Hadith 20084

Chapter 9

باب 9

(9) باب وَكَالَةِ الْمَرْأَةِ الإِمَامَ فِي النِّكَاحِ

(9) Chapter: A woman can depute the ruler in marriage
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حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ يُوسُفَ، أَخْبَرَنَا مَالِكٌ، عَنْ أَبِي حَازِمٍ، عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ، قَالَ جَاءَتِ امْرَأَةٌ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي قَدْ وَهَبْتُ لَكَ مِنْ نَفْسِي. فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ زَوِّجْنِيهَا. قَالَ " قَدْ زَوَّجْنَاكَهَا بِمَا مَعَكَ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ ".

Narrated Sahl bin Sad:
A woman came to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! I want to give up myself to you." A man said, "Marry her to me." The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "We agree to marry her to you with what you know of the Qur'an by heart."

Reference: Sahih al-Bukhari 2310

In-book reference: Book 40, Hadith 10

USC-MSA web (English) reference(deprecated numbering scheme): Vol. 3, Book 38, Hadith 505