Abdullah bin Utbah says that once someone came to Sayyiduna Ibn Mas’ud (may Allah be pleased with him) and asked this question: If a man marries a woman without specifying a dowry, and before consummation he dies, what is the ruling? Sayyiduna Ibn Mas’ud (may Allah be pleased with him) did not give an immediate answer, and the questioners left. After some time, they came again and asked him the same question. He said: I will state before you the conclusion I have reached through my own reasoning; if my answer is correct, it will be by Allah’s guidance, and if it is wrong, it will be from myself. The decision is that this woman should be given the dowry similar to that of women like her, she will also inherit, and she must observe the waiting period (‘iddah). Upon hearing this decision of Sayyiduna Ibn Mas’ud (may Allah be pleased with him), a man from the tribe of Ashja’ stood up and said: I bear witness that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) gave the same ruling in this matter. Sayyiduna Ibn Mas’ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: If there is any witness to this, present him. So Sayyiduna Abu al-Jarrah (may Allah be pleased with him) testified to it.