قَالَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ ( عليه السلام ) تَدْرِي مِنْ أَيْنَ صَارَ مُهُورُ النِّسَاءِ أَرْبَعَةَ آلَافٍ قُلْتُ لَا قَالَ فَقَالَ إِنَّ أُمَّ حَبِيبٍ بِنْتَ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ كَانَتْ بِالْحَبَشَةِ فَخَطَبَهَا النَّبِيُّ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) وَ سَاقَ إِلَيْهَا عَنْهُ النَّجَاشِيُّ أَرْبَعَةَ آلَافٍ فَمِنْ ثَمَّ يَأْخُذُونَ بِهِ فَأَمَّا الْمَهْرُ فَاثْنَتَا عَشْرَةَ أُوقِيَّةً وَ نَشٌّ .
Translation
Ali Bin Ibrahim, form his father, from Hammad, from Hareyz, from Muhammad Bin Muslim who said, ‘Abu Ja’far<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘Do you know from where the dowries of women came to be of four thousand?’ I said, ‘No’. So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘Umm Habeeb daughter of Abu Sufyan was in Ethiopia. So the Prophet<sup>saww</sup> proposed to her and Al-Najashy sent four thousand to her on his<sup>saww</sup> behalf. Thus, from then on they are taking by it. But as for the dower, so it is of twelve <span class="iTxt">Owqiya</span> and one <span class="iTxt">Nashha</span> (five hundred Dirhams)’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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