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سنن ابن ماجه
Ibn Majah
كتاب النكاح
The Chapters on Marriage
بَابُ : تَزْوِيجِ الأَبْكَارِ
Chapter: Marrying virgins
Sunan Ibn Majah — Hadith 1861
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ الْمُنْذِرِ الْحِزَامِيُّ ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ طَلْحَةَ التَّيْمِيُّ ، حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ سَالِمِ بْنِ عُتْبَةَ بْنِ عُوَيْمِ بْنِ سَاعِدَةَ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ ، عَنْ جَدِّهِ ، قَالَ : قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " عَلَيْكُمْ بِالْأَبْكَارِ ، فَإِنَّهُنَّ أَعْذَبُ أَفْوَاهًا ، وَأَنْتَقُ أَرْحَامًا ، وَأَرْضَى بِالْيَسِيرِ " .
´It was narrated from Abdur-Rahman bin Salim bin Utbah bin Salim bin Uwaim bin Sa'idah Al-Ansari, from his father that:` his grandfather said: “The Messenger of Allah said: 'You should marry virgins, for their mouths are sweeter, their wombs are more prolific and they are satisfied with less.'”
Explanation & Benefits
Maulana Ataullah Sajid
Commentary:
Benefits and Issues:
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Our researcher has declared the mentioned narration weak in terms of its chain of transmission, whereas Shaykh al-Albani rahimahullah has declared it authentic based on other supporting evidences.
For details, see:
(al-Silsilah al-Sahihah, no. 623)
Therefore, one should marry widows and divorced women as well, but if both a widow and a virgin are available for marriage, then preference should be given to the virgin, especially when the man is young.
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The meaning of "sweet of speech" is that they possess more modesty (haya), and thus strive more to please their husbands and avoid speaking in a harsh tone.
Some scholars have explained it to mean that their saliva is sweeter.
➌
A woman who has already lived with one husband and has had children with him is now expected to have fewer children with her new husband, whereas after marrying a virgin girl, all the children she bears will be from this husband.
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Contentment (qana‘ah) is a good trait; a woman who possesses this quality will prove to be a good wife.
Benefits and Issues:
➊
Our researcher has declared the mentioned narration weak in terms of its chain of transmission, whereas Shaykh al-Albani rahimahullah has declared it authentic based on other supporting evidences.
For details, see:
(al-Silsilah al-Sahihah, no. 623)
Therefore, one should marry widows and divorced women as well, but if both a widow and a virgin are available for marriage, then preference should be given to the virgin, especially when the man is young.
➋
The meaning of "sweet of speech" is that they possess more modesty (haya), and thus strive more to please their husbands and avoid speaking in a harsh tone.
Some scholars have explained it to mean that their saliva is sweeter.
➌
A woman who has already lived with one husband and has had children with him is now expected to have fewer children with her new husband, whereas after marrying a virgin girl, all the children she bears will be from this husband.
➍
Contentment (qana‘ah) is a good trait; a woman who possesses this quality will prove to be a good wife.
Source: Commentary on Sunan Ibn Mājah by Mawlānā ‘Atā’ullāh Sājid, Page: 1861
