Hazrat Abdullah bin Khurash (may Allah have mercy on him) says that I saw Hazrat Abu Dharr Ghifari (may Allah be pleased with him) at the place of Rabdhah. His wife's complexion was dark, or he said that she was exhausted due to hunger and weakness. They were in their dark-colored hut. Someone said to him, "O Abu Dharr! It would have been better if you had married a better woman than this!" He replied, "I prefer to marry a woman who causes a decrease in my fame and reputation rather than marry a woman who causes an increase in my name and display."

Hazrat Umar bin Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) says that no habit of ignorance remains in me except that I do not care which Muslim I am marrying and to whom I am giving in marriage.

Ibrahim (may Allah have mercy on him) said that Alqamah (may Allah have mercy on him) used to send marriage proposals to people who were of lower status than himself.

Hazrat Muhammad bin Sirin (may Allah have mercy on him) says that a man married the daughter of a slave tailor. A boy was born to them, but the man refused to acknowledge the child as his own. Hazrat Shurayh (may Allah have mercy on him) said to him, "The same thing that compelled you to marry the daughter of a slave tailor, even though you are a respected man of the Arabs, is what has now prompted you to refuse to acknowledge the child as your son." (That is, Satan has put doubts in your heart.)

Ismail (may Allah have mercy on him) says that I asked Hazrat Ata (may Allah have mercy on him) what is the ruling if a mistress says to her slave, "I free you on the condition that you marry me?" He replied that it would have been better if she had simply freed him. I asked Hazrat Abdullah bin Ubaid bin Umair (may Allah have mercy on him) the same question, and he gave a similar answer as Hazrat Ata (may Allah have mercy on him). I asked Hazrat Mujahid (may Allah have mercy on him), and he became angry and said that this is an act punishable by Allah and the ruler.

18345 - (He said) (1): (And I asked) (2) (Abd Allah) (3) (ibn Ubayd) (4) ibn Umair and he said: Like the statement of Ata.

18346 - He said: So I asked Mujahid (and he became angry) (1) and said: In (this) (2) there is punishment from Allah and from the ruler.

Hazrat Ata (may Allah have mercy on him) and Hazrat Abdullah bin Ubaid bin Umair (may Allah have mercy on him) say that he should set him free but should not stipulate a condition, and Hazrat Mujahid (may Allah have mercy on him) says that this is a cause for punishment from Allah and the king.

18348 - And Mujahid said: In this is a punishment from Allah and from the ruler.

Hazrat Ata (may Allah have mercy on him), in the commentary of the verse { وَأُحْضِرَتِ الْأَنْفُسُ الشُّحَّ } of the Holy Qur'an, says that what is meant by it is maintenance (nafaqah).