21. Marriage
٢١۔ كِتَابُ النِّكَاحِ
"A man was brought to 'Abdullah who had married a woman without naming a dowry for her, then he died before consummating the marriage with her. 'Abdullah said: 'Ask whether they can find any report about that.' They said: 'O Abu 'Abdur-Rahman, we cannot find any report about that.' He said: 'I will say what I think, and if it is correct then it is from Allah. She should have a dowry like that of her peers and no less, with no injustice, and she may inherit from him, and she has to observe the 'Iddah.' A man from Ashja' stood up and said: "The Messenger of Allah passed a similar judgment among us concerning a woman called Birwa' bint Washiq. She married a man who died before consummating the marriage with her, and the Messenger of Allah ruled that she should be given a dowry like that of her peers, and she could inherit, and she had to observe the 'Iddah.' 'Abdullah raised his hands and said the Takbir." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 3354)
عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ وَالْأَسْوَدِ قَالَا أُتِيَ عَبْدُ اللهِ فِي رَجُلٍ تَزَوَّجَ امْرَأَةً وَلَمْ يَفْرِضْ لَهَا فَتُوُفِّيَ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَدْخُلَ بِهَا فَقَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ سَلُوا هَلْ تَجِدُونَ فِيهَا أَثَرًا؟ قَالُوا يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ مَا نَجِدُ فِيهَا يَعْنِي أَثَرًا قَالَ أَقُولُ بِرَأْيِي فَإِنْ كَان صَوَابًا فَمِنَ اللهِ لَهَا كَمَهْرِ نِسَائِهَا لَا وَكْسَ وَلَا شَطَطَ وَلَهَا الْمِيرَاثُ وَعَلَيْهَا الْعِدَّةُ فَقَامَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَشْجَعَ فَقَالَ فِي مِثْلِ هَذَا قَضَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فِينَا فِي امْرَأَةٍ يُقَالُ لَهَا بِرْوَعُ بِنْتُ وَاشِقٍ تَزَوَّجَتْ رَجُلًا فَمَاتَ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَدْخُلَ بِهَا «فَقَضَى لَهَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِمِثْلِ صَدَاقِ نِسَائِهَا وَلَهَا الْمِيرَاثُ وَعَلَيْهَا الْعِدَّةُ فَرَفَعَ عَبْدُ اللهِ يَدَيْهِ وَكَبَّرَ» قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ لَا أَعْلَمُ أَحَدًا قَالَ فِي هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ الْأَسْوَدَ غَيْرَ زَائِدَةَ