Sayyiduna Ma’qil bin Yasar (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: A man came to the service of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! I intend to marry a woman who is wealthy and beautiful, but she does not have the ability to bear children. Should I marry her? The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade him. He came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) a second time and mentioned the same thing, but the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade him. He came a third time to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and mentioned the same thing, so the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Marry a woman who is loving and has the ability to bear children, for I will boast of your numbers on the Day of Resurrection.

Sayyiduna Ma’qil bin Yasar (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: A man came to the service of the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! I want to marry a beautiful woman, but she does not have the ability to bear children. Should I marry her? The Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade him. He came to you a second time, and you again forbade him. He came to you a third time, and you again forbade him. The Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Marry a loving and child-bearing woman, for I will boast of your numbers on the Day of Resurrection.

Lady Aisha Siddiqa (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates: The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) married her in the month of Shawwal, and her departure to his house also took place in the month of Shawwal. And among the wives of the Prophet (peace be upon him), who was more beloved to him than me?

Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) sent a marriage proposal for Sayyiduna Julaibib to the father of an Ansari woman. The man said: I will consult the girl's mother. The Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Alright. That man went to his wife and mentioned this matter to her. The woman said: By Allah, no! This cannot happen. We had even refused proposals from so-and-so and so-and-so for this girl. The narrator says: The girl was listening to this conversation from behind a curtain. The girl said: Will you not accept the request of Allah's Messenger? If the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) is pleased with this proposal, then marry me to him. Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: It was as if the girl made things easy for her parents. They replied: You have spoken rightly. Then her father went to the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: If you are pleased with this man, then we are also pleased with him. The Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) said: I am pleased with him. So the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) married the girl to Sayyiduna Julaibib (may Allah be pleased with him). (After some time) the people of Madinah were struck with fear (i.e., there was a battle), and the wife of Sayyiduna Julaibib (may Allah be pleased with him) also went out. She found her husband in such a state that he had been martyred, and beneath him were some slain polytheists whom Sayyiduna Julaibib (may Allah be pleased with him) had killed. Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: I have not seen any widow in Madinah who spent more (in the way of Allah) than that woman.

Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: Sayyiduna Abdur Rahman bin Awf (may Allah be pleased with him) came to the service of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and there was a yellow mark on him. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) inquired from him (about this mark). He informed the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that he had married an Ansari woman. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked him: How much dowry did you give her? He replied: Gold equal to the weight of a date stone. So the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to him: Give a wedding feast, even if it is with a single goat (by sacrificing and inviting people).

Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) served sattu (barley porridge) and dates at the walima (wedding feast) after marrying Sayyidah Safiyyah (may Allah be pleased with her).

Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) held a wedding feast (walimah). He made ample arrangements of bread and meat for the Muslims, just as he used to do after getting married. Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) went to the Mothers of the Believers, greeted them with peace, and prayed for their well-being. Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) returned, and I was with him. When the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) reached the house of his new noble wife, there were two men sitting in a corner of the house, talking to each other. When the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) saw them, he turned back and left. (On this occasion) Allah Almighty revealed the verse regarding the command of hijab.

Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) freed Lady Safiyyah (may Allah be pleased with her) and made her freedom her dowry. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) held a wedding feast (walimah) for her with a dish of hais.

Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) served sattu (roasted barley flour) and dates at the wedding feast (walima) after marrying Sayyidah Safiyyah (may Allah be pleased with her).

Sayyida Umm Salamah (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates: When she came to Madinah Munawwarah, she informed the people that she was the daughter of Umayyah bin Mughirah. The people did not accept her statement. They began to say: What a strange and astonishing falsehood this is. Then, when some of those people intended to go for Hajj, they said: Will you write a letter to your family? So I wrote a letter and gave it to those people. When they returned, they confirmed the statement of Sayyida Umm Salamah (may Allah be pleased with her), and thus her honor and respect increased.

Sayyida Umm Salamah (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates: When Zainab was born to me, the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) came to me and proposed marriage to me. I said: A woman like me cannot be married, because I am no longer able to bear children, and I have a bit of a sharp temperament, and I am also a mother of children. The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: I am older than you in age. As for the sharpness of temperament, Allah the Exalted will remove it. As for the children, they are entrusted to Allah and His Messenger. Then the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) married her.

The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: I will come to you tonight. Sayyida Umm Salamah (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates: I took out some barley grains from my pouch and some fat, and I prepared it for the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him). The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) spent the night there. In the morning, he said: You hold an honorable position with your husband. If you wish, I will stay with you for seven days. If I stay with you for seven days, I will also stay with my other wives for seven days each.