سَأَلْتُ أَبَا الْحَسَنِ ( عليه السلام ) عَنْ مَهْرِ السُّنَّةِ كَيْفَ صَارَ خَمْسَمِائَةٍ فَقَالَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى أَوْجَبَ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ أَلَّا يُكَبِّرَهُ مُؤْمِنٌ مِائَةَ تَكْبِيرَةٍ وَ يُسَبِّحَهُ مِائَةَ تَسْبِيحَةٍ وَ يُحَمِّدَهُ مِائَةَ تَحْمِيدَةٍ وَ يُهَلِّلَهُ مِائَةَ تَهْلِيلَةٍ وَ يُصَلِّيَ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ مِائَةَ مَرَّةٍ ثُمَّ يَقُولَ اللَّهُمَّ زَوِّجْنِي مِنَ الْحُورِ الْعِينِ إِلَّا زَوَّجَهُ اللَّهُ حَوْرَاءَ عَيْنٍ وَ جَعَلَ ذَلِكَ مَهْرَهَا ثُمَّ أَوْحَى اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ إِلَى نَبِيِّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) أَنْ سُنَّ مُهُورَ الْمُؤْمِنَاتِ خَمْسَمِائَةِ دِرْهَمٍ فَفَعَلَ ذَلِكَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) وَ أَيُّمَا مُؤْمِنٍ خَطَبَ إِلَى أَخِيهِ حُرْمَتَهُ فَقَالَ خَمْسُمِائَةِ دِرْهَمٍ فَلَمْ يُزَوِّجْهُ فَقَدْ عَقَّهُ وَ اسْتَحَقَّ مِنَ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ أَلَّا يُزَوِّجَهُ حَوْرَاءَ .
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Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Abu Nasr, from Al Husayn Bin Khalid and Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Amro Bin Usman Al Khazzaz, from A man, from Al Husayn Bin Khalid who said, ‘I asked Abu Al-Hassan<sup>asws</sup> about the Sunnah dowry, how did it come to be of five hundred (Dirhams)’. So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Blessed and High Obligated upon Himself<sup>azwj</sup> if a Believer were to exclaim His<sup>azwj</sup> Greatness (Allah-o-Akbar) with one hundred exclamations, and Glorify Him<sup>azwj</sup> (Subhan-Allah) with one hundred Glorifications, and Praise Him<sup>azwj</sup> (Al-Hamdulillah) with one hundred Praises, and Extol Him<sup>azwj</sup> one hundred Extollations (Tahleel), and send Blessings upon Muhammad<sup>saww</sup> and his<sup>saww</sup> Progeny<sup>asws</sup> (Salawaat) one hundred times, then says, ‘O Allah<sup>azwj</sup>! Get me married to the Maiden Houries’, except that Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Will Get him to be married to the Maiden Houries, and make that (Tasbeeh) as her dower. Then Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Mighty and Majestic Revealed unto His<sup>azwj</sup> Prophet<sup>saww</sup> that a Sunnah dower of the Believing women is of five hundred Dirhams. Therefore, Rasool-Allah<sup>saww</sup> did that, and whichever Believer proposes to his brother for his honourable daughter and says, ‘Five hundred Dirhams (being the dower)’, but he does not give in marriage to him, so he has been disloyal to him, and deserves from Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Mighty and Majestic that He<sup>azwj</sup> does not get him married to the Houries’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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