(48) Chapter. Al-Khutba (for Nikah) (a speech delivered at the time of concluding the marriage contract).

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). "