The Chapters on Marriage
كتاب النكاح
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Marriage of minor girls arranged by someone other than their fathers
Hadith
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ENGLISH
It was narrated from Abu Hurairah that:
the Prophet (ﷺ) said: “A woman may be married for four things: Her wealth, her lineage, her beauty or for her religion. Choose the religious, may your hands be rubbed with dust (i.e., may you prosper).”
ARABIC
تُنْكَحُ النِّسَاءُ لأَرْبَعٍ لِمَالِهَا وَلِحَسَبِهَا وَلِجَمَالِهَا وَلِدِينِهَا . فَاظْفَرْ بِذَاتِ الدِّينِ تَرِبَتْ يَدَاكَ