مسند الحميدي
Musnad al-Humaydi
Hadiths of Ali ibn Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him)
Marriage with armor as dowry and narration of supplication at departure
Hadith 38
38 - حَدَّثَنَا الْحُمَيْدِيُّ، ثنا سُفْيَانُ، ثنا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ أَبِي نَجِيحٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنِي مَنْ سَمِعَ عَلِيًّا رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ يَقُولُ: أَرَدْتُ أَنَ أَخْطُبَ إِلَي رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّي اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ابْنَتَهُ ثُمَّ ذَكَرْتُ أَنَّهُ لَا شَيْءَ لِي فَذَكَرْتُ عَائِدَتَهُ وَفَضْلَهُ فَخَطَبْتُهَا فَقَالَ لِي: «هَلْ عِنْدَكَ شَيْءٌ تُعْطِيهَا إِيَّاهُ؟» قُلْتُ: لَا، قَالَ «فَأَيْنَ دِرْعُكَ الْحُطَمِيَّةُ الَّتِي أَعْطَيْتُكَهَا يَوْمَ كَذَا وَكَذَا؟» قُلْتُ: هِيَ عِنْدِي، قَالَ «فَأْتِ بِهَا» قَالَ: فَجِئْتُ بِهَا فَأَعْطَيْتُهُ إِيَّاهَا فَزَوَّجَنِيهَا فَلَمَّا أَدْخَلَهَا عَلَيَّ قَالَ: «لَا تُحْدِثَا شَيْئًا حَتَّي آتِيكُمَا» فَجَاءَنَا وَعَلَيْنَا كِسَاءٌ أَوْ قَطِيفَةٌ، فَلَمَّا رَأَيْنَاهُ تَخَشْخَشْنَا فَقَالَ: «مَكَانَكُمَا» فَدَعَا بِإِنَاءٍ فِيهِ مَاءٌ فَدَعَا فِيهِ ثُمَّ رَشَّهُ عَلَيْنَا فَقُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّي اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَهِيَ أَحَبُّ إِلَيْكَ أَمْ أَنَا؟ قَالَ: «هِيَ أَحَبُّ إِلِيَّ مِنْكَ، وَأَنْتَ أَعَزُّ عَلَيَّ مِنْهَا» قَالَ أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الصَّوَّافُ: ثنا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْبَصْرِيُّ، ثنا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ الرَّمَادِيُّ، ثنا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ، عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي نَجِيحٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنِي مَنْ سَمِعَ عَلِيَّ بْنَ أَبِي طَالِبٍ عَلَي مِنْبَرِ الْكُوفَةِ فَذَكَرَ مَعْنَاهُ
Abdullah bin Abu Juhayh narrates from his father: That person informed me who heard Sayyiduna Ali bin Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him) saying this, Sayyiduna Ali bin Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I intended to send a marriage proposal to the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) for his daughter, then I remembered that I had nothing. Then I thought of the greatness and virtue of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him), so I sent a marriage proposal (for Sayyida Fatimah, may Allah be pleased with her). The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) asked me: Do you have anything which you can give her (as dowry)? I replied: No! The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: Where is your Hatimiyyah armor, which I gave you on such and such occasion? I replied: It is with me. The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: Bring that. Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) says: I brought it and gave the armor to the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him), so the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) married me to Sayyida Fatimah (may Allah be pleased with her). When she was sent to my house, the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: Do not talk to each other until I come to you both. Then the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) came to us, we had a sheet (the narrator is unsure, perhaps these are the words) or a blanket over us. When we saw the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him), we started to enter into it, but he (peace be upon him) said: Both of you stay in your places! Then the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) asked for a vessel in which there was water, then he (peace be upon him) supplicated over it (i.e., recited something and blew on it), then he (peace be upon him) sprinkled it on us. I said: O Messenger of Allah! Is she (i.e., Sayyida Fatimah, may Allah be pleased with her) more beloved to you, or am I? The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: She is more beloved to me than you, and you are more honorable to me than her. The same narration is transmitted with another chain, however, in it are these words: The narrator heard Sayyiduna Ali bin Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him) saying this on the pulpit of Kufa.
