whatever it contains, acting upon it is due to the consensus of the entire Ummah upon it.

2102: Polytheist woman: 3: Tafsir Ibn Kathir: (1/258).

399: 2103: Believing woman: 1: It is established in the two Sahihs from Abu Hurayrah, from the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), that he said: "A woman is married for four things: for her wealth, for her lineage, for her beauty, and for her religion. So choose the one who is religious, may your hands be dusty (with success)."

Narrated by al-Bukhari (7/9), Muslim in (Al-Rada', hadith no. 53), al-Bayhaqi (7/79), Sunan Sa'id ibn Mansur (506), Ithaf (5/340), al-Mishkat (4082), al-Kanz (44552), al-Manthur (1/257), al-Baghawi (1/220), Kahhal (2/18, 27), al-Hilyah (8/383), al-Targhib (3/45), Matalib (1570), Ibn Kathir (1/377), al-Qurtubi (4/37, 16/347), Sharh al-Sunnah (9/8), and al-Daraqutni (3/303).

2107: Refused: 2: Ibn Kathir said regarding the saying of the Almighty: "They invite to the Fire," meaning: socializing and mixing with them prompts a love for the world, the acquisition of it, and preferring it over the Hereafter, and the consequence of that is dire. Al-Bukhari (8/139).

400: 2108: Marriage: 1: Authentic. Narrated by Muslim in (Al-Hayd, hadith no. 16), Abu Dawud (hadith no. 2165), Ibn Majah (hadith no. 644), al-Mishkat (525), Ahmad (3/132), al-Kanz (44894), Talkhis (1/164), Ibn 'Asakir in "Al-Tarikh" (3/58), and Ibn Kathir in his "Tafsir"