And when a man’s eye gazed longingly at a woman, he would be astonished by the one beneath him and would accuse her of immorality until he compelled her to redeem herself from him with what he had given her, so that he could marry another. It was said: 'And if you intend to replace a spouse...' The qintar is a great amount of wealth, from qantarah, meaning to raise something. From it comes the word qantara, as it is a constructed building. He said: 'Like the qantara of the Roman, he swore by its Lord that it would not be surrounded until it is built with bricks.'

And from Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, that he stood as a speaker and said: 'O people, do not be excessive in the dowries of women. If it were a matter of honor in this world or piety with Allah, then the one most deserving of it would be the Messenger of Allah, blessings and peace be upon him. He did not give any of his wives more than twelve uqiyyah.' A woman stood up to him and said: 'O Commander of the Faithful, why do you deny us a right that Allah has granted us? And Allah says: (And if you have given one of them a qintar...)' Umar replied: 'Everyone is more knowledgeable than Umar.' Then he said to his companions: 'You hear me saying such a statement and you do not deny it to me until a woman who is not among the most knowledgeable of women responds to me.'

Al-Daraqutni mentioned in the [UNTRANSLATED-LATIN: al-‘ilal] of this hadith much disagreement. It was narrated by Abdul Razak from the first source, and he added: A woman stood up and said to him, 'That is not for you, O Umar, and Allah says (And you have given one of them a qintar).' He said, 'Indeed, a woman argued with Umar and defeated him.' Abu Nu'aym reported it in [UNTRANSLATED-LATIN: al-Hilya] in the biography of Shuraih through the route of Ash'ath ibn Suwar from Al-Shu'bi from Shuraih, who said Umar said... and he mentioned it in the wording of the [UNTRANSLATED-LATIN: sunan] and found it strange from this source. It was narrated by Ishaq from the narration of Ata' al-Khurasani from Umar, and it is disconnected. He added, 'Then Umar proposed to Umm Kulthum, the daughter of Ali, and gave her a dowry of forty thousand.' Abu Ya'la narrated through the route of Ibn Ishaq. Muhammad ibn Abdul Rahman told me from Mujalid from Al-Shu'bi from Masruq who said: Umar mounted the pulpit and then said, 'O people, what is your excessive talk regarding the dowries of women? The dowries during the time of the Messenger of Allah, blessings and peace be upon him, and his companions were four hundred dirhams or less than that. If the excess in this were piety with Allah or a virtue, you would not have preceded them in it.' Then he descended, and a woman from Quraysh confronted him and said: 'O Commander of the Faithful, you prohibited the people from increasing the dowries of women beyond four hundred.' He said: 'Yes.' She said: 'Did you not hear Allah say (And you have given one of them a qintar)...' He said: 'O Allah, forgive everyone who is more knowledgeable than Umar.' Then he returned and mounted the pulpit and said: 'Whoever wishes to give from his wealth what he loves.' The [UNTRANSLATED-LATIN: buhtan] is to confront a man with an ugly matter that he is innocent of, for he is astonished at that, meaning he is bewildered. It is in the accusative case as a state, meaning bewildered and sinful, or as a purpose even if it is not an aim, like saying: 'He sat during the battle out of cowardice.' The firm covenant is the right of companionship and cohabitation, as if it were said: 'And they took from you a firm covenant,' meaning by the union of some of you with others. It was described as firm due to its strength and greatness. They said: 'Companionship of twenty days is kinship, so how about what occurs between spouses in terms of unity and mingling?' It was said: It is the saying of the guardian at the contract: 'I have married you according to what is in the Book of Allah, of holding fast in kindness or releasing with good.' And from the Prophet, blessings and peace be upon him: 'Be good to women.' This is a combination of two hadiths. The first was narrated by Al-Tirmidhi, Al-Nasa'i, and Ibn Majah from the hadith of Amr ibn Al-Ahwasi. He said: 'I witnessed the Farewell Pilgrimage' - and he mentioned a hadith - and in it, 'And be good to women, for they are captives in your hands.' In Al-Bukhari and Muslim from the hadith of Abu Hazim from Abu Huraira in the midst of a hadith, 'And be good to women, for they were created from a rib - the hadith.' The second was narrated by Muslim in the long hadith of Jabir regarding the description of pilgrimage, in which he said: 'And fear Allah regarding women, for you have taken them as a trust from Allah and have made lawful their private parts by the word of Allah.' Abu Ya'la, Al-Bazzar, and Al-Tabari narrated from the narration of Musa ibn Ubaidah Al-Rubhdi, one of the weak narrators, from Sadaqah ibn Yasar from Ibn Umar, who raised it: 'O people, women are captives in your hands. You have taken them as a trust from Allah and have made lawful their private parts by the word of Allah.' (Benefit) The term 'captives' is the plural of 'captive,' which means a prisoner.