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A lady came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and declared that she had decided to offer herself to Allah and His
Apostle. The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "I am not in need of women." A man said (to the Prophet) "Please marry
her to me." The Prophet (ﷺ) said (to him), "Give her a garment." The man said, "I cannot afford it." The
Prophet said, "Give her anything, even if it were an iron ring." The man apologized again. The
Prophet then asked him, "What do you know by heart of the Quran?" He replied, "I know such-andsuch
portion of the Quran (by heart)." The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Then I marry her to you for that much of the
Quran which you know by heart."
Sahih al-Bukhari Book 66, Hadith 51
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A lady came to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! I have come to you to offer myself to
you." He raised his eyes and looked at her and then lowered his head. When the lady saw that he did
not make any decision, she sat down. On that, a man from his companions got up and said. "O Allah's
Apostle! If you are not in need of this woman, then marry her to me." Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "Do you
have anything to offer her?" He replied. "No, by Allah, O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)!" The Prophet (ﷺ) said to him,
"Go to your family and see if you can find something.' The man went and returned, saying, "No, by
Allah, O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! I have not found anything." The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Try to find something, even
if it is an iron ring.'' He went again and returned, saying, "No, by Allah, O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ), not even
an iron ring, but I have this waist sheet of mine." The man had no upper garment, so he intended to
give her, half his waist sheet. So Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, ''What would she do with your waist sheet? If
you wear it, she will have nothing of it over her body, and if she wears it, you will have nothing over
your body." So that man sat for a long period and then got up, and Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) saw him going
away, so he ordered somebody to call him. When he came, the Prophet (ﷺ) asked him, " How much of the
Quran do you know?" He replied, "I know such Surat and such Surat and such Surat," and went on
counting it, The Prophet (ﷺ) asked him, "Can you recite it by heart?" he replied, "Yes." The Prophet (ﷺ) said,
"Go, I have married this lady to you for the amount of the Quran you know by heart."