He -asws rejected me...

He -asws rejected me, by Allah -azwj , with ugliest of rejections, and did not go out from the words of his -asws companion!’’ [43] Supplication after getting married: عَنْهُ عَنْ أَبِي يُوسُفَ عَنِ الْمِيثَمِيِّ رَفَعَهُ قَالَ أَتَى رَجُلٌ أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ( عليه السلام ) فَقَالَ لَهُ إِنِّي تَزَوَّجْتُ فَادْعُ اللَّهَ لِي فَقَالَ قُلِ اللَّهُمَّ بِكَلِمَاتِكَ اسْتَحْلَلْتُهَا وَ بِأَمَانَتِكَ أَخَذْتُهَا اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْهَا وَلُوداً وَدُوداً لَا تَفْرَكُ تَأْكُلُ مِمَّا رَاحَ وَ لَا تَسْأَلُ عَمَّا سَرَحَ From him, from Abu Yusuf, from Al Maysami, raising it, said, ‘A man came over to Amir Al-Momineen -asws , so he said to him -asws , ‘I have got married, therefore supplicate to Allah -azwj for me’.

[44] The Wedding Meal: سن، المحاسن بَعْضُ الْعِرَاقِيِّينَ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ عُقْبَةَ عَنْ جَعْفَرٍ الْقَلَانِسِيِّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع إِنَّا نَتَّخِذُ الطَّعَامَ وَ نُجَيِّدُهُ وَ نَتَنَوَّقُ فِيهِ فَلَا يَكُونُ لَهُ رَائِحَةُ طَعَامِ الْعُرْسِ (The book) ‘Al Mahasin’ – One of the Iraqis, from Ibrahim, from Uqba, from Ja’far Al Qalanisy, from his father who said, ‘I said to Abu Abdullah -asws , ‘We take the food, make it exquisite, and decorate it, yet it does not have the aroma of the wedding food’.

قَالَ ذَلِكَ لِأَنَّ طَعَامَ الْعُرْسِ تَهُبُّ فِيهِ رَائِحَةُ الْجَنَّةِ لِأَنَّهُ طَعَامٌ اتُّخِذَ لِحَلَالٍ He -asws said: ‘That is because the wedding meal, the aroma of Paradise is blown into it, because food has been prepared for the Permissible (occasion)’’. [45] Appendix I: Can a Man look at the lady with the Intention of marriage: The Ahadith, below are about the price of a woman, as Muslims used to buy maids in those days to get married, e.g., See a Hadith below from Al-Kafi, Vol. 5.