Why did the Noble Messenger not link a woman's religion to her character in the hadith about choosing a wife: "A woman is married for four reasons: for her wealth, for her lineage, for her beauty, and for her religion, so choose the religious one, and may your hands be soiled," while he linked religion to character in the hadith about choosing a husband: "If there comes to you one whose religion and character you approve, then marry him, for if you do not do so, there will be tribulation on earth and great corruption"?
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Religion encompasses ethics, and harming a neighbor is a deficiency in it. Therefore, describing a person as religious is not limited to acts of worship or transactions, but rather it is a sum of characteristics and morals, as the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "Faith has seventy-odd branches, the best of which is saying: 'There is no god but Allah,' and the least of which is removing a harmful object from the road, and modesty is a branch of faith."
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