Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 18294 — A man who wishes to marry a woman

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When one of you sends a proposal of marriage to a woman, then if he is able to look at what would draw him to marry her, let him do so." So I sent a proposal of marriage for a girl of Banu Salimah, and hiding beneath the palm-frond stumps I looked at what drew me to marry her, and then I married her.