Sunan an-Nasa'i

Sunan an-Nasa'i 3340

Arabic hadith text

أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُوسَى، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي طَلْحَةَ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ، قَالَ تَزَوَّجَ أَبُو طَلْحَةَ أُمَّ سُلَيْمٍ فَكَانَ صَدَاقُ مَا بَيْنَهُمَا الإِسْلاَمَ أَسْلَمَتْ أُمُّ سُلَيْمٍ قَبْلَ أَبِي طَلْحَةَ فَخَطَبَهَا فَقَالَتْ إِنِّي قَدْ أَسْلَمْتُ فَإِنْ أَسْلَمْتَ نَكَحْتُكَ ‏.‏ فَأَسْلَمَ فَكَانَ صَدَاقَ مَا بَيْنَهُمَا ‏.‏

Translation

Qutaybah reported to us; he said: Muhammad ibn Musa narrated to us, from Abd Allah ibn Abd Allah ibn Abi Talhah, from Anas, who said: Abu Talhah married Umm Sulaym, and Islam was the bridal dower between them. Umm Sulaym had embraced Islam before Abu Talhah. He proposed to her, and she said, ‘I have embraced Islam; if you embrace Islam, I will marry you.’ He embraced Islam, and that was the bridal dower between them.

Translation notes
  • The report explicitly identifies Islam as the bridal dower and states that Umm Sulaym embraced Islam before Abu Talhah.