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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Benefits of the Hadith: (Allahu Akbar, Khaybar has been ruined; if we descend upon a people, the morning of the warners will be bad)

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The Shaykh : In this is evidence that if a slave woman is married by her master, there is no harm in making her freedom the bridal gift in place of money.
In it is evidence for an important benefit, which is: that the marriage contract does not require the specific phrase "I give you in marriage," meaning it is not required to say: "I give you in marriage, I marry you off." Rather, if he says "I permit you to marry my daughter" and he says "I accept," is it valid? Even though it is not Arabic; "I permit you to marry" is not Arabic, but among the common people it means "I give you in marriage." And if he says "I make you my property, my daughter," yes, "I make you my property" is valid? Because among the common people it means "I give you in marriage." And in some of al-Bukhari's wordings in the story of the man whom the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) married to the woman who offered herself to the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), he said
I have married this lady to you for the amount of the Qur'an you know by heart. ملكتكها بما معك من القرآن
Sahih al-Bukhari 5030
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If someone asks: If he says "I give you my daughter as a gift," do we say that the marriage contract is established by that? We may say it is not established by this, because Allah said
if she gives herself to the Prophet [and] if the Prophet wishes to marry her, [this is] only for you, excluding the [other] believers إن وهبت نفسها للنبي خالصة لك من دون المؤمنين
[Al-Ahzab 33:50]
, so it is not possible for it to be established by something that Allah explicitly stated is exclusive to the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him).
If it is said: The consideration is the meaning, and this man who married off his daughter using the wording of a gift has taken the bridal gift. What is the gift that is exclusive to the Messenger? It is free of charge, without a bridal gift. So "I give you as a gift" is like "I make you my property." So this issue is contested by two things: the wording and what? The meaning. Do we prioritize the wording and say that whenever the contract is made with the wording of a gift, the marriage is not established, following His saying, the Exalted:
and a believing woman if she gives herself to the Prophet [and] if the Prophet wishes to marry her وامرأة مؤمنة إن وهبت نفسها للنبي إن أراد النبي أن يستنكحها
[Al-Ahzab 33:50]
Or do we say the consideration is the meaning, and the gift mentioned by Allah, the Exalted and Majestic, which is specific to His Messenger, is the one that has no compensation? A woman comes to the Messenger and says "I offer myself to you as a gift," he says "I accept," she becomes his wife without a bridal gift and without a guardian.
All right, I asked Anas, "What was her bridal gift?" He said, "Her bridal gift was herself." He smiled. Why? What is the reason for the smile? I ask you? We must review the two Fath (explanations).
Source alathar.net

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