Abdullah bin lahya'a bin 'Uqba عبد الله بن لهيعة بن عقبة الحضرمي · The Chapters on Marriage

the Messenger of Allah said: “This world is but provisions, and there is no provision in this world better than a righteous wife.”

Mughirah bin Shubah said: “I came to the Prophet and told him of a woman to whom I had to propose marriage. He said: 'Go and look at her, for that is more likely to create love between you.' So I went to a woman among the Ansar and proposed marriage through her parents. I told them what the Prophet had said, and it was as if they did not like that. Then I heard that woman, behind her curtain,…