سنن نسائی · Hadith 3208

It was narrated that Sahl bin Saad said: “I was among the people when a woman said: ‘I offer myself (in marriage) to you, Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم, see what you think of me.’ A man stood up and said: ‘Many me to her.’ He said: ‘Go and find (something), even if it is an iron ring.’ So he went, but he could not find anything, not even an iron ring. So the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم said: ‘Do you have (memorized) any Surahs of the Qur’an?’ He said: ‘Yes.’ So he married him to her on the basis of what he knew of Surahs of the Qur’an.” (Sahih)

Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020