Sunan an-Nasa'i
Sunan an-Nasa'i 3339
أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ، عَنْ أَبِي حَازِمٍ، عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ، أَنَّ امْرَأَةً، جَاءَتْ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ جِئْتُ لأَهَبَ نَفْسِي لَكَ . فَنَظَرَ إِلَيْهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَصَعَّدَ النَّظَرَ إِلَيْهَا وَصَوَّبَهُ ثُمَّ طَأْطَأَ رَأْسَهُ فَلَمَّا رَأَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ أَنَّهُ لَمْ يَقْضِ فِيهَا شَيْئًا جَلَسَتْ فَقَامَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ فَقَالَ أَىْ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَكَ بِهَا حَاجَةٌ فَزَوِّجْنِيهَا . قَالَ " هَلْ عِنْدَكَ مِنْ شَىْءٍ " . فَقَالَ لاَ وَاللَّهِ مَا وَجَدْتُ شَيْئًا . فَقَالَ " انْظُرْ وَلَوْ خَاتَمًا مِنْ حَدِيدٍ " . فَذَهَبَ ثُمَّ رَجَعَ فَقَالَ لاَ وَاللَّهِ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَلاَ خَاتَمًا مِنْ حَدِيدٍ وَلَكِنْ هَذَا إِزَارِي - قَالَ سَهْلٌ مَا لَهُ رِدَاءٌ - فَلَهَا نِصْفُهُ . فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " مَا تَصْنَعُ بِإِزَارِكَ إِنْ لَبِسْتَهُ لَمْ يَكُنْ عَلَيْهَا مِنْهُ شَىْءٌ وَإِنْ لَبِسَتْهُ لَمْ يَكُنْ عَلَيْكَ مِنْهُ شَىْءٌ " . فَجَلَسَ الرَّجُلُ حَتَّى طَالَ مَجْلِسُهُ ثُمَّ قَامَ فَرَآهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم مُوَلِّيًا فَأَمَرَ بِهِ فَدُعِيَ فَلَمَّا جَاءَ قَالَ " مَاذَا مَعَكَ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ " . قَالَ مَعِي سُورَةُ كَذَا وَسُورَةُ كَذَا . عَدَّدَهَا . فَقَالَ " هَلْ تَقْرَؤُهُنَّ عَنْ ظَهْرِ قَلْبٍ " . قَالَ نَعَمْ . قَالَ " مَلَّكْتُكَهَا بِمَا مَعَكَ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ " .
Qutaybah reported to us; he said: Ya'qub narrated to us, from Abu Hazim, from Sahl ibn Sa'd: A woman came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) and said, ‘O Messenger of Allah, I have come to offer myself to you.’ The Messenger of Allah looked at her from head to foot, then lowered his head. When the woman saw that he had made no decision about her, she sat down. One of his Companions stood and said, ‘O Messenger of Allah, if you have no need of her, marry her to me.’ He asked, ‘Do you have anything?’ He said, ‘No, by Allah, I have found nothing.’ He said, ‘Look for something, even an iron ring.’ The man went away, then returned and said, ‘No, by Allah, O Messenger of Allah—not even an iron ring. But I have this waist wrapper’—Sahl said: ‘He had no cloak’—‘so she may have half of it.’ The Messenger of Allah said, ‘What would you do with your waist wrapper? If you wore it, she would have none of it; and if she wore it, you would have none of it.’ The man sat for a long time, then stood to leave. The Messenger of Allah saw him turning away and ordered that he be called back. When he came, he asked, ‘What do you know of the Qur’an?’ He named several surahs. He asked, ‘Can you recite them from memory?’ He said, ‘Yes.’ He said, ‘I have given her to you in marriage in consideration of what you know of the Qur’an.’
Translation notes
The report preserves the woman’s offer, the man’s lack of property, Sahl’s clarification that he had no cloak, the impractical division of his waist wrapper, and the concluding marriage arrangement based on his knowledge of the Qur’an.