Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 2-3399b
"عَن الشَّعْبِىِّ قَالَ: خَطَبَ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ فَحَمِدَ اللَّه وَأثْنَى عَلَيْهِ، وَقَالَ: لَا لَا لَا تْغَالُوا فِى صَدَاقِ النِّساء، وَإنَّهُ لَا يَبْلُغُنى عَنْ أَحَد ساقَ أَكْثَر شَىْءٍ سَاقَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّه ﷺ أَوْ سِيقَ إِلَيْهِ إِلَّا جَعَلْتُ فَضْلَ ذَلِكَ فِى بَيْتِ الْمَالِ، ثُمَّ نَزَلَ، فَعرَضَتْ لَهُ امْرَأَةٌ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ، فَقَالَتْ: يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ: أَكِتَابٌ أَحَقُّ أَنْ يُتَّبَعَ؟ أَوْ قَوْلُكَ؟ قَالَ: كِتَابُ اللَّه فَمَا ذَاكَ؟ قَالَتْ: نَهَيْتَ النَّاسَ آنِفًا أَنْ يَتَغَالَوْا فِى صَدَاقِ النِّساءِ، واللَّه يَقُولُ فِى كِتَابِهِ: {وَآتَيْتُمْ إِحْدَاهُنَّ قِنْطَارًا فَلَا تَأْخُذُوا مِنْهُ شَيْئًا}، فَقَالَ عُمَرُ: كل أَحَدٍ أَفْقَهُ مِنْ عُمَرَ! ! مرَّتَيْنِ أَوْ ثَلَاثًا، ثُمَّ رَجَعَ إِلَى الْمِنْبَرِ، فَقَالَ لِلنَّاسِ: نَهَيْتُكُمْ أَنْ تُغَالُوا فِى صَدَاقِ النِّساءِ، أَلَا فَلْيَفْعَلْ رَجُلٌ فِى مَالِهِ مَا بَدَا لَهُ".....
Translation
Chain of narrators
- al-Shaʿbi
- Khaṭab ʿUmar b. al-Khaṭṭāb Faḥamid Allāh and ʾThná ʿAlayh
- Lā Lā Lā Tghālūā Fiá Ṣadāq al-Nisāʾ Waʾnnah Lā Yablughuná
- Aḥad Sāq Akthar Shaʾ
Machine translation, not reviewed
"It is narrated from al-Sha'bi that he said: 'Umar ibn al-Khattab delivered a sermon, praised Allah and extolled Him, and said: 'No, no, no, do not exaggerate in the dowries of women. It has not reached me that anyone gave a dowry greater than what the Messenger of Allah ﷺ gave or was given in marriage with, except that I would put the excess of that into the public treasury (bayt al-mal).' Then he descended, and a woman of Quraysh confronted him and said: 'O Commander of the Faithful, which is more deserving of being followed: the Book or your saying?' He said: 'The Book of Allah. Why do you ask?' She said: 'You just forbade the people from exaggerating in the dowries of women, and Allah says in His Book: {And you have given one of them a great amount, so take not from it anything}.' 'Umar said: 'Everyone is more knowledgeable than 'Umar!' twice or three times. Then he returned to the pulpit and said to the people: 'I forbade you to exaggerate in the dowries of women. Let a man do with his wealth whatever he wishes.'".....
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Notes
[ص] سعيد بن منصور [ق] البيهقى في السنن
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