وَ دُونَ ذَلِكَ مَا كَانَ لَكَ فِيهَا هَوًى وَ لَيْسَ لَهَا...

وَ دُونَ ذَلِكَ مَا كَانَ لَكَ فِيهَا هَوًى وَ لَيْسَ لَهَا أَدَبٌ فَأَنْتَ تَحْتَاجُ إِلَى الْأَمْرِ وَ النَّهْيِ وَ دُونَهَا مَا كَانَ لَكَ فِيهَا هَوًى وَ لَيْسَ لَهَا عَقْلٌ وَ لَا أَدَبٌ فَتَصْبِرُ عَلَيْهَا لِمَكَانِ هَوَاكَ فِيهَا وَ جَارِيَةٌ لَيْسَ لَكَ فِيهَا هَوًى وَ لَيْسَ لَهَا عَقْلٌ وَ لَا أَدَبٌ فَتَجْعَلُ فِيمَا بَيْنَكَ وَ بَيْنَهَا الْبَحْرَ الْأَخْضَرَ And lower than that (from slave girls) is the one whom you love but she does not have oral discipline and you need to command and prohibit; and lower than her is the one whom you do not love and there is no intellect for her nor any manners, so you observe patience upon her in place of your passion regarding her; and a slave girl for whom there is no passion for you regarding her, and there is no intellect for her, nor any manners, so you should make the green ocean to be between you and her’.

قَالَ فَأَخَذْتُ بِلِحْيَتِي أُرِيدُ أَنْ أُضْرِطَ فِيهَا لِكَثْرَةِ خَوْضِنَا لِمَا لَمْ نَقُمْ فِيهِ عَلَى شَيْ‏ءٍ وَ لِجَمْعِهِ الْكَلَامَ فَقَالَ لِي مَهْ إِنْ فَعَلْتَ لَمْ أُجَالِسْكَ He (the narrator) said, ‘So I grabbed my beard intending that I make a loud sound (via mouth an arrogant/stupid call) because of the abundance of our discussion and not standing therein upon anything, and due to his -asws comprehensive speech’. So he -asws said to me: ‘Shh!

If you do it, I will not sit with you’. [30] The Sunnah Dowry: The sunnah dowry was extremely affordable, and it cannot be considered equivalent to the purchasing of a wife, as it was prevalent in those days, e.g., ثُمَّ إِنَّ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مُوسَى يَخْطُبُ أُمَّ الْفَضْلِ ابْنَةَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْمَأْمُونِ وَ قَدْ بَذَلَ لَهَا مِنَ الصَّدَاقِ مَهْرَ جَدَّتِهِ فَاطِمَةَ بِنْتِ مُحَمَّدٍ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ عَلَيْهَا وَ هُوَ خَمْسُمِائَةِ دِرْهَمٍ جِيَاداً فَهَلْ زَوَّجْتَهُ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلَى الصَّدَاقِ الْمَذْكُورِ (In a lengthy Hadith): Then, Muhammad -asws Bin Ali -asws Bin Musa -asws hereby proposes to Umm Al-Fazl daughter of Abdullah Bin Al-Mamoun, and he spends for her from the dowry, a dower of his -asws grandmother -asws (Syeda) Fatima -asws daughter of Muhammad -saww !