أَتَتِ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم امْرَأَةٌ فَقَالَتْ إِنَّهَا قَدْ وَهَبَتْ نَفْسَهَا لِلَّهِ وَلِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالَ " مَا لِي فِي النِّسَاءِ مِنْ حَاجَةٍ ". فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ زَوِّجْنِيهَا. قَالَ " أَعْطِهَا ثَوْبًا ". قَالَ لاَ أَجِدُ. قَالَ " أَعْطِهَا وَلَوْ خَاتَمًا مِنْ حَدِيدٍ ". فَاعْتَلَّ لَهُ. فَقَالَ " مَا مَعَكَ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ ". قَالَ كَذَا وَكَذَا. قَالَ " فَقَدْ زَوَّجْتُكَهَا بِمَا مَعَكَ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ ".
A lady came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and declared that she had decided to offer herself to Allah and HisApostle. The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "I am not in need of women." A man said (to the Prophet) "Please marryher to me." The Prophet (ﷺ) said (to him), "Give her a garment." The man said, "I cannot afford it." TheProphet said, "Give her anything, even if it were an iron ring." The man apologized again. TheProphet then asked him, "What do you know by heart of the Qur'an?" He replied, "I know such-andsuchportion of the Qur'an (by heart)." The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Then I marry her to you for that much of theQur'an which you know by heart."