Sunan an-Nasa'i

Sunan an-Nasa'i 3200

Arabic hadith text

أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ الْمُقْرِئُ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو حَازِمٍ، عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ، قَالَ أَنَا فِي الْقَوْمِ، إِذْ قَالَتِ امْرَأَةٌ إِنِّي قَدْ وَهَبْتُ نَفْسِي لَكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَرَأْ فِيَّ رَأْيَكَ ‏.‏ فَقَامَ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ زَوِّجْنِيهَا ‏.‏ فَقَالَ ‏ "‏ اذْهَبْ فَاطْلُبْ وَلَوْ خَاتَمًا مِنْ حَدِيدٍ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ فَذَهَبَ فَلَمْ يَجِدْ شَيْئًا وَلاَ خَاتَمًا مِنْ حَدِيدٍ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏"‏ أَمَعَكَ مِنْ سُوَرِ الْقُرْآنِ شَىْءٌ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ نَعَمْ ‏.‏ قَالَ فَزَوَّجَهُ بِمَا مَعَهُ مِنْ سُوَرِ الْقُرْآنِ ‏.‏

Translation

Muhammad ibn Abd Allah ibn Yazid al-Muqri reported to us; he said: Sufyan narrated to us; he said: Abu Hazim narrated to us, from Sahl ibn Sad, who said: I was among the people when a woman said, ‘I have offered myself to you, Messenger of Allah, so decide what you think concerning me.’ A man stood and said, ‘Marry her to me.’ He said: ‘Go and seek something, even an iron ring.’ The man went and found nothing—not even an iron ring. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: ‘Do you have any chapters of the Quran with you?’ He said, ‘Yes.’ He said: ‘Then he married her to him on the basis of the chapters of the Quran he had.’

Translation notes
  • The narration says the marriage was made on the basis of the Quran chapters the man knew or had with him; it does not specify further terms in this wording.

  • ‏ قَالَ فَزَوَّجَهُ بِمَا مَعَهُ مِنْ سُوَرِ الْقُرْآنِ ‏.

    The phrase بِمَا مَعَهُ مِنْ سُوَرِ الْقُرْآنِ indicates that the marriage was based on the Quran chapters he had; this wording does not explicitly state whether he was to teach them.

    Should the final clause be rendered as a marriage in exchange for teaching the Quran, or kept literal as “on the basis of the chapters ... he had”?