Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1114b
حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي عُمَرَ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ، عَنْ أَيُّوبَ، عَنِ ابْنِ سِيرِينَ، عَنْ أَبِي الْعَجْفَاءِ السُّلَمِيِّ، قَالَ قَالَ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ أَلاَ لاَ تُغَالُوا صَدُقَةَ النِّسَاءِ فَإِنَّهَا لَوْ كَانَتْ مَكْرُمَةً فِي الدُّنْيَا أَوْ تَقْوَى عِنْدَ اللَّهِ لَكَانَ أَوْلاَكُمْ بِهَا نَبِيُّ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم مَا عَلِمْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم نَكَحَ شَيْئًا مِنْ نِسَائِهِ وَلاَ أَنْكَحَ شَيْئًا مِنْ بَنَاتِهِ عَلَى أَكْثَرَ مِنْ ثِنْتَىْ عَشْرَةَ أُوقِيَّةً . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ . وَأَبُو الْعَجْفَاءِ السُّلَمِيُّ اسْمُهُ هَرَمٌ . وَالأُوقِيَّةُ عِنْدَ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ أَرْبَعُونَ دِرْهَمًا وَثِنْتَا عَشْرَةَ أُوقِيَّةً أَرْبَعُمِائَةٍ وَثَمَانُونَ دِرْهَمًا .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Ibn Abi Umar narrated to us: Sufyan ibn Uyaynah narrated to us, from Ayyub, from Ibn Sirin, from Abu al-Ajfa al-Sulami, who said: Umar ibn al-Khattab said: Do not exaggerate in women's dowries. If a large dowry were an honor in this world or a mark of piety before Allah, the Prophet of Allah would be the most deserving of it. As far as I know, the Messenger of Allah did not marry any of his wives or marry off any of his daughters for more than twelve uqiyyahs. Abu Isa said: This hadith is hasan sahih. Abu al-Ajfa al-Sulami's name was Haram. According to the scholars, one uqiyyah is forty dirhams, and twelve uqiyyahs are four hundred and eighty dirhams.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The source provides the conversion of the twelve uqiyyahs into dirhams.