سنن نسائی · Hadith 3288

Sahl bin Saad said: “I was among the people with the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم when a woman stood up and said: ‘Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم, she has offered herself in marriage to you, so see what you think of her.’ He remained silent and the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم did not give any answer. Then she stood up (again) and said: ‘Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم, she has offered herself in marriage to you, so see what you think of her.’ A man stood up and said: ‘Marry her to me, Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم!’ He said: ‘Do you have anything?’ He said: ‘No.’ He said: ‘Go and look, even if it is just an iron ring.’ So he went and looked then he came and said: ‘I could not find anything, not even an iron ring.’ He said: ‘Have you memorized anything of the Qur’an?’ He said: ‘Yes, Sarah such- and-such and Silrah such-and-such.’ He said: ‘I marry you to her on the basis of what you have memorized of the Qur’an.” (Sahih)

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