The Nikaah and Mehr of Hazrat Faatimah (Radhiayllahu Anha)

The well-known servant of Rasulullah (Sallallahu alaihi wasallam), Hazrat Anas (Radhiyallahu anhu) also narrated the nikaah of Hazrat Sayyidina Ali and Hazrat Sayyidah Faatimah (Radhiyallahu anhuma).

He says: “Rasulullah (Sallallahu alaihi wasallam) instructed me to call Abu Bakr, Umar, Uthmaan, Abdur Rahman and some of the Ansaar. I thus called them. When everyone assembled, Rasulullah (Sallallahu alaihi wasallam) read out the nikaah khutbah, and after that he said: ‘Allah has ordered me to perform the nikaah of Faatimah to Ali. You people are witnesses that I perform the nikaah of Faatimah to Ali for the mehr of 400 mithqaal of silver. If Ali is happy with it.’ At that time, Hazrat Ali (Radhiyallahu anhu) was not present.

(Earlier it was mentioned that the chain armour was sold for 480 dirhams and Hazrat Ali Radhiyallahu anhu presented the sum to Rasulullah Sallallahu alaihi wasallam. Here, 400 mithqaal silver is mentioned. Both the narrations can be reconciled in this manner that the weight of 400 mithqaal silver amounts to 400 dirhams.)

Thereafter Rasulullah (Sallallahu alaihi wasallam) asked for a tray of dates, and he said to those present: ‘Whoever gets one should take.’

Then Hazrat Ali (Radhiyallahu anhu) arrived. Seeing him, Rasulullah (Sallallahu alaihi wasallam) smiled and said: ‘Undoubtedly Allah has ordered me to perform the nikaah of Faatimah to you for a mehr of 400 mithqaal of silver. Are you happy with it?’ Hazrat Ali replied: ‘Yes, I am happy with it, O Rasulullah!’

When Hazrat Ali (Radhiyallahu anhu) expressed his happiness, Rasulullah (Sallallahu alaihi wasallam) made the following Du’a:

جَمَعَ اللهُ بَيْنَكُمَا وَاَعَزَّ جَدَّكُمَا وَبَارَكَ عَلَيْكُمَا وَاَخْرَجَ مِنْكُمَا كَثِيْرًا طَيِّبًا

‘May Allah unite the two of you, make your fortune wonderful, grant blessings to the two of you and take out from you plentiful and wholesome.’”

(Rasulullah Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam Kee Saahbzaadiya)