صحيح مسلم
Sahih Muslim
كتاب الرضاع
The Book of Suckling
باب اسْتِحْبَابِ نِكَاحِ الْبِكْرِ:
Chapter: It is recommended to marry virgins
Hadith 1466
This hadith is listed as number 3638 in Maktaba Shamila
حدثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى ، وَأَبُو الرَّبِيعِ الزَّهْرَانِيُّ ، قَالَ يَحْيَى : أَخْبَرَنا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ دِينَارٍ ، عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ : أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ ، هَلَكَ وَتَرَكَ تِسْعَ بَنَاتٍ ، أَوَ قَالَ : سَبْعَ ، فَتَزَوَّجْتُ امْرَأَةً ثَيِّبًا ، فقَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " يَا جَابِرُ ، تَزَوَّجْتَ " ، قَالَ : قُلْتُ : نَعَمْ ، قَالَ : " فَبِكْرٌ أَمْ ثَيِّبٌ " ، قَالَ : قُلْتُ : بَلْ ثَيِّبٌ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، قَالَ : " فَهَلَّا جَارِيَةً تُلَاعِبُهَا وَتُلَاعِبُكَ ، أَوَ قَالَ : تُضَاحِكُهَا وَتُضَاحِكُكَ " ، قَالَ : قُلْتُ لَهُ : إِنَّ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ هَلَكَ وَتَرَكَ تِسْعَ بَنَاتٍ أَوْ سَبْعَ ، وَإِنِّي كَرِهْتُ أَنْ آتِيَهُنَّ أَوْ أَجِيئَهُنَّ بِمِثْلِهِنَّ ، فَأَحْبَبْتُ أَنْ أَجِيءَ بِامْرَأَةٍ تَقُومُ عَلَيْهِنَّ وَتُصْلِحُهُنَّ ، قَالَ : " فَبَارَكَ اللَّهُ لَكَ " ، أَوَ قَالَ : لِي خَيْرًا ، وَفِي رِوَايَةِ أَبِي الرَّبِيعِ : تُلَاعِبُهَا وَتُلَاعِبُكَ ، وَتُضَاحِكُهَا وَتُضَاحِكُكَ ،
Jabir bin 'Abdullah (RA) reported: 'Abdullah died and he left (behind him) nine or seven daughters. I married a woman who had been previously married. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said to me: Jabir, have you married? I said: Yes. He (again) said: A virgin or one previously married? I said: Messenger of Allah, with one who was previously married, whereupon he said: Why didn't you marry a young girl so that you could sport with her and she could sport with you, or you could amuse with her and she could amuse with you? I said to him: 'Abdullah died (he fell as martyr in Uhud) and left nine or seven daughters behind him; I, therefore, did not approve of the idea that I should bring a (girl) like them, but I preferred to bring a woman who should look after them and teach them good manners, whereupon he (Allah's Messenger) said: May Allah bless you, or he supplicated (for the) good (to be) conferred on me (by Allah).
