Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 18587 — A man marrying off his mother

Thabit (may Allah have mercy on him) and Isma'il bin Abdullah bin Abi Talhah (may Allah have mercy on him) said: Sayyiduna Abu Talhah (may Allah be pleased with him) sent a proposal of marriage to Sayyidah Umm Sulaym (may Allah be pleased with her). She said: O Abu Talhah! Do you not know that the deity you worship is merely a piece of wood that grows from the earth, which the Abyssinian of such-and-such tribe carved? Abu Talhah (may Allah be pleased with him) replied: Indeed, that is how it is. Sayyidah Umm Sulaym (may Allah be pleased with her) said: Then why are you not ashamed of it? Accept Islam; your accepting Islam will itself be my dowry. Sayyiduna Abu Talhah (may Allah be pleased with him) asked for time to think, then came and said: I bear witness that there is no deity except Allah and that Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) is the Messenger of Allah. Sayyidah Umm Sulaym (may Allah be pleased with her) said to her son Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him): O Anas, get up and marry me to Abu Talhah. So he performed the marriage.