Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) met Sayyiduna Abdur Rahman bin Awf (may Allah be pleased with him) and there was a yellow mark on him, which was the fragrance of Khaluq. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked him: O Abdur Rahman, what is the reason for this? He replied: I have married an Ansari woman. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: How much dowry did you give her? He replied: Gold equal to the weight of a date stone. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Give a wedding feast, even if it is with a single goat (i.e., slaughter and invite). Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: I saw that after his (i.e., Sayyiduna Abdur Rahman bin Awf's) death, each of his wives received one hundred thousand (dirhams) as their share.

Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: When the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) was among us, the (customary) dowry we used to give was ten uqiyah.

Masruq reports: Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) was asked about a man who married a woman but did not consummate the marriage with her, nor did he fix a dowry for her. Sayyiduna Abdullah ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Such a woman is entitled to the full dowry, she must observe the waiting period ('iddah), and she is entitled to a share in inheritance. Upon this, Sayyiduna Ma'qil ibn Sinan (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I bear witness regarding the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that he gave the same verdict concerning Barwa' bint Washiq.

This same narration is also transmitted with another chain of narration from Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him).

It is narrated about Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that a man came to him and inquired about a person who married a woman and then that man passed away; he had neither consummated the marriage with her nor fixed a dowry for her. Upon this, Sayyiduna Abdullah did not give him any answer. A month passed, then he stated: "I am going to express my opinion on this matter; if it is correct, it will be from Allah Almighty, and if it is wrong, it will be from myself. My opinion regarding this woman is: she will receive a dowry equal to that of other women like her, in which there will be neither any increase nor decrease, and it will be obligatory for her to observe the waiting period ('iddah), and she will receive a share from the inheritance." Then so-and-so from the Ashja' tribe stood up and stated: "The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) gave a similar verdict regarding Barwa' bint Washiq." The narrator says, so Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) was pleased with this and he said takbeer (Allahu Akbar).

Alqamah narrates: Some people came to the service of Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him). They said: We have come to ask you about a man who is related to us. He got married, did not fix a dowry (mahr) for his wife, and Allah Almighty did not give the husband and wife the opportunity to be together until the man passed away. So Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Since I separated from the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), no one has asked me about an issue that is more difficult for me than this. You people should go to someone else. Those people kept coming to Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) for a month. After a month, they said to Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him): If we do not ask you, then whom should we ask? In this city, you are the only companion of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him). We find no one else besides you. Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I will give a verdict on this matter according to my personal opinion. If it is correct, it will be from Allah Almighty, and if it is wrong, it will be from me. Allah and His Messenger are free from responsibility for it. My opinion is that this woman should be given a dowry like that of other women similar to her, with neither any decrease nor any increase, and she should receive a share in inheritance, and it is obligatory for this woman to observe the waiting period (‘iddah) of four months and ten days. (The narrator says) This incident took place in the presence of some people from the Ashja‘ tribe. Then a man stood up, whose name was Ma‘qil bin Sinan Ashja‘i. He said: I bear witness that you have given the same verdict in this matter as the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) gave in a similar case regarding a woman from our (tribe). That woman's name was Barwa‘ bint Washiq. (The narrator says) I have never seen Sayyiduna Abdullah so happy after accepting Islam as he was on this occasion (that his personal opinion matched the verdict of the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him).

Sayyidah Aisha Siddiqa (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates: The Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) came to me, his blessed face shining with happiness. He said: "Did you know (a physiognomist) Mujazz just a while ago saw only the feet of Zaid bin Harithah and Usamah bin Zaid and said: These feet belong to a father and son."

Lady Aisha Siddiqa (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates: The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) came to me in a state of happiness because Mujazziz Mudliji, upon seeing Usama bin Zaid clinging to his father (and by looking only at their feet), said: These are the feet of a father and son. (The narrator says) Mujazziz was a person skilled in physiognomy.

Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The child will be attributed to the owner of the bed, and the adulterer will be deprived."

Lady Aisha Siddiqa (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates: Utbah bin Abu Waqqas advised his brother, Sayyiduna Sa’d bin Abi Waqqas (may Allah be pleased with him), that the son of Zam’ah’s slave woman is my child, so you should take him into your custody. Lady Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) states: In the year of the conquest of Makkah, Sayyiduna Sa’d bin Abi Waqqas (may Allah be pleased with him) took the boy into his custody and said: This is my nephew; my brother made me promise regarding him. Then ‘Abd bin Zam’ah stood up and said: This is my brother, the son of my father’s slave woman; he was born on my father’s bed. Both of them presented themselves before the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him). Sayyiduna Sa’d (may Allah be pleased with him) said: O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! My brother made me promise regarding this child. ‘Abd bin Zam’ah said: This is my brother and the son of my father’s slave woman; he was born on my father’s bed. The Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) said: O ‘Abd bin Zam’ah, he will be given to you, because the child belongs to the owner of the bed, and the adulterer gets deprivation. Then the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) said to Lady Sawdah bint Zam’ah (may Allah be pleased with her): Observe veil from this boy. The reason for this was: The Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) had noticed the resemblance of the child with Utbah, so that boy never saw Lady Sawdah (may Allah be pleased with her) until he presented himself before Allah the Exalted.