[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ married Umm Habibah, and it is known that she was in the land of Abyssinia. The Negus married her to him and her dowry was four thousand. Then he prepared her from his own belongings and sent her to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ with Shurahbil ibn Hasana and all her belongings were from the Negus. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ did not send anything to her. And the dowry of the wives of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was four hundred dirhams.  

رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ تَزَوَّجَ أُمَّ حَبِيبَةَ وَأَنَّهَا لَبِأَرْضِ الْحَبَشَةِ زَوَّجَهَا إِيَّاهُ النَّجَاشِيُّ وَمَهَرَهَا أَرْبَعَةَ آلَافٍ ثُمَّ جَهَّزَهَا مِنْ عِنْدِهِ فَبَعَثَ بِهَا إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ مَعَ شُرَحْبِيلَ ابْنِ حَسَنَةَ وَجِهَازُهَا كُلُّهُ مِنْ عِنْدِ النَّجَاشِيِّ وَلَمْ يُرْسِلْ إِلَيْهَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِشَيْءٍ وَكَانَ مُهُورُ أَزْوَاجِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أَرْبَعَمِائَةِ دِرْهَمٍ  

[Machine] From the many dowries that women require, I came across this verse: "And you have given one of them a great amount [in gifts]" [Quran 4:20]. This is a good guideline.  

عَنْ كَثْرَةِ مُهُورِ النِّسَاءِ حَتَّى قَرَأْتُ هَذِهِ الْآيَةَ {وَآتَيْتُمْ إِحْدَاهُنَّ قِنْطَارًا} [النساء 20] هَذَا مُرْسَلٌ جَيِّدٌ  

[Machine] And he (Umar) said, "Behold! Do not exaggerate in the dowries of women, for it should not reach me that anyone has given more dowry than what the Messenger of Allah ﷺ has given or what has been given to him. Otherwise, I will put the surplus in the public treasury." Then, he later descended and a woman from nearby approached him and said, "O Amir al-Mu'minin (commander of the faithful)! Is the Book of Allah more deserving to be followed or your statement?" He replied, "Rather, the Book of Allah is more deserving. What is it?" She said, "You have forbidden people from giving excessive dowries in advance, yet Allah the Most High says in His book, 'And if you give one of them a great amount [in gifts], do not take [back] from it anything.'" [Quran 4:20] Omar said, "Anyone who is more knowledgeable than Umar should come forward, one who has been married twice or three times." Then, he returned to the pulpit and said to the people, "Indeed, I used to forbid you from exaggerating in the dowries of women. So, let a man do with his wealth what appears appropriate to him. This matter is closed."  

وَقَالَ أَلَا لَا تُغَالُوا فِي صَدَاقِ النِّسَاءِ فَإِنَّهُ لَا يَبْلُغُنِي عَنْ أَحَدٍ سَاقَ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ شَيْءٍ سَاقَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَوْ سِيقَ إِلَيْهِ إِلَّا جَعَلْتُ فَضْلَ ذَلِكَ فِي بَيْتِ الْمَالِ ثُمَّ نَزَلَ فَعَرَضَتْ لَهُ امْرَأَةٌ مِنْ قَرِيبٍ فَقَالَتْ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ أَكِتَابُ اللهِ تَعَالَى أَحَقُّ أَنْ يُتَّبَعَ أَوْ قَوْلُكَ؟ قَالَ بَلْ كِتَابُ اللهِ تَعَالَى فَمَا ذَاكَ؟ قَالَتْ نَهَيْتَ النَّاسَ آنِفًا أَنْ يُغَالُوا فِي صَدَاقِ النِّسَاءِ وَاللهُ تَعَالَى يَقُولُ فِي كِتَابِهِ {وَآتَيْتُمْ إِحْدَاهُنَّ قِنْطَارًا فَلَا تَأْخُذُوا مِنْهُ شَيْئًا} [النساء 20] فَقَالَ عُمَرُ ؓ كُلُّ أَحَدٍ أَفْقَهُ مِنْ عُمَرَ مَرَّتَيْنِ أَوْ ثَلَاثًا ثُمَّ رَجَعَ إِلَى الْمِنْبَرِ فَقَالَ لِلنَّاسِ إِنِّي كُنْتُ نَهَيْتُكُمْ أَنْ تُغَالُوا فِي صَدَاقِ النِّسَاءِ أَلَا فَلْيَفْعَلْ رَجُلٌ فِي مَالِهِ مَا بَدَا لَهُ هَذَا مُنْقَطِعٌ  

[Machine] Mu'adh ibn Jabal said, "The storage container contains one thousand and two hundred ounces."  

قَالَ مُعَاذُ بْنُ جَبَلٍ ؓ الْقِنْطَارُ أَلْفٌ وَمِائَتَا أُوقِيَّةٍ  

[Machine] The qintar is one thousand and two hundred ounces.  

الْقِنْطَارُ أَلْفٌ وَمِائَتَا أُوقِيَّةٍ  

[Machine] The container is filled with the fragrance of light, gold.  

الْقِنْطَارُ مِلْءُ مَسْكِ النُّورِ ذَهَبًا  

[Machine] Ten thousand dirhams or a thousand dinars, and in the narration of Atiyyah from Ibn Abbas, he said: The Qintar is a thousand and two hundred dinars, and from silver it is a thousand and two hundred mithqal, and we narrated from Mujahid that he said: The Qintar is seventy thousand dinars, and Sa'id ibn al-Musayyib said: The Qintar is eighty thousand.  

عَشَرَ أَلْفَ دِرْهَمٍ أَوْ أَلْفُ دِينَارٍ وَفِي رِوَايَةِ عَطِيَّةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ الْقِنْطَارُ أَلْفٌ وَمِائَتَا دِينَارٍ وَمِنَ الْفِضَّةِ أَلْفٌ وَمِائَتَا مِثْقَالٍ وَرُوِّينَا عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ قَالَ الْقِنْطَارُ سَبْعُونَ أَلْفَ دِينَارٍ وَعَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ قَالَ الْقِنْطَارُ ثَمَانُونَ أَلْفًا  

[Machine] That Umar ibn Al-Khattab is the most honest mother of Kulthum bint Ali, and forty thousand dirhams.  

أَنَّ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ ؓ أَصْدَقَ أُمَّ كُلْثُومِ بِنْتَ عَلِيٍّ ؓ أَرْبَعِينَ أَلْفَ دِرْهَمٍ  

[Machine] Ibn Umar used to marry his daughters with a dowry of one thousand dinars, and he would adorn them with four hundred dinars from that.  

كَانَ ابْنُ عُمَرَ يُزَوِّجُ بَنَاتَهُ عَلَى أَلْفِ دِينَارٍ فَيُحَلِّيهَا مِنْ ذَلِكَ بِأَرْبَعِمِائَةِ دِينَارٍ  

[Machine] Anas ibn Malik got married to a woman for twenty thousand.  

تَزَوَّجَ أَنَسُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ ؓ امْرَأَةً عَلَى عِشْرِينَ أَلْفًا