Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah 1858
حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ حَكِيمٍ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ قَالَ " تُنْكَحُ النِّسَاءُ لأَرْبَعٍ لِمَالِهَا وَلِحَسَبِهَا وَلِجَمَالِهَا وَلِدِينِهَا . فَاظْفَرْ بِذَاتِ الدِّينِ تَرِبَتْ يَدَاكَ " .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘A woman is married for four things: her wealth, her family standing, her beauty, and her religious commitment. So choose the one with religious commitment; may your hands be rubbed with dust.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The closing phrase is an idiomatic exhortation urging the listener to choose well; rendered literally to preserve its wording.
فَاظْفَرْ بِذَاتِ الدِّينِ تَرِبَتْ يَدَاكَ " .
The closing expression ‘taribat yadak’ is an idiom whose force is not straightforwardly literal.
Should the idiom be rendered with an English equivalent rather than literally?