It is narrated from Sayyiduna Atiyyah bin Busr al-Mazini (may Allah be pleased with him) that Sayyiduna Akkaf bin Wada'ah al-Hilali (may Allah be pleased with him) came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) asked him: "O Akkaf, do you have a wife?" He said: "No." He asked: "Nor any slave-woman?" He said: "No." He asked: "And you are healthy and well-off?" He said: "Yes, wal-hamdu lillah (and all praise is for Allah)." He said: "Then you are one of the brothers of the devils. Either you become one of the monks of the Christians, and then you will be counted among them, or, if you are one of us, then do as we do, for marriage is our Sunnah. The worst of you are your unmarried ones, and the most wretched of your dead are those who died unmarried. You are becoming tools of the devils. In my view, Satan has no weapon more effective against righteous men and women, except against those who marry; these are the ones who are pure and free from indecency. Woe to you, O Akkaf! It is these women who were the cause (of the trial) of Dawud, Ayyub, Yusuf (peace be upon them) and Kursuf." The narrator says: He asked: "O Messenger of Allah, who is this Kursuf?" He said: "He was a man of the Children of Israel who lived on one of the shores of the sea. He fasted by day and stood in prayer by night, and he never tired of prayer and fasting. Then, because of his passion for a woman with whom he became infatuated, he disbelieved in Allah the Mighty and abandoned the worship of his Lord upon which he had been. Then Allah Almighty rescued him because of his earlier good deeds and accepted his repentance. Woe to you, O Akkaf! Get married, for you are one of those who waver." Akkaf (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "O Messenger of Allah, I will not move from here until you marry me to whomever you wish." So the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "I have married you, in the name of Allah and with (His) blessing, to Karimah bint Kulthum al-Himyari."
Hadith Referenceمسند أبي يعلى الموصلي / حديث عطية بن بسر / 6856
Hadith Gradingمحدثین:إسناده ضعيف
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