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tabarani:5993 – Aḥmad b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman al-Nasāʾī > Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > Yaʿqūb b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Abū Ḥāzim > Sahl b. Saʿd

[Machine] A woman came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said, "O Messenger of Allah, I have come to offer myself to you." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ looked at her, raised his gaze to her and straightened himself, then lowered his head. When the woman saw this, she realized that he did not have any interest in her, so she sat down. A man from his companions then stood up and said, "O Messenger of Allah, if you have no need for her, then marry her to me." He asked, "Do you have anything to offer as a dowry?" He replied, "No." The Prophet asked, "What do you have from the Quran?" He said, "I have knowledge of this Surah and that Surah." The Prophet ﷺ said, "Then I have married her to you in exchange for what you have from the Quran."  

الطبراني:٥٩٩٣ – حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ النَّسَائِيُّ ثنا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ ثنا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو حَازِمٍ عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ

أَنَّ امْرَأَةً جَاءَتْ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ جِئْتُ لِأَهَبَ لَكَ نَفْسِي فَنَظَرَ إِلَيْهَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَصَعَّدَ النَّظَرَ إِلَيْهَا وَصَوَّبَهُ ثُمَّ طَأْطَأَ رَأْسَهُ فَلَمَّا رَأَتْ ذَلِكَ الْمَرْأَةُ لَمْ يَقْضِ فِيهَا شَيْئًا جَلَسَتْ فَقَامَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ فَقَالَ أَيْ رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَكَ فِيهَا حَاجَةٌ فَزَوِّجْنِيهَا قَالَ «أَلَكَ شَيْءٌ؟» قَالَ لَا قَالَ «فَمَا مَعَكَ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ؟» قَالَ سُورَةُ كَذَا وَسُورَةُ كَذَا قَالَ «فَقَدْ زَوَّجْتُكَهَا بِمَا مَعَكَ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ»  

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tabarani:5927 – Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > Abū Ḥāzim > Sahl b. Saʿd

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ was approached by a woman who offered herself to him. He remained silent. Then a man stood up and said, "O Messenger of Allah, if you do not have a need for her, then marry her to me." The Prophet asked him, "Do you have anything to give in return?" The man replied, "No, by Allah, O Messenger of Allah." The Prophet then asked him, "Do you recite anything from the Quran?" The man said, "Yes." The Prophet asked, "What do you recite?" The man mentioned a few Surahs. The Prophet said, "I have given her to you in exchange for what you have from the Quran." Then, I saw him walking away and she was following him.  

الطبراني:٥٩٢٧ – حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّزَّاقِ عَنْ مَعْمَرٍ عَنْ أَبِي حَازِمٍ عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ أَتَتْهُ امْرَأَةٌ فَوَهَبَتْ نَفْسَهَا لَهُ فَصَمَتَ فَقَامَ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَكَ بِهَا حَاجَةٌ فَزَوِّجْنِيهَا؟ فَقَالَ «أَلَكَ شَيْءٌ؟» قَالَ لَا وَاللهِ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ قَالَ «فَهَلْ تَقْرَأُ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ شَيْئًا؟» قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ مَاذَا؟ قَالَ سُورَةَ كَذَا وَسُورَةَ كَذَا فَقَالَ «قَدْ أَمْلَكْتُكَهَا بِمَا مَعَكَ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ» فَرَأَيْتُهُ يَمْضِي وَهِيَ تَتْبَعُهُ  

tabarani:5980 – al-Ḥusayn b. Isḥāq al-Tustarī > ʿUthmān b. Abū Shaybah > Ḥusayn b. ʿAlī > Zāʾidah > Abū Ḥāzim > Sahl b. Saʿd

[Machine] A woman came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, "O Messenger of Allah, I have dedicated myself to you and have observed fasting." The Prophet remained silent. Then, a man from the Ansar said, "O Messenger of Allah, if you have no need for her, then marry her to me." The Prophet asked him, "Do you have anything to offer in return?" The man replied, "No, by Allah." The Prophet then asked, "Have you memorized any portion of the Quran?" The man answered, "Yes." The Prophet said, "Then I have married her to you in exchange for what you know of the Quran."  

الطبراني:٥٩٨٠ – حَدَّثَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ التُّسْتَرِيُّ ثنا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ثنا حُسَيْنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ زَائِدَةَ عَنْ أَبِي حَازِمٍ عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ قَالَ

جَاءَتِ امْرَأَةٌ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ لَقَدْ وَهَبَتُ نَفْسِي لَكَ فَصَمَتَ فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَكَ فِيهَا حَاجَةٌ فَزَوِّجْنِيهَا فَقَالَ «أَلَكَ شَيْءٌ؟» قَالَ لَا وَاللهِ قَالَ «فَهَلْ تَقْرَأُ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ شَيْئًا؟» قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ «فَقَدْ مَلَّكْتُكَهَا بِمَا مَعَكَ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ»  

bayhaqi:13493 – Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū al-Faḍl Muḥammad b. Ibrāhīm al-Muzakkī > Aḥmad b. Salamah > Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > Yaʿqūb b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Abū Ḥāzim > Sahl b. Saʿd

[Machine] A woman came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said, "O Messenger of Allah, I have come to give myself as a gift to you." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ looked at her, moved his gaze away from her, and corrected her. Then he lowered his head. When the woman saw that he did not show any interest in her, she sat down and they discussed a narration that had been reported by Qutaybah in Sahih.  

البيهقي:١٣٤٩٣ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ أنبأ أَبُو الْفَضْلِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الْمُزَكِّي ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ ثنا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ ثنا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ أَبِي حَازِمٍ عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ

أَنَّ امْرَأَةً جَاءَتْ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ جِئْتُ لِأَهَبَ لَكَ نَفْسِي فَنَظَرَ إِلَيْهَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَصَعَّدَ النَّظَرَ إِلَيْهَا وَصَوَّبَهُ ثُمَّ طَأْطَأَ رَأْسَهُ فَلَمَّا رَأَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ أَنَّهُ لَمْ يَقْضِ فِيهَا شَيْئًا جَلَسَتْ وَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ أَخْرَجَاهُ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ قُتَيْبَةَ