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Sunan Ibn Majah

The Chapters on Marriage

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Marriage of minor girls arranged by someone other than their fathers

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Hadith 6
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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 ‏