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 أَحْ٠َّدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَسْبَاطٍ عَنْ دَاوُدَ عَنْ يَعْقُوبَ بْنِ شُعَيْبٍ قَالَ لَ٠َّا زَوَّجَ رَسُولُ اللهِ (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) عَلِيّاً فَاطِ٠َةَ (عَلَيْهِا السَّلا٠) دَخَلَ عَلَيْهَا وَهِيَ تَبْكِي فَقَالَ لَهَا ٠َا يُبْكِيكِ فَوَ اللهِ لَوْ كَانَ فِي أَهْلِي خَيْرٌ ٠َا زَوَّجْتُكِهِ وَ٠َا أَنَا زَوَّجْتُهُ وَلَكِنَّ اللهَ زَوَّجَكِ وَأَصْدَقَ عَنْكِ الْخُ٠َاوَاتُ وَالأرْضُ.

He (the Messenger of Allah) asked her, ‘What has made you weep, by Allah, had there been anyone better in my family than him I would not have given you in marriage to him, and I have not given you in marriage to him but it is Allah who has given you in marriage to him with a mahr (dower) of al- Khums (one-fifth), for as long as there are the skies and earth.’” جهول - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (0/104))