When the man heard this description of the person proposing, he exclaimed, “Even if the person proposing possessed only some of these virtues, I would have been content and pleased, O Abu Hanifah!” Imaam Abu Hanifah (rahimahullah) then said, “However, he has one fault.” The man asked, “What is it?” Imaam Abu Hanifah (rahimahullah) replied, “He is a Jew.”

Hearing this, the man exclaimed, “Subhaanallah! How can you suggest to me that I marry my daughter to a Jew?” Imaam Abu Hanifah (rahimahullah) asked him, “Are you sure that you will not do so?” The man adamantly insisted, “No!” Imaam Abu Hanifah (rahimahullah) then said, “When you will not marry your daughter to a Jew, then how could Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam) have married two of his daughters to a Jew?”

The man immediately realized his misguidance and said, “I beg Allah Ta‘ala to forgive me and I repent to Allah Ta‘ala!”

(‘Uqood-ul-Jummaan pg. 260)