It is narrated from the Mother of the Believers Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Part of a woman's blessing and good fortune is that her marriage proposal is settled easily and her dowry (mahr) is easy and small."
Urwah (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "And I say: part of the beginning of a woman's ill fortune is that her dowry is large."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "No one narrated this hadith from Safwan bin Sulaym except Usamah bin Zayd; Ibn al-Mubarak is alone in narrating it, and it is narrated from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) only with this chain."
Hadith Referenceالمعجم الأوسط / باب السين / 3612
Hadith Takhrij«أخرجه ابن حبان فى «صحيحه» برقم: 4095، والحاكم فى «المستدرك» برقم: 2755، والبيهقي فى «السنن الكبرى» برقم: 14471، وأحمد فى «مسنده» برقم: 25116، 25246، والطبراني فى «الصغير» برقم: 469»