Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 17697 — A slave who marries without

Abdullah bin Qays said: Sayyiduna Abu Musa al-Ash'ari (may Allah be pleased with him) had a slave who was also in charge of his camels. He married a slave-woman of Banu Ja'dah and gave her five camels as her dowry (mahr). When Sayyiduna Abu Musa (may Allah be pleased with him) learned of this, he sent word to Banu Ja'dah: "Return my slave and my property to me." They said: "The slave is indeed yours, but that property has now become the woman's dowry." This case was brought before Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him), and he ruled that two-fifths of the whole property would be the woman's dowry and three-fifths would be given to Abu Musa al-Ash'ari.