IT IS MUSTAḤABB for a man to start his proposal with the praise of Allah and invoking blessings upon the Messenger of Allah 
, saying: “I bear witness that there is no god but Allah alone without partner, and I bear witness that Muḥammad is His slave and Messenger. I have come to you seeking your young woman So-and-so [in marriage]” or “your honoured daughter So-and-so (daughter of So-and-so)”, or something similar.
, saying: “I bear witness that there is no god but Allah alone without partner, and I bear witness that Muḥammad is His slave and Messenger. I have come to you seeking your young woman So-and-so [in marriage]” or “your honoured daughter So-and-so (daughter of So-and-so)”, or something similar.
Ashhadu an lā ilāha illa-llāh, waḥdahu lā sharīka lah, wa ashhadu anna Muḥammadan ‘abduhu wa Rasūluh.
We relate in the Sunans of Abū Dāwūd and Ibn Mājah that Abū Hurayrah 
related that the Messenger of Allah said: “Every speech,” and in some narrations “every undertaking”, “that is not started with the praise of Allah is cut off.” [1].It has also been narrated as aqṭa‘, ‘severed’, and both words have the same meaning. This is a ḥasan hadith. Ajdham, ‘cut off’, with jīm and dhāl, means that it has little blessing in it.
related that the Messenger of Allah said: “Every speech,” and in some narrations “every undertaking”, “that is not started with the praise of Allah is cut off.” [1].It has also been narrated as aqṭa‘, ‘severed’, and both words have the same meaning. This is a ḥasan hadith. Ajdham, ‘cut off’, with jīm and dhāl, means that it has little blessing in it.We relate in the Sunans of Abū Dāwūd and at-Tirmidhī that Abū Hurayrah reported that the Messenger of Allah said: “Every proposal in which there is no shahādah is like a cut-off hand.” [2].At-Tirmidhī says that this is a ḥasan hadith.
reported that the Messenger of Allah said: “Every proposal in which there is no shahādah is like a cut-off hand.” [2].At-Tirmidhī says that this is a ḥasan hadith.References
[1] Abū Dāwūd (4840), Ibn Mājah (1894), and an-Nasā’ī (494).
[2] Abū Dāwūd (4841) and at-Tirmidhī (1106).