—provided it contains no description of physical beauty and no mention of impropriety. On this point several hadiths have been transmitted:
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Al-Rubayyiʿ bint Muʿawwidh reported: “The Prophet ﷺ came to visit me on the morning my marriage was consummated and sat on my bedding where you are now sitting”—she was addressing the narrator. “Some young girls of ours began beating their duffs and lamenting those of my forefathers who had been slain at Badr. One of them sang, ‘Among us is a Prophet who knows what tomorrow holds.’ He ﷺ said, ‘Leave that line and continue with what you were saying.’”⦗1⦘
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ʿĀʾishah narrated that she escorted a bride to a man from the Ansar. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “O ʿĀʾishah, did you provide any entertainment? The Ansar are fond of entertainment.”⦗2⦘