Umar corrected by a woman The Story of Umar Being Corrected by a Woman As people say, but it is also said that it is a weak Haadith [reported events and sayings at the time of the Prophet Muhammad,Peace be upon him], that Umar ibn al-Khatab would have intended to limit the excesses concerning the dowry given to women upon marriage. The story is nice and could have been true, so i include it here.

One day, Umar ibn al-Khattab declared in public: "Anyone who pays more for their dowry than what the Prophet [peace be upon him] used to pay, will put the excess amount in the Public Treasury." A woman from the Quraish came to him and said: "O commander of the Believers, which have more right to be followed, the Book of Allah [the Qur'an]or your statement?" He answered: "The Book of Allah." So she told him, "You have just prohibited the people from giving the excess amount from the dowry, but Allah Taalah has revealed in His Book: "And if you have given them a geat amount of gold as dower, take not the least bit of it back." [4:20]?" Therefore Umar said a few times: "The Woman is correct and Umar is mistaken." He addresses people again, and said: "Verily a man may do whatever he sees fit with his wealth." [Reported broken chain of narration of Abu Bakr al-Baihaqi, Sunan al Kubra, Beirut, Dar al-Fikr, nd., vol 7, p 233]