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مسند أبي يعلى الموصلي
Musnad Abi Ya'la al-Mawsili
حديث سهل بن سعد الساعدي عن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم
Hadith of Sahl bin Sa'd al-Sa'idi, from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)
حَدِيثُ سَهْلِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ السَّاعِدِيِّ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ
Hadith of Sahl bin Sa'd al-Sa'idi, from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)
Musnad Abi Ya'la 7539 — a woman came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ
وَعَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ قَالَ : جَاءَتِ امْرَأَةٌ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ - صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - فَقَالَتْ : يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ! جِئْتُ أَهَبُ نَفْسِيَ لَكَ . قَالَ : فَنَظَرَ إِلَيْهَا رَسُولُ اللهِ - صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - فَصَعَّدَ الْبَصَرَ فِيهَا وَصَوَّبَهُ ، فَلَمَّا طَالَ مُقَامُهَا تَنَحَّتْ ، فَجَلَسَتْ ، فَقَامَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللهِ - صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - فَقَالَ : يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ! إِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَكَ بِهَا حَاجَةٌ ، فَزَوِّجْنِيهَا . قَالَ : فَهَلْ عِنْدَكَ مِنْ شَيْءٍ ؟ قَالَ : لَا ، وَاللهِ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ . قَالَ : فَاذْهَبْ ، فَذَهَبَ ، ثُمَّ رَجَعَ ، فَقَالَ : مَا وَجَدْتُ شَيْئًا . قَالَ : اذْهَبْ فَانْظُرْ وَلَوْ خَاتَمٌ مِنْ حَدِيدٍ . قَالَ : فَذَهَبَ ثُمَّ رَجَعَ ، فَقَالَ : يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ لَا ، وَلَا خَاتَمٌ مِنْ حَدِيدٍ ، هَذَا إِزَارِي وَمَا لَهُ رِدَاءٌ ، أُصْدِقُهَا إِيَّاهُ ، فَقَالَ : إِزَارُكَ إِنْ لَبِسَتْهُ لَمْ يَكُنْ عَلَيْكَ مِنْهُ شَيْءٌ ، وَإِنْ لَبِسْتَهُ لَمْ يَكُنْ عَلَيْهَا مِنْهُ شَيْءٌ . قَالَ : فَلَمَّا طَالَ مَجْلِسُهُ قَامَ ، فَرَآهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ - صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - مُوَلِّيًا ، فَأَمَرَ بِهِ ، فَدُعِيَ ، فَقَالَ : مَاذَا مَعَكَ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ ؟ قَالَ : مَعِي سُورَةُ كَذَا ، وَسُورَةُ كَذَا ، مِنَ السُّوَرِ عَدَّدَهَا ، فَقَالَ : اذْهَبْ فَقَدْ مَلَّكْتُكَهَا بِمَا مَعَكَ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ .
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Sahl bin Sa'd (may Allah be pleased with him) that a woman came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: "O Messenger of Allah! I have come to give myself to you (as an offer of marriage)." The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) looked at her, then cast his gaze over her from top to bottom. When she had remained standing for a long while and he (peace and blessings be upon him) made no decision, she moved to one side and sat down. Then a man from among the Companions of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) stood up and said: "O Messenger of Allah! If you have no need of her, then marry her to me." He (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: "Do you have anything (to give as dowry)?" He said: "O Messenger of Allah! By Allah, I have nothing." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Go (home) and look." He went, came back and said: "I did not find anything." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Go and look, even if it is only a ring of iron." He went again, came back and said: "O Messenger of Allah! I did not find even a ring of iron, but here is this waist-wrap (izar) of mine," while he did not even have an upper garment. He said: "I will give it to her as her dowry." The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "What good is your waist-wrap? If she wears it, you will have nothing left to wear, and if you wear it, she will have nothing." When the man, after sitting for a long while, got up to leave, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) saw him turning away and ordered that he be called. When he came, he (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: "How much of the Qur'an do you know?" He said: "I know such-and-such surahs," and he counted those surahs. Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Go, I have given her to you in marriage in return for those surahs of the Qur'an that you know (that is, I have married her to you)."
