A woman came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said, "Messenger of Allah, I have come to offer myself to you in marriage."The Messenger of Allah ﷺ looked at her, examining her closely from head to toe, then lowered his head. When the woman saw that he had not given any decision regarding her, she sat down.A man from among his companions stood up and said, "Messenger of Allah, if you have no need of her, then marry her to me."He asked, "Do you have anything?"The man replied, "No, by Allah, Messenger of Allah."He said, "Go to your family and see if you can find something."The man went, then returned and said, "No, by Allah, I found nothing."The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Look again, even for a ring of iron."He went, then returned and said, "No, by Allah, Messenger of Allah, not even a ring of iron, but here is my lower garment." Sahl said, he had no upper garment. "She may have half of it."The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "What would she do with your lower garment? If you wore it, she would have nothing of it, and if she wore it, you would have nothing of it."So the man sat down, and after he had sat for a long while, he stood to leave. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ saw him turning away and ordered that he be called back. When he came, he asked, "What do you have memorized of the Quran?"He answered, "I have such-and-such surah and such-and-such surah," listing them.He asked, "Can you recite them by heart?"He said, "Yes."He said, "Go, I have given her to you in marriage for what you have of the Quran."
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جاءت امرأة إلى رسول الله ﷺ فقالت يا رسول الله جئت أهب لك نفسي قال فنظر إليها رسول الله ﷺ فصعد النظر فيها وصوبه ثم طأطأ رسول الله ﷺ رأسه فلما رأت المرأة أنه لم يقض فيها شيئا جلست فقام رجل من أصحابه فقال يا رسول الله إن لم يكن لك بها حاجة فزوجنيها فقال وهل عندك من شيء قال لا والله يا رسول الله فقال اذهب إلى أهلك فانظر هل تجد شيئا فذهب ثم رجع فقال لا والله ما وجدت شيئا فقال رسول الله ﷺ انظر ولو خاتما من حديد فذهب ثم رجع فقال لا والله يا رسول الله ولا خاتما من حديد ولكن هذا إزاري قال سهل ما له رداء فلها نصفه فقال رسول الله ﷺ ما تصنع بإزارك إن لبسته لم يكن عليها منه شيء وإن لبسته لم يكن عليك منه شيء فجلس الرجل حتى إذا طال مجلسه قام فرآه رسول الله ﷺ موليا فأمر به فدعي فلما جاء قال ماذا معك من القرآن قال معي سورة كذا وسورة كذا عددها فقال تقرؤهن عن ظهر قلبك قال نعم قال اذهب فقد ملكتكها بما معك من القرآن