Those who married, and gave in marriage, on a large amount of wealth

Abu Ja'far said: Al-Najashi married Sayyidah Umm Habibah (may Allah be pleased with her) to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) for four hundred dinars.

Ata al-Khurasani said: Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) married Sayyidah Umm Kulthum (may Allah be pleased with her) for forty thousand dirhams.

Abd al-Rahman bin Abi Layla said: Sayyiduna Abd al-Rahman bin Awf (may Allah be pleased with him) married a woman for thirty thousand dirhams.

Al-Mughirah bin Hakim said: The first to give a dowry of four hundred dinars was Umar bin Abd al-Aziz.

Ibn Sirin said: Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) married Shumaylah al-Sulamiyyah for ten thousand dirhams.

Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) married off each of his daughters for ten thousand dirhams.

Mutarrif married a woman of Banu Uqayl for twenty thousand dirhams.

Ibn Sirin said: Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) permitted giving a dowry of two thousand, and Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) permitted four thousand.

Kurayb bin Hisham, who was one of the students of Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him), married a woman for four thousand dirhams.

Ibn Sirin said: Sayyiduna Amr bin Hurayth (may Allah be pleased with him) sent a marriage proposal for the daughter of Sayyiduna Adi bin Hatim (may Allah be pleased with him). Adi refused except on his own terms, and he set as the dowry the Sunnah of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), which came to four hundred and eighty. Amr bin Hurayth sent him ten thousand dirhams and said: "Prepare her (for the wedding) with it."

Sayyiduna al-Hasan bin Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) married a woman and sent her a hundred slave-girls, each slave-girl carrying a thousand dirhams!