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Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said (to me), "You were shown to me in a dream. An angel brought you to me,
wrapped in a piece of silken cloth, and said to me, 'This is your wife.' I removed the piece of cloth
from your face, and there you were. I said to myself. 'If it is from Allah, then it will surely be.' "
Sahih al-Bukhari Book 67, Hadith 61
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"Hint your intention of marrying' is made by
saying (to the widow) for example: "I want to marry, and I wish that Allah will make a righteous lady
available for me.' " Al-Qasim said: One may say to the widow: 'I hold all respect for you, and I am
interested in you; Allah will bring you much good, or something similar 'Ata said: One should hint his
intention, and should not declare it openly. One may say: 'I have some need. Have good tidings. Praise
be to Allah; you are fit to remarry.' She (the widow) may say in reply: I am listening to what you say,'
but she should not make a promise. Her guardian should not make a promise (to somebody to get her
married to him) without her knowledge. But if, while still in the Iddat period, she makes a promise to
marry somebody, and he ultimately marries her, they are not to be separated by divorce (i.e., the
marriage is valid).
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A woman came to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! I have come to you to present myself
to you (for marriage)." Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) glanced at her. He looked at her carefully and fixed his glance
on her and then lowered his head. When the lady saw that he did not say anything, she sat down. A
man from his companions got up and said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! If you are not in need of her, then
marry her to me." The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Have you got anything to offer." The man said, 'No, by Allah, O
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)!" The Prophet (ﷺ) said (to him), "Go to your family and try to find something." So the
man went and returned, saying, "No, by Allah, O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! I have not found anything." The
Prophet said, "Go again and look for something, even if it were an iron ring." He went and returned,
saying, "No, by Allah, O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! I could not find even an iron ring, but this is my Izar (waist
sheet).' He had no Rida (upper garment). He added, "I give half of it to her." Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said
"What will she do with your Izar? If you wear it, she will have nothing over herself thereof (will be
naked); and if she wears it, then you will have nothing over yourself thereof ' So the man sat for a long
period and then got up (to leave). When Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) saw him leaving, he ordered that he e called
back. When he came, the Prophet (ﷺ) asked (him), "How much of the Quran do you know (by heart)?"
The man replied, I know such Sura and such Sura and such Sura," naming the suras. The Prophet (ﷺ) said,
"Can you recite it by heart?" He said, 'Yes." The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Go I let you marry her for what you
know of the Quran (as her Mahr).