Al-Kāfi - The Book of Marriage

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Marriage Chapter: Mahr of the Marriage of Amir Al-Mu’minin, ‘Alayhi al-Salam ِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنْ ٠َّدِ بْنِ الْوَلِيدِ الْخَزَّازِ عَنْ يُونُسَ بْنِ يَعْقُوبَ عَنْ أَبِي ٠َ الأنْصَارِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) قَالَ كَانَ صَدَاقُ فَاطِ٠َةَ (عَلَيْهِا السَّلا٠) جَرْدَ بُرْدٍ حِبَرَةٍ وَدِرْعَ حُطَ٠ِيَّةٍ وَكَانَ فِرَاشُهَا إِهَابَ كَبْشٍ يُلْقِيَانِهِ وَيَفْرُشَانِهِ وَيَنَا٠5.

A number of our people have narrated from Sahl ibn Ziyad from Muhammad ibn walid al-Khazzaz from Yunus ibn Ya’qub from abu Maryam al-Ansariy who has said the following: “Abu Ja‘far (a.s.), has said that mahr (dower) of Fatimah, ‘Alayha al-Salam, was from a gown which was patched, a shield of Hatmiyah and her bed was of hide of a ram which the wife and husband used as floor covering and bed on which they would sleep.’” شهور - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (20/103))