذُ بِهِ
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that Sayyiduna Abdur Rahman bin Awf (may Allah be pleased with him) got married for the amount of gold equal to the weight of a date stone, and he used to consider this as the ruling.
Brief Explanation
Benefits: … According to the well-known opinion and the view of most scholars, "nawaat" refers to that gold coin whose value was five dirhams of silver. This view is supported by the wording of the narration in Sunan al-Bayhaqi: "the weight of a nawaat of gold, valued at five dirhams." … In exchange for gold equal in weight to a nawaat, whose value was five dirhams.
