Characteristics of the Suitable Wife for Marriage

Question:
And to the letters of this episode, a letter reached the program from Minya in the Arab Republic of Egypt, sent by the listener Abdul-Razzaq ibn Abdul-Mu'tamid ibn Abdul-Hamid. He asks and says: What are the characteristics that must be present in a wife, since I am a young man about to get married, if Allah wills? I hope for your guidance and direction. May Allah reward you with good.

Answer:
And prayers and peace be upon the Messenger of Allah, and upon his family and his companions, and whoever follows them. As for what follows, the characteristics that must be present in the wife whom a Muslim wants to marry are those to which the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) guided us, yes, yes. In his saying: "Seize the one of faith, and may your hands be dust." So the first of these characteristics is that she be one of faith, meaning she holds firmly to her religion. For faith is all good. If she holds firmly to her religion, she will obey her husband in what is right, she will be trustworthy, and she will protect her honor. For faith is all good.
Second, what he (peace and blessings be upon him) guided us to in his saying: "Marry those who are fertile, for I will be boasting with you before the nations on the Day of Resurrection." So among the praiseworthy characteristics in a woman is that she be fertile, because in that lies the attainment of offspring, from which much good is obtained for the parents and for the Muslims, due to the increase in the number of Muslims.
And third, that the woman be loving and affectionate toward her husband, because this also came in the hadith, his saying (peace and blessings be upon him): "Marry the loving and the fertile," in some narrations. If these characteristics are present in the woman, then she is suitable, by the permission of Allah: faith, that she be fertile, and that she be loving. As for the remaining characteristics, they follow these characteristics. Yes.