أَخْبَرَنَا هَارُونُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مَعْنٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مَالِکٌ عَنْ أَبِي حَازِمٍ عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ جَائَتْهُ امْرَأَةٌ فَقَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي قَدْ وَهَبْتُ نَفْسِي لَکَ فَقَامَتْ قِيَامًا طَوِيلًا فَقَامَ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ زَوِّجْنِيهَا إِنْ لَمْ يَکُنْ لَکَ بِهَا حَاجَةٌ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ هَلْ عِنْدَکَ شَيْئٌ قَالَ مَا أَجِدُ شَيْئًا قَالَ الْتَمِسْ وَلَوْ خَاتَمًا مِنْ حَدِيدٍ فَالْتَمَسَ فَلَمْ يَجِدْ شَيْئًا فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ هَلْ مَعَکَ مِنْ الْقُرْآنِ شَيْئٌ قَالَ نَعَمْ سُورَةُ کَذَا وَسُورَةُ کَذَا لِسُوَرٍ سَمَّاهَا قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَدْ زَوَّجْتُکَهَا عَلَی مَا مَعَکَ مِنْ الْقُرْآنِ
سنن نسائی · Hadith 3367
It was narrated from Sahl bin Saad that a woman came to the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم and said: “Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم, I give myself in marriage to you.” She stood for a long time, then a man stood up and said: “Marry her to me if you do not want to marry her.” The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم said: “Do you have anything?” He said: “I cannot find anything.” He said: “Look (for something), even if it is only an iron ring.” So he looked but he could not find anything. The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم said to him: “Have you (memorized) anything of the Qur’an?” He said: “Yes, Sarah such and such and Si rah such and such,” naming theni. The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم said: “I marry her to you for what you know of the Qur’an.” (Sahih)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020