وَعَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ اَلسَّاعِدِيِّ رَضِيَ اَللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا
قَالَ: «جَاءَتِ امْرَأَةٌ إِلَى رَسُولِ اَللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَتْ: يَا رَسُولَ اَللَّهِ! جِئْتُ أَهَبُ لَكَ نَفْسِي، فَنَظَرَ إِلَيْهَا رَسُولُ اَللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ (فَصَعَّدَ اَلنَّظَرَ فِيهَا، وَصَوَّبَهُ، ثُمَّ طَأْطَأَ رَسُولُ اَللَّهِ) صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ رَأْسَهُ، فَلَمَّا رَأَتْ اَلْمَرْأَةُ أَنَّهُ لَمْ يَقْضِ فِيهَا شَيْئًا جَلَسَتْ، فَقَامَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ.
فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اَللَّهِ! إِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَكَ بِهَا حَاجَةٌ فَزَوِّجْنِيهَا. قَالَ: «فَهَلْ عِنْدكَ مِنْ شَيْءٍ ?». فَقَالَ: لَا، وََاللَّهِ يَا رَسُولَ اَللَّهِ.
فَقَالَ: «اِذْهَبْ إِلَى أَهْلِكَ، فَانْظُرْ هَلْ تَجِدُ شَيْئًا ? «فَذَهَبَ، ثُمَّ رَجَعَ ? فَقَالَ: لَا، وََاللَّهِ يَا رَسُولَ اَللَّهِ، مَا وَجَدْتُ شَيْئًا.
فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اَللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ -«انْظُرْ وَلَوْ خَاتَمًا مِنْ حَدِيدٍ»، فَذَهَبَ، ثُمَّ رَجَعَ. فَقَالَ: لَا وََاللَّهِ، يَا رَسُولَ اَللَّهِ، وَلَا خَاتَمًا مِنْ حَدِيدٍ، وَلَكِنْ هَذَا إِزَارِي (قَالَ سَهْلٌ: مَالُهُ رِدَاءٌ) فَلَهَا نِصْفُهُ.
فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اَللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ -«مَا تَصْنَعُ بِإِزَارِكَ ? إِنْ لَبِسْتَهُ لَمْ يَكُنْ عَلَيْهَا مِنْهُ شَيْءٌ، وَإِنْ لَبِسَتْهُ لَمْ يَكُنْ عَلَيْكَ شَيْءٌ «فَجَلَسَ اَلرَّجُلُ، وَحَتَّى إِذَا طَالَ مَجْلِسُهُ قَامَ ; فَرَآهُ رَسُولُ اَللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مُوَلِّيًا، فَأَمَرَ بِهِ، فَدُعِيَ لَهُ، فَلَمَّا جَاءَ.
قَالَ: «مَاذَا مَعَكَ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ ?». قَالَ: مَعِي سُورَةُ كَذَا، وَسُورَةُ كَذَا، عَدَّدَهَا. فَقَالَ: «تَقْرَؤُهُنَّ عَنْ ظَهْرِ قَلْبِكَ ?».
قَالَ: نَعَمْ، قَالَ: «اِذْهَبْ، فَقَدَ مَلَّكْتُكَهَا بِمَا مَعَكَ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ» وَفِي رِوَايَةٍ لَهُ: «اِنْطَلِقْ، فَقَدْ زَوَّجْتُكَهَا، فَعَلِّمْهَا مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ». وَفِي رِوَايَةٍ لِلْبُخَارِيِّ: «أَمْكَنَّاكَهَا بِمَا مَعَكَ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ»
A woman came to the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) and said, “O Messenger of Allah, I came to offer myself to you (in marriage).” The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) looked her up and down (carefully), and then the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) lowed his head. When the woman saw that he had not made any decision regarding her she sat down.
A man of his companions then stood up and said, “O Messenger of Allah, if you have no need for her, marry her to me.” He asked, “Do you have anything (to give her as dowry)?”
He replied, “No, I swear by Allah, O Messenger of Allah.” He thereupon said, “Go to your family and see if you can find something.” He went and then returned and said, “No, I swear by Allah I found nothing.” The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) then said, “Look for something, even if it should be an iron ring.”
He went and then returned and said, “No, I swear by Allah, O Messenger of Allah, not even an iron ring; but I have onl this lower garment of mine – - and I shall give her half of it.” The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) then said, “What will she do with your lower garment? For if you wear it, there would be nothing of it on her, and if she wears it, there would be nothing of it on you.”
The man then sat down and when he had sit for a long time he stood up and the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) saw him departing, so he commanded him and he was called back.
When he came back, he said, “What do you have (i.e. memorized) from the Qur’an?” He replied, “I have Surat such and such and Surat such and such,” he counted them. He then asked “Can you recited them by heart?”
He replied, “Yes.” He said, “Go, for I have given her to you in marriage for the part of the Qur’an which you know.”. Another narration has: “Go for I have given her to you in marriage, so teach her some of Qur’an.” A narration by al-Bukhari has: “I have married her to you for the part of the Qur’an which you know.”