It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah, may Allah be pleased with him, that when the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, was among us, our dowry was ten uqiyah. Then he interlaced his fingers and said: This amounts to a total of four hundred dirhams.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that Sayyiduna Abdur Rahman bin Awf (may Allah be pleased with him) got married for the amount of gold equal to the weight of a date stone, and he used to consider this as the ruling.

Narrated by Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) saw a trace of yellow color on Sayyiduna Abdur Rahman bin Awf (may Allah be pleased with him) and asked: What is this? He replied: I have married a woman for a gold piece equal to the weight of a date stone. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: May Allah bless you, give a wedding feast (walimah), even if it is only with one goat.

Narrated by Sayyiduna Abu Hadra Aslami (may Allah be pleased with him) that he came to the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and asked about a woman. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: How much dowry have you fixed for her? He said: Two hundred dirhams. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Even if you fill the valley of Bathan in Madinah with silver coins, do not exceed this amount.

Abu Al-Ajfa Salmi says: Sayyiduna Umar bin Khattab, may Allah be pleased with him, said: Do not be excessive in the dowries of women, because if this thing were a source of honor in this world and piety in the Hereafter, then the person most deserving of it among you would have been the Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him. He, peace and blessings be upon him, did not marry off his daughters or marry his wives for more than twelve uqiyahs. There is another matter as well: you say about your battles that so-and-so was martyred, so-and-so attained martyrdom; be cautious in this as well. It may be that he burdened the back of his animal or the edge of its saddle in pursuit of gold and silver and trade. Therefore, do not say in this way that so-and-so was martyred, but rather say as Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him, used to say: Whoever is martyred in the way of Allah, he is of Paradise.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Amir bin Rabi’ah, may Allah be pleased with him, that a man from Banu Fazarah married a woman and gave a pair of shoes as dowry, and the Noble Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, approved their marriage.

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Among the blessings of a woman is that her engagement is easy, her dowry is easy, and her womb is accommodating.

Narrated by Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: If a man gives a woman a handful of grain as dowry, she becomes lawful for him.

Abu Salamah bin Abdur Rahman says: I asked Sayyidah Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) how much dowry the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to give. She said: The dowry of his wives was twelve and a half uqiyah. Then she said: Do you know what nash is? I said: No. She said: It means half an uqiyah. These twelve and a half uqiyah amount to a total of five hundred dirhams. This was the dowry of the wives of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him).

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Urwah bin Zubair (may Allah be pleased with him) that Sayyidah Umm Habibah (may Allah be pleased with her) was married to Ubaidullah bin Jahsh. When he went to Najashi, he died there. Later, the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) married Sayyidah Umm Habibah (may Allah be pleased with her) while she was still in the land of Abyssinia. Najashi acted as her representative and married her to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and paid her dowry of four thousand dirhams. Then he prepared her himself and sent her to the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) along with Sayyiduna Shurahbil bin Hasanah. All her preparations were from Najashi; the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) had not sent anything from his side. The dowry of the other wives of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was four hundred dirhams.