[Machine] About Muhammad ibn Amr ibn Utbah ibn Farqad that his parents wanted to marry him, but he refused. They sought the help of Uthman ibn Affan, who said to him, "Why don't you get married? The Prophet ﷺ got married, Abu Bakr got married, Umar got married, and I got married." He replied, "Who is like you in your deeds?" Uthman said, "Glory be to Allah, glory be to Allah." He turned his face away and covered it with his hand, describing the virtues of Uthman. When they insisted on him, he said, "Fine, I will get married." He proposed to the daughter of Jarir, and she said, "I have no need for women, and my parents only want to marry me off to you. You will have food and clothing with them, so go ahead." He said, "When they brought her to me, I went to pray at night and she stood behind me and prayed with me until morning. And we woke up fasting. Amr said, "If I were to delay, she would prevent me." So his parents said, "We only married you to have children, and we don't see her having children. Divorce her." So he divorced her, and then he proposed to another woman. He said, "I will not get married to a woman until I speak to her." When they brought her to him, he said the same words he said to the daughter of Jarir. Then they separated, and one day he was lying down, pretending to be asleep, and a woman from her family said to her, "Why don't you have children? Are you incapable?" She replied, "Can a woman have children without a husband?" When he heard this, he divorced her and his parents abandoned him.
عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ عُتْبَةَ بْنِ فَرْقَدٍ أَنَّهُ أرادَهُ أبَواهُ عَلى أنْ يُزَوِّجاهُ، فَأبى فاسْتَعانا عَلَيْهِ بِعُثْمانَ بْنِ عَفّانَ ﵁، فَقالَ لَهُ عُثْمانُ: «ما لَكَ لا تَتَزَوَّجُ فَقَدْ تَزَوَّجَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ وتَزَوَّجَ أبُو بَكْرٍ وتَزَوَّجَ عُمَرُ وتَزَوَّجْتُ أنا، فَقالَ: ومَن لِي بِمِثْلِ أعْمالِكُمْ؟ فَقالَ عُثْمانُ: سُبْحانَ اللَّهِ سُبْحانَ اللَّهِ وأعْرَضَ بِوَجْهِهِ وسَتَرَهُ بِيَدِهِ صُنْعَ الرَّجُلِ الَّذِي إذا رَأى شَيْئًا كَرِهَهُ - وصَفَ صُنْعَ عُثْمانَ ﵁ - فَلَمّا أكْثَرُوا عَلَيْهِ قالَ: فَإنِّي أتَزَوَّجُ فَخَطَبَ عَلَيْهِ ابْنَةَ جَرِيرٍ فَقالَ: إنِّي لا أتَزَوَّجُ امْرَأةً حَتّى أُكَلِّمَها قالُوا: نَعَمْ، قالَ أبُو الحَسَنِ: يَعْنِي مُثَنًّى، فَحَدَّثَنِي فَهْدُ بْنُ عَوْفٍ، عَنْ بِشْرِ بْنِ المُفَضَّلِ، عَنْ سَلَمَةَ بْنِ عَلْقَمَةَ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ فِي هَذا الحَدِيثِ قالَ: فَجاءُوا بِابْنَةِ جَرِيرٍ فَقالَ لَها: إنَّهُ لا حاجَةَ لِي فِي النِّساءِ وإنَّ أبَوايَ قَدْ أبَيا عَلَيَّ إلّا أنْ يُزَوِّجانِي ولَكِ عِنْدَهُمْ مِنَ الطَّعامِ والكُسْوَةِ ما تُرِيدِينَ قالَتْ: قَدْ رَضِيتُ قالَ: فَلَمّا أتَوْهُ بِها قامَ يُصَلِّي مِنَ اللَّيْلِ وقامَتْ تُصَلِّي خَلْفَهُ حَتّى أصْبَحا وأصْبَحَ صائِمًا وأصْبَحَتْ صائِمَةً قالَ: قالَ عَمْرٌو: فَإنْ كُنْتُ لَأفْتُرُ فَيَمْنَعُنِي مَكانُها، فَقالَ لَهُ أبَواهُ: إنّا إنَّما زَوَّجْناكَ نُرِيدُ ولَدَكَ ولا نَرى هَذِهِ تَلِدُ فَطَلِّقْها فَطَلَّقَها ثُمَّ خَطَبَ عَلَيْهِ امْرَأةً أُخْرى فَقالَ: لا أتَزَوَّجُ امْرَأةً حَتّى أُكَلِّمَها فَأتَياهُ بِها فَقالَ لَها مِثْلَ ما قالَ لابْنَةِ جَرِيرٍ ثُمَّ فَتَرَتْ فَكانَ يَوْمًا مُضْطَجِعًا يُرى أنَّهُ نائِمٌ فَقالَتْ لَها امْرَأةٌ مِن أهْلِها: يا فُلانَةُ، ما لَكِ لا تَلِدِينَ؟ أعَجِزْتِ؟ قالَتْ: أوَ تَلِدُ المَرْأةُ مِن غَيْرِ بَعْلٍ؟ فَلَمّا سَمِعَ بِذَلِكَ طَلَّقَها وتَرَكَهُ أبَواهُ»