Foreword

The best dower is the easy one. HADITH OF ABU DAWUD ON THE AUTHORITY OF UQBAH IBN ‘AMIR. 101 Should I not tell you what is the best charity? To spend on the daughter who has been returned to you (a divorced or widowed daughter) when there is no one else to earn for her. HADITH OF IBN MAJAH ON THE AUTHORITY OF SURAQA IBN MALIK. 102 According to ‘A’ishah, once when a child was brought to the Prophet, he fondled him and said, ‘These children make cowards and misers of the parents. And they are the flowers of the Almighty.’ HADITH OF IBN MAJAH.