Muwatta Malik #1155
Marriage
Yahya related to me from Malik from Malik from Abu Hazim ibn
Dinar from Sahl ibn Sad as-Saidi that a woman came to the Messenger of
Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and said, "Messenger
of Allah! I have given myself to you." She stood for a long time, and
then a man got up and said, "Messenger of Allah, marry her to me if
you have no need of her." The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him
and grant him peace, said, "Do you have anything to give her as a
bride-price?" He said, "I possess only this lower garment of mine."
The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said,
"If you give it to her you will not have a garment to wear so look for
something else." He said, "I have nothing else." He said, "Look for
something else, even if it is only an iron ring." He looked, and found
that he had nothing. The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and
grant him peace, said, "Do you know any of the Qur'an?" He said, "Yes.
I know such-and-such a sura and such-and-such a sura," which he named.
The Messengerof Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said
to him, "I have married her to you for what you know of the Qur'an."
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This hadith is #1155 from Muwatta Malik, in the Book of Marriage. Muwatta Malik contains 1,985 hadiths across 61 books.