Abul Ajfa as-Sulami said: Umar (Allah be pleased with him) delivered a speech to us and said: Do not go to extremes in giving women their dower, for if it represented honour in this world and piety in Allah's sight, the one of you most entitled to do so would have been the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم. The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم did not marry any of his wives or gave any of his daughters in marriage for more than twelve uqiyahs.