Signs of Praiseworthiness of Women

2. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn ‘Isa from Malik ibn ‘Ushaym certain persons of his people who have said the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah عليه السلام, has said, ‘Marry woman of brunette color, wide buttocks and of medium height. If you disliked, her mahr (dowry) is on me.’”

3. Al-Husayn from Muhammad has narrated from Mu’alla’ ibn Muhammad from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from ibn ‘Abd Allah who has said the following: “Al-Rida’ عليه السلام, once said to me, ‘If you want to marry, marry a woman of large buttocks.’”

4. A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn abu ‘Abd Allah from certain persons of our people in a marfu’ manner has said the following: “When the Holy Prophet, O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause, wanted to marry a woman he would send a woman to examine her with the instruction, ‘Smell her neck; if it smells fine her scent smells fine, and if her soles are full, her knees are large.’”

5. Ahmad narrated from his father, from Ali ibn al-Nu’man, from his brother, from Dawud ibn al-Nu’man, from Abi Ayyub al-Khazzaz that Abu Abdillah al-Sadiq عليه السلام said: "I have experienced [having] both light-skinned and dark-skinned maidservants, and there was a difference between them." (Allama al-Majlisi says: It means both of them have a preference)

6. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from al-Nawfaliy from al-Sakuniy who has said the following: “Abu ‘Abdillah عليه السلام has said that the Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم has said, ‘Marry blue colored eyes; it is a sign of good fortune.’”

7. A number of our people have narrated from Sahl ibn Ziyad from Bakr ibn Salih from certain persons of his people who have said the following: “Abu al-Hassan عليه السلام, has said, ‘It is of the well-being of a man who on moving aside the veil of a woman finds her white.’”

8. Sahl has narrated from Bakr ibn Salih from Malik ibn ‘Ushaym from certain persons of his people who has said the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah عليه السلام, has said that ’Amir al-Mu’minin has said, ‘Marry a woman of large eyes, of brunette color, wide buttocks and of medium height; and if you disliked, her mahr (dowry) is on me.’”