Sahih Muslim, 1466
sahihAbu Huraira (Allah be pleased with him) reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:
A woman may be married for four reasons: for her property, her status. her beauty and her religion, so try to get one who is religious, may your hand be besmeared with dust.
حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ، وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى، وَعُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، قَالُوا حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى، بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ، أَخْبَرَنِي سَعِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ
تُنْكَحُ الْمَرْأَةُ لأَرْبَعٍ لِمَالِهَا وَلِحَسَبِهَا وَلِجَمَالِهَا وَلِدِينِهَا فَاظْفَرْ بِذَاتِ الدِّينِ تَرِبَتْ يَدَاكَ
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Isnad
8 transmitters- 1Zuhayr bin HarbNisa'/Baghdad · d. 234 AH/848 CE
- 2Muhammad bin al-Muthna - al-Zamanal-Basra · d. 252 AH
- 3'Ubaidullah bin Sa'idNisapur · d. 241 AH
- 4Yahya bin Sa'id bin Farroukh al-QatanBasra · d. 198 AH
- 5'Ubaidullah bin 'Umar bin HafsMedina · d. >140 AH
- 6Sa'id bin Abi Sa'id (Kaysan)Medina · d. ~120 AH
- 7Kaysan Abu Sa'id al-MuqbariMedina · d. 100 AH
- 8Abu HurairahMakkah/Medina/Yemen/Bahrain · d. 59 AH/681 CE
References2 variants
- In-Book Reference
- Book 17, Hadith 68
- USC-MSA web (English) reference
- Book 8, Hadith 3457 (deprecated numbering scheme)