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, raising his gaze and lowering it, then he bowed his head. When the woman saw that he had made no decision concerning her, she sat down.A man from among his companions stood up and said, "Messenger of Allah, if you have no need of her, 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."So he went, then returned and said, "No, by Allah, I found nothing."The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Look, even for an iron ring."So he went again, then returned and said, "No, by Allah, Messenger of Allah, not even an iron ring, but here is my lower garment." Sahl said, he had no upper garment, so he offered her half of it.The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "What will you do with your lower garment? If you wear it, she will have nothing of it, and if she wears it, you will have nothing of it."So the man sat down, and when he had sat for a long while, he stood up. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ saw him turning away, so he gave instructions and the man was called back. When he came, he asked, "What do you have of the Quran?"He replied, "I have such-and-such surah and such-and-such surah," counting them.He asked, "Can you recite them by heart?"He answered, "Yes."He said, "Go, for I have given her to you in marriage with what you have of the Quran."This is the wording of Ibn Abu Hazim's narration, and Yaqub's narration is close to it in wording.
حدثنا قتيبة بن سعيد الثقفي حدثنا يعقوب يعني ابن عبد الرحمن القاري عن أبي حازم عن سهل بن سعد ح و حدثناه قتيبة حدثنا عبد العزيز بن أبي حازم عن أبيه
جاءت امرأة إلى رسول الله ﷺ فقالت يا رسول الله جئت أهب لك نفسي 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 فهل عندك من شيء فقال 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 ملكتها بما معك من القرآن هذا حديث ابن أبي حازم وحديث يعقوب يقاربه في اللفظ