I wanted to propose marriage to the daughter of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, but I thought: I have nothing, so how could it be? Then I remembered how he upheld ties of kinship and his kindness and generosity, so I asked him for his daughterʿs hand in marriage. He said: “Do you have anything”? I said: No. He said: ʿWhere is the Hutamiyyah shield that I gave you on such and such a day?ʿ I said: I have it. He said: ʿThen give it to her.ʿ
أَنْ أَخْطُبَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ ابْنَتَهُ فَقُلْتُ مَا لِي مِنْ شَيْءٍ فَكَيْفَ؟ ثُمَّ ذَكَرْتُ صِلَتَهُ وَعَائِدَتَهُ فَخَطَبْتُهَا إِلَيْهِ فَقَالَ هَلْ لَكَ مِنْ شَيْءٍ؟ قُلْتُ لَا قَالَ فَأَيْنَ دِرْعُكَ الْحُطَمِيَّةُ الَّتِي أَعْطَيْتُكَ يَوْمَ كَذَا وَكَذَا؟ قَالَ هِيَ عِنْدِي قَالَ فَأَعْطِنِيهَا قَالَ فَأَعْطَيْتُهَا إِيَّاهُ