Sahih Bukhari 5123

Ibn `Abbas said: Hint your intention of marrying' is made by saying (to the widow) for example: I want to marry, and I wish that Allah will make a righteous lady available for me.' Al-Qasim said: One may say to the widow: 'I hold all respect..

Narrated `Aisha: Allah's Apostle said (to me), You were shown to me in a dream. An angel brought you to me, wrapped in a piece of silken cloth, and said to me, 'This is your wife.' I removed the piece of cloth from your face, and there you were...

Narrated Sahl bin Sa`d: A woman came to Allah's Apostle and said, O Allah's Apostle! I have come to you to present myself to you (for marriage). Allah's Apostle glanced at her. He looked at her carefully and fixed his glance on her and then..

Narrated 'Urwa bin Az-Zubair: 'Aishah, the wife of the Prophet (saws) told him that there were four types of marriage during Pre-Islamic period of Ignorance. One type was similar to that of the present day i.e. a man used to ask somebody else for..

Narrated `Aisha: (as regards the Verse): 'And about what is recited unto you in the Book, concerning orphan girls to whom you give not the prescribed portions and yet, whom you desire to marry.' (4.127) This Verse is about the female orphan who is..

Narrated `Abdullah bin `Umar: When Hafsa, `Umar's daughter became a widow because of the death of her (husband) Ibn Hudhafa As-Sahmi who was one of the companion of the Prophet and the one of the Badr warriors and died at Medina, `Umar said, I..