MARRAIGE & MEHER IN ISLAM
***May Allah bestow us with knowledge of the right path that leads us and our families and the whole umaah to janaah amin :)
***These days people demand cars, houses and tonnes of money for mahr during weddings, subhanallah out beloved Prophet Peace be upon him kept mahr as something very simple, may it be easy for us to follow His (pbuh) footsteps inshaAllah and keep away from worldly materialistic things inshaAllah.
Sahih Al - Bukhari Hadith
Volume 7, Book 62, Number 27:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet (peace be upon Him) said, "A woman is married for four things, i.e., her wealth, her family status, her beauty and her religion. So you should marry the religious woman (otherwise) you will be a losers.
Sahih Al - Bukhari Hadith
Volume 7, Book 62, Number 24:
Narrated Sahl bin Sad As-Sa'idi:
A woman came to Allah's Apostle (peace be upon Him) and said, "O Allah's Apostle! I have come to give you myself in marriage (without Mahr)." Allah's Apostle looked at her. He looked at her carefully and fixed his glance on her and then lowered his head. When the lady saw that he did not say anything, she sat down. A man from his companions got up and said, "O Allah's Apostle! If you are not in need of her, then marry her to me." The Prophet (peace be upon Him) said, "Have you got anything to offer?" The man said, "No, by Allah, O Allah's Apostle!" The Prophet said (to him), "Go to your family and see if you have something." The man went and returned, saying, "No, by Allah, I have not found anything." Allah's Apostle (peace be upon Him) said, "(Go again) and look for something, even if it is an iron ring." He went again and returned, saying, "No, by Allah, O Allah's Apostle! I could not find even an iron ring, but this is my Izar (waist sheet)." He had no rida. He added, "I give half of it to her." Allah's Apostle (peace be upon Him) said, "What will she do with your Izar? If you wear it, she will be naked, and if she wears it, you will be naked." So that man sat down for a long while and then got up (to depart). When Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him) saw him going, he ordered that he be called back. When he came, the Prophet (peace be upon Him) said, "How much of the Quran do you know?" He said, "I know such Sura and such Sura," counting them. The Prophet (peace be upon Him) said, "Do you know them by heart?" He replied, "Yes." The Prophet (peace be upon Him) said, "Go, I marry her to you for that much of the Quran which you have."
Allah subhana wa taala says in the Qu'ran
Surah Al-Nour (The Light) Verse 32
24:32 AND [you ought to] marry the single from among you as well as such of your male and female slaves as are fit [for marriage]. If they [whom you intend to marry] are poor, [let this not deter you;] God will grant them sufficiency out of His bounty - for God is infinite [in His mercy], all-knowing.
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