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ahmad:14306Sufyān > ʿAmr > Jābir

[Machine] To the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, I said: "Did you marry?" He said: "Yes." I said: "A virgin or a divorced woman?" I said: "A divorced woman." He said: "Why not a virgin, with whom you could play and who could play with you?" I said: "O Messenger of Allah, my father was killed on the day of Uhud, leaving behind nine daughters. I disliked that I would gather a mother for them who was like them (in age)." But a woman who would comb their hair and take care of them." He said: "You have made the right choice."  

أحمد:١٤٣٠٦حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ قَالَ عَمْرٌو سَمِعْتُ جَابِرًا يَقُولُ قَالَ

لِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ هَلْ نَكَحْتَ؟ قُلْتُ نَعَمْ قَالَ أَبِكْرًا أَمْ ثَيِّبًا؟ قُلْتُ ثَيِّبًا قَالَ فَهَلَّا بِكْرًا تُلَاعِبُهَا وَتُلَاعِبُكَ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ قُتِلَ أَبِي يَوْمَ أُحُدٍ وَتَرَكَ تسْعَ بَنَاتٍ فَكَرِهْتُ أَنْ أَجْمَعَ إِلَيْهِنَّ خَرْقَاءَ مِثْلَهُنَّ وَلَكِنْ امْرَأَةً تُمَشِّطُهُنَّ وَتَقُومُ عَلَيْهِنَّ قَالَ أَصَبْتَ  


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bukhari:4052Qutaybah > Sufyān > ʿAmr > Jābir

"Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to me, "Have you got married O Jabir?" I replied, "Yes." He asked "What, a virgin or a matron?" I replied, "Not a virgin but a matron." He said, "Why did you not marry a young girl who would have fondled with you?" I replied, "O Messenger of Allah ﷺ! My father was martyred on the day of Uhud and left nine (orphan) daughters who are my nine sisters; so I disliked to have another young girl of their age, but (I sought) an (elderly) woman who could comb their hair and look after them." The Prophet ﷺ said, "You have done the right thing."  

البخاري:٤٠٥٢حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرٌو عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ قَالَ

لِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ هَلْ نَكَحْتَ يَا جَابِرُ قُلْتُ نَعَمْ قَالَ مَاذَا أَبِكْرًا أَمْ ثَيِّبًا قُلْتُ لاَ بَلْ ثَيِّبًا قَالَ فَهَلاَّ جَارِيَةً تُلاَعِبُكَ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ أَبِي قُتِلَ يَوْمَ أُحُدٍ وَتَرَكَ تِسْعَ بَنَاتٍ كُنَّ لِي تِسْعَ أَخَوَاتٍ فَكَرِهْتُ أَنْ أَجْمَعَ إِلَيْهِنَّ جَارِيَةً خَرْقَاءَ مِثْلَهُنَّ وَلَكِنِ امْرَأَةً تَمْشُطُهُنَّ وَتَقُومُ عَلَيْهِنَّ قَالَ أَصَبْتَ  

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"عَنْ جَابِر قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ : هَلْ نَكَحْتَ؟ قُلتُ: نَعَمْ، قَالَ: بِكْرًا أَمْ ثَيّبًا؟ قُلتُ: بَلْ ثِّيبًا، قَالَ فَهَلاَّ بكْرًا تُلاَعِبُكَ، قُلتُ: إنَّ أَبِى قُتِلَ يَوْمَ أُحُدٍ وَتَركَ تِسع بَنَاتٍ، وَلِى تِسع أخَوَاتٍ، فَلَمْ أُحِبَّ أَنْ أجْمَعَ إِلَيْهِنَّ خَرقاءَ مِثْلَهُنَّ، وَقُلتُ: امْرَأَةً تَقُومُ عَلَيْهِنَّ، وَتُمَشِّطُهُنَّ. قَالَ: أَصَبْتَ".  

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