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مسند الشهاب
Musnad Shihab
Hadiths 601 to 800
تَزَوَّجُوا الْوَدُودَ الْوَلُودَMarry loving, fertile women
Hadith 675
اُردوEn
675 - أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو مُحَمَّدٍ إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ رَجَاءٍ ثنا أَبُو الْحُسَيْنِ عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ الْفَرْغَانِيُّ ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الْبَالِسِيُّ بِبَالِسَ ثنا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ يَعْنِي الْمِصِّيصِيَّ، ثنا خَلَفُ بْنُ خَلِيفَةَ، عَنْ حَفْصِ ابْنِ أَخِي أَنَسٍ , عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ، قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «تَزَوَّجُوا الْوَدُودَ الْوَلُودَ، فَإِنِّي مُكَاثِرٌ بِكُمُ الْأَنْبِيَاءَ»
Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) reports that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: “Marry a loving and fertile woman, for I will boast of your numbers before other nations.”
Brief Explanation
Explanation: -
① It is not appropriate to marry a woman about whom it is known that she is deprived of the ability to bear children, because the primary objective of marriage is to obtain offspring, and this should indeed be the case. So, what benefit is there in marrying a woman who is deprived of this very quality? However, this does not mean that marrying a barren woman is absolutely prohibited. Rather, sometimes there are other objectives of marriage as well, so in such cases, marrying them will be permissible, and in some instances, it may even be preferable.
② In the case of a widow, it becomes known that she is barren, but in the case of a virgin, the absence of menstruation can be a possible cause, not a definite one.
③ "Very loving and very fertile"—these qualities can be known from family custom. Generally, these attributes are naturally found in virgin girls.[سنن أبو داود : 571/2]
① It is not appropriate to marry a woman about whom it is known that she is deprived of the ability to bear children, because the primary objective of marriage is to obtain offspring, and this should indeed be the case. So, what benefit is there in marrying a woman who is deprived of this very quality? However, this does not mean that marrying a barren woman is absolutely prohibited. Rather, sometimes there are other objectives of marriage as well, so in such cases, marrying them will be permissible, and in some instances, it may even be preferable.
② In the case of a widow, it becomes known that she is barren, but in the case of a virgin, the absence of menstruation can be a possible cause, not a definite one.
③ "Very loving and very fertile"—these qualities can be known from family custom. Generally, these attributes are naturally found in virgin girls.[سنن أبو داود : 571/2]
