Volume 7, Book 62, Number 95:
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
I was ten years old when Allah’s Apostle arrived at Medina. My mother and aunts used to urge me
to serve the Prophet regularly, and I served him for ten years. When the Prophet died I was twenty
years old, and I knew about the order of Al-Hijab (veiling of ladies) more than any other person
when it was revealed. It was revealed for the first time when Allah’s Apostle had consummated his
marriage with Zainab bint Jahsh. When the day dawned, the Prophet was a bridegroom and he in –
vited the people to a banquet, so they came, ate, and then all left except a few who remained with the
Prophet for a long time. The Prophet got up and went out, and I too went out with him so that those
people might leave too. The Prophet proceeded and so did I, till he came to the threshold of ‘Aisha’s
dwelling place. Then thinking that these people have left by then, he returned and so did I along
with him till he entered upon Zainab and behold, they were still sitting and had not gone. So the
Prophet again went away and I went away along with him. When we reached the threshold of
‘Aisha’s dwelling place, he thought that they had left, and so he returned and I too, returned along
with him and found those people had left. Then the Prophet drew a curtain between me and him,
and the Verses of Al-Hijab were revealed.
Volume 7, Book 62, Number 96:
Narrated Anas:
When ‘Abdur-Rahman bin ‘Auf married an Ansari woman, the Prophet asked him, “How much
Mahr did you give her?” ‘Abdur-Rahman said, “Gold equal to the weight of a date stone.” Anas added:
When they (i.e. the Prophet and his companions) arrived at Medina, the emigrants stayed at the An –
sar’s houses. ‘Abdur-Rahman bin ‘Auf stayed at Sad bin Ar-Rabi’s house. Sad said to ‘Abdur-Rahman,
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“I will divide and share my property with you and will give one of my two wives to you.” ‘Abdur-
Rahman said, “May Allah bless you, your wives and property (I am not in need of that; but kindly
show me the way to the market).” So ‘Abdur-Rahman went to the market and traded there gaining a
profit of some dried yoghurt and butter, and married (an Ansari woman). The Prophet said to him,
“Give a banquet, even if with one sheep.”
Volume 7, Book 62, Number 80:
Narrated Sahl bin Sad:
The Prophet said to a man, “Marry, even with (a Mahr equal to) an iron ring.”
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Volume 7, Book 62, Number 97:
Narrated Anas:
The Prophet did not give a better wedding banquet on the occasion of marrying any of his wives
than the one he gave on marrying Zainab, and that banquet was with (consisted of) one sheep.
Volume 7, Book 62, Number 81:
Narrated ‘Uqba:
The Prophet said: “The stipulations most entitled to be abided by are those with which you are giv –
en the right to enjoy the (women’s) private parts (i.e. the stipulations of the marriage contract).”
Volume 7, Book 62, Number 98:
Narrated Anas:
Allah’s Apostle manumitted Safiyya and then married her, and her Mahr was her manumission,
and he gave a wedding banquet with Hais (a sort of sweet dish made from butter, cheese and dates).
Volume 7, Book 62, Number 82:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet said, “It is not lawful for a woman (at the time of wedding) to ask for the divorce of
her sister (i.e. the other wife of her would-be husband) in order to have everything for herself, for
she will take only what has been written for her.”
Volume 7, Book 62, Number 99:
Narrated Anas:
The Prophet consummated his marriage with a woman (Zainab), so he sent me to invite men to
the meals.