Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah

Hazrat Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that one day I was walking with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) when he said to me, "O Jabir! Do you have a wife?" I replied, "Yes." He asked, "Did you marry a previously married woman or a virgin?" I said, "I married a previously married woman." The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "Why did you not marry a young girl so that you could play with her and she could play with you?" I replied, "My father was martyred in such-and-such battle while accompanying you, and he left behind young daughters. I did not want to bring another young girl among them. So I married a previously married woman so that she could comb their hair and sew their clothes if they were torn." The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "You have thought rightly."