From:adil naveed
Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2005 12:24:57 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Bride-Price for a poor man
One day, a woman came to see the Prophet of Allah [PBUH= Allah's blessings and Peace be upon him] and said:
"Oh! Messenger of Allah! I do not have a husband and I want to be a good wife; i give myself to you."
The Messenger of Allah [PBUH] kept silent for a long while.
Suddenly, a man who was present stood up and asked if the woman would accept him for a husband.
The Messenger of Allah [PBUH] said:
"Do you have anything to give her as a dowry."
The man thought and said:
"I have half of my cloth," and indeed he was wearing a single cloth around him.
"If you give her part of this cloth, you will have nothing to wear anymore; it will become her possession. Find something else."
Since at this time the followers of Islam and the Prophet himself [PBUH] were poor, the man thought again a long time and declared:
"No, I do not possess a thing to give her."
The Messenger of Allah then told him:
"Go to your house and look for something, even if it is an iron ring."
The man departed and came back a while later, and declared:
"I looked everywhere, but I did not find anything to give her as her dowry."
After reflection, the Prophet of Allah [PBUH]said:
"Did you learn some of the Qur'an?"
"Yes, I have learned by heart so-and-so Surahs [chapters of the Qur'an]"
The Messenger of Alah [PBUH] therefore declared:
"Teach her what you know of the Qur'an, and this will constitute her dowry."
The couple felt contented with what was proposed, and they got married
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