Hadith.4459 - Al-Hasan ibn Mahbub narrated from Malik ibn Atiyyah, from Abu Ubaydah, who reported from Abu Abdullah : Regarding a man who instructed another man to marry him to a woman from the people of Basra, from the tribe of Banu Tamim, but the intermediary instead married him to a woman from the people of Kufa, also from the tribe of Banu Tamim. Imam said: "He has disobeyed his command. The intermediary is responsible for half the dowry to the woman's family. There is no waiting period ('iddah) for her, and there is no inheritance between them." Someone present then asked: "What if he instructed him to marry a woman without specifying the land or tribe, and later the man who gave the order denied ever instructing him after the marriage had been performed?" Imam said: "If the intermediary has proof that he was instructed to arrange the marriage, then the dowry is the responsibility of the one who gave the order. However, if the intermediary has no proof, then the dowry falls upon the intermediary to pay to the woman's family. There is no inheritance between them, and there is no waiting period ('iddah) for her. She is entitled to half the dowry if a specific dowry was stipulated. If no dowry was specified, then she is entitled to nothing."