Hadith 14650

Chapter 15

باب 15

(15) باب اسْتِحْبَابِ نِكَاحِ ذَاتِ الدِّينِ

(15) Chapter: It is recommended to marry one who is religiously committed
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حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ، وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى، وَعُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، قَالُوا حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى، بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ، أَخْبَرَنِي سَعِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " تُنْكَحُ الْمَرْأَةُ لأَرْبَعٍ لِمَالِهَا وَلِحَسَبِهَا وَلِجَمَالِهَا وَلِدِينِهَا فَاظْفَرْ بِذَاتِ الدِّينِ تَرِبَتْ يَدَاكَ " .

Abu Huraira (Allah be pleased with him) reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:
A woman may be married for four reasons: for her property, her status. her beauty and her religion, so try to get one who is religious, may your hand be besmeared with dust.

Reference: Sahih Muslim 1466

In-book reference: Book 17, Hadith 68

USC-MSA web (English) reference(deprecated numbering scheme): Book 8, Hadith 3457