Marriage (Kitab Al-Nikah)
Sunan Abī Dāwūd 2047
تُنْكَحُ النِّسَاءُ لأَرْبَعٍ لِمَالِهَا وَلِحَسَبِهَا وَلِجَمَالِهَا وَلِدِينِهَا فَاظْفَرْ بِذَاتِ الدِّينِ تَرِبَتْ يَدَاكَ
tunkaḥu an-nisāʾu lʾarbaʿin limālihā waliḥasabihā walijamālihā walidīnihā fāẓfar bidhāti ad-dīni taribat yadāka
Transliteration generated from the Arabic vowel marks
The full narration
Abu Hurairah reported the Prophet (ﷺ) as saying “Women may be married for four reasons:for her property, her ranks, her beauty and her religiosity. So get the one who is religious and prosper (lit. may your hands cleave to the dust).”
Source
Sunan Abī Dāwūd · 2047
Ṣaḥīḥ
- Sahih
- Sahih
- Sahih
- Sahih Bukhari (5090) Sahih Muslim (1466)