Qutaybah ibn Sa'id al-Thaqafi narrated to us, Ya'qub—meaning Ibn 'Abd al-Rahman al-Qari—narrated to us, from Abu Hazim, from Sahl ibn Sa'd. And Qutaybah also narrated it to us, 'Abd al-'Aziz ibn Abi Hazim narrated to us, from his father, from Sahl ibn Sa'd al-Sa'idi, who said: A woman came to the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, and said, "O Messenger of Allah, I have come to give myself to you as a gift." The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, looked at her, raising his gaze upon her and lowering it, then he bowed his head. When the woman saw that he had not made any decision regarding her, she sat down. Then a man from among his companions stood up and said, "O Messenger of Allah, if you have no need of her, then marry her to me." He said, "Do you have anything [to give as a dowry]?" He said, "No, by Allah, O Messenger of Allah." He said, "Go to your family and see if you can find anything." So he went, then returned and said, "No, by Allah, I found nothing." The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, "Look, even if it be an iron ring." So he went, then returned and said, "No, by Allah, O Messenger of Allah, not even an iron ring. But this is my waist-wrapper"—Sahl said: he had no cloak—"so she may have half of it." The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, "What would you do with your waist-wrapper? If you wear it, she would have nothing of it, and if she wears it, you would have nothing of it." So the man sat down until, when his sitting had become long, he stood up. The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, saw him turning away and ordered that he be called. When he came, he said, "What do you have of the Qur'an?" He said, "I have such-and-such a surah and such-and-such a surah"—and he counted them. He said, "Do you recite them from memory?" He said, "Yes." He said, "Go, for I have given her to you in marriage for what you have of the Qur'an." This is the hadith of Ibn Abi Hazim, and the hadith of Ya'qub is similar in wording.