Hadith 1439
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Hadith.4654 - Hariz narrated from Muhammad ibn Ishaq who said
Abu Ja'far Imam Muhammad ibn Ali Al-Baqir (as) said: "Do you know why the dowries of women became four thousand dirhams?"
I said: "No."
Imam (as) said: "Indeed, Umm Habibah, the daughter of Abu Sufyan, was in Abyssinia when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) proposed to her. The Negus (the king of Abyssinia) gave four thousand dirhams on his behalf as her dowry. Since then, people have followed this practice. However, the original dowry was twelve uqiyyah and a nash."
4654 - وَ رَوَى حَرِيزٌ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ قَالَ
قَالَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ : "أَ تَدْرِي مِنْ أَيْنَ صَارَ مُهُورُ اَلنِّسَاءِ أَرْبَعَةَ آلاَفِ دِرْهَمٍ" قُلْتُ لاَ قَالَ "إِنَّ أُمَّ حَبِيبَةَ بِنْتَ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ كَانَتْ فِي اَلْحَبَشَةِ فَخَطَبَهَا اَلنَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اَللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ فَسَاقَ عَنْهُ اَلنَّجَاشِيُّ أَرْبَعَةَ آلاَفِ دِرْهَمٍ فَمِنْ ثَمَّ هَؤُلاَءِ يَأْخُذُونَ بِهِ فَأَمَّا اَلْأَصْلُ فَاثْنَتَا عَشْرَةَ أُوقِيَّةً وَ نَشٌّ".
Similar narrations
- Al-Kāfi #1494 “Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘Mahr (dower) is what people agree upon or twelve Awqiyah and one Nashsha or five hundred dirham.’”