I have sought the permission from the Almighty God to give you in wedlock to Ali.

I have sought the permission from the Almighty God to give you in wedlock to Ali. Tell me if you approve of the same". Out of modesty, Fatima (as) kept silent. The holy Prophet said: "God is great! Her signifies her approval!" The Prophet asked Imam Ali (as) if he had some property of his own. The youth explained that he possessed a horse, a sword and armor. The Messenger said: "The sword and the horse are indispensable for a warrior like you, but the armor is superfluous; so go and sell it".

Historians say that the armor was sold for 480 silver DIRHAMS which he presented as his bride's MAHR (dower). The Prophet arranged his daughter's matrimony. The Messenger of God told ANAS IBN MALIK to invite a group of SAHABA (companions) including ABU BAKR, UMER IBN AL-KATTAB, UTHMAN IBN AFFAN, 'ABD AR-RAHMAN IBN AWF, SA'D IBN ABU WAQQAS, TALHA, AZ-ZUBAIR IBN ABD AL-MUTTALIB, and some men of the ANSARS.

ANAS says: "When they all came and were seated, while Ali was absent on an errand for the Prophet, the Prophet said: 'All praise belongs to God Who is praised through the bounties He bestows, worshipped due to His Might, obeyed due to His Authority, Whose torment and Might are feared, Whose command is obeyed in heavens as on earth, Who created everything by His own Might. He distinguished them through His commandments, dignified them through His religion, was generous unto them through His .

God, praised is His Name, Sublime is His Might, has made marriage the means towards maintaining a family line, and a matter whereby He enjoined to link the relations and He made it an obligation on His servants, saying: He it is Who created man from (congealed) water then He established relationships of lineage and marriage: for thy Lord has power (over all things) (QUR'AN, 25:54).

God's commandment leads to its implementation, and its implementation is His commandment, and for each there is timing, and for each timing there is a record. God obliterates what He wishes and fixes what He desires, and He has the Mother of the Book.

God has commanded me to marry Fatima daughter of KHADIJA to ALI IBN ABU TALIB…' Then he ordered a platter of unripe dates to be brought to him of which we ate, and while we were eating, Imam Ali (as) entered, whereupon the Prophet smiled in his face and said: 'God has commanded me to marry you to Fatima for (the dower of) four hundred (or five hundred according to other traditions) ounces of silver if you agree'.