Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 2-2374b
"عن مسروق قال: ركب عمر إلى المنبر فقال: (لا أعرف من) زَادَ الصداقَ على أربعمائة درهمٍ فما دون ذلك، ولو كان الإكثار في ذلك تَقْوًى أَوْ مَكْرُمَةٌ لَم يَسبِقُوا إِليْهَا، ثم نزل فاعترضَتْهُ امرأةٌ من قريشٍ فقالت: يا أميرَ المؤمنين: نَهَيْتَ النَّاسَ أن يزيدوا في صَدُقَاتِهِنَّ على أربعمائةٍ؟ قال: نَعَمْ، قالت: أَمَا سَمِعْتَ اللَّه يَقُولُ في القرآن: {وَآتَيْتُمْ إِحْدَاهُنَّ قِنْطَارًا} ().. الآية؟ فقال: اللَّهُمَّ اغفر (كُل النَّاس) أَفْقَهُ مِنْ عُمَرَ، ثم رجَعَ فركِبَ المنبرَ فقال: أيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنِّى كُنْتُ نَهَيْتكُمْ أَنْ تَزِيدُوا النَّسَاءَ فِى صَدُقَاتِهِنَّ عَلَى أرْبَعِمائَة فَمَنْ شَاءَ أَنْ يُعْطِى مِنْ مَالِه مَا أحَبَّ -أَوْ مَا طابَتْ نَفْسُهُ- فَليَفْعَلْ".
Translation
Chain of narrators
- Msrwq
- Rkb ʿMr Lá al-Mnbr Fqāl Lā ʿRf
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"Masruq said: Umar mounted the pulpit and said: 'I do not know of anyone who has increased the dowry beyond four hundred dirhams or less than that. Had excessiveness in that been piety or nobility, they would not have preceded us in it.' Then he descended, and a woman of Quraysh confronted him and said: 'O Commander of the Faithful, did you forbid the people to increase their dowries beyond four hundred?' He said: 'Yes.' She said: 'Did you not hear Allah say in the Quran: {And you had given one of them a heap of gold} () ... the verse?' He said: 'O Allah, forgive (all) the people, everyone is more knowledgeable than Umar.' Then he returned, mounted the pulpit and said: 'O people, I had forbidden you to increase the women's dowries beyond four hundred, so whoever wishes to give from his wealth what he likes, or what his soul is content with, let him do so.'"
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[ص] سعيد بن منصور [ع] أبو يعلى والمحاملى في أماليه
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