I wanted to ask the Messenger of Allah ﷺ for his daughter's hand in marriage, but I said to myself, "I have nothing, so how can I do this?" Then I remembered his kindness and generosity, so I proposed to her.He asked, "Do you have anything?"I replied, "No."He said, "Where is the Hutamiyyah coat of mail that I gave you on such and such a day?"I answered, "I still have it."He said, "Then give it to her."
أنبأنا سفيان عن ابن أبي نجيح عن أبيه عن رجل سمع
أردت أن أخطب إلى رسول الله ﷺ ابنته فقلت ما لي من شيء فكيف ثم ذكرت صلته وعائدته فخطبتها إليه فقال هل لك من شيء قلت لا قال فأين درعك الحطمية التي أعطيتك يوم كذا وكذا قال هي عندي قال فأعطها إياه
Its isnad is daif because of the anonymity of the man who heard from Ali. Ibn Abu Najeeh is Abdullah bin Yasar Thaqafi, and he is trustworthy. His father Yasar was a trustworthy Makkan of the generation after the companions. Ahmad said, Ibn Abu Najeeh is trustworthy, and his father was among the finest servants of Allah. The hadith is found in Majma al-Zawaid 4:282–283, where it says, "It contains an unnamed man, and the rest of its narrators are the narrators of the Sahih."Al-Hutamiyyah, with the ha pronounced with a "u" sound and the ta with an "a" sound, refers to armor that shatters swords, meaning it breaks them. It has also been said to mean broad and heavy armor. Another view holds that it is named after a clan of Abdul-Qays called Hutamah bin Muharib, who used to make armor, and this is the most fitting of the sayings, as stated in Nihayah.In manuscript H, it says, "He said, 'Give it to him,'" omitting the phrase "he said, 'so I gave it to her.'" The correction is taken from manuscript K. "Give it to him" refers to the armor, which can be treated as either masculine or feminine.