Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1086
حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُوسَى، أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ الأَزْرَقُ، أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ بْنُ أَبِي سُلَيْمَانَ، عَنْ عَطَاءٍ، عَنْ جَابِرٍ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " إِنَّ الْمَرْأَةَ تُنْكَحُ عَلَى دِينِهَا وَمَالِهَا وَجَمَالِهَا فَعَلَيْكَ بِذَاتِ الدِّينِ تَرِبَتْ يَدَاكَ " . قَالَ وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ عَوْفِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ وَعَائِشَةَ وَعَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو وَأَبِي سَعِيدٍ . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى حَدِيثُ جَابِرٍ حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Musa informed us: Ishaq ibn Yusuf al-Azraq informed us: Abd al-Malik ibn Abi Sulayman informed us, from Ata, from Jabir, that the Prophet said: A woman is married for her religion, wealth, and beauty, so seek the one who is religious; may your hands be rubbed with dust. It is also reported in this chapter from Awf ibn Malik, Aishah, Abdullah ibn Amr, and Abu Sa'id. Abu Isa said: The hadith of Jabir is hasan sahih.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The closing phrase is an Arabic idiom of exhortation; the literal image of dust on the hands is retained.
أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " إِنَّ الْمَرْأَةَ تُنْكَحُ عَلَى دِينِهَا وَمَالِهَا وَجَمَالِهَا فَعَلَيْكَ بِذَاتِ الدِّينِ تَرِبَتْ يَدَاكَ " .
The final phrase is idiomatic and can function as emphasis rather than a literal wish.
Would a nonliteral exhortation better convey the force of this idiom?