Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 2-2376b
"عن عبدِ اللَّه بن مصعبٍ قال: قال عمر: لَا تَزيدُوا فِى مُهُورِ النِّسَاءِ عَلَى أَرْبَعِينَ أُوقِيَّةً، فَمَنْ زَادَ أَلَقَيْتُ الزِّيَادَةَ فِى بَيْتِ المَالِ، فقالت امرأةٌ: مَا ذَاكَ لَكَ، قَالَ: وَلِمَ؟ قالت: لأن اللَّه يَقُولُ: {وَآتَيْتُمْ إِحْدَاهُنَّ قِنْطَارًا...} الآية، فقال عمر: امْرَأةٌ أَصَابَتْ وَرَجُل أَخْطَأَ".
Translation
Chain of narrators
- ʿBd Allāh b. Mṣʿb
- Qāl ʿMr Lā
Machine translation, not reviewed
"Narrated from 'Abdullah ibn Mus'ab: Umar said: 'Do not increase the dowries of women beyond forty uqiyyah. Whoever exceeds it, I will put the excess in the treasury (Bayt al-Mal).' A woman said: 'That is not yours to do.' He said: 'Why?' She said: 'Because Allah says: {And you had given one of them a heap of gold...} the verse.' Umar said: 'A woman was right and a man was wrong.'"
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Notes
الزبير بن بكار في الموفقيات، وابن عبد البر في العلم
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