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bayhaqi:13450 – Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Aḥmad al-Maḥbūbī Bimarw > Muḥammad b. al-Layth > ʿAlī b. al-Ḥakam > Abū ʿAwānah > Raqabah > Ṭalḥah al-Ayāmī > Saʿīd b. Jubayr > Lī

[Machine] Abdullah ibn Abbas, may Allah be pleased with him, got married, for indeed, the best of us are those who have the most wives, and by that, I mean the Prophet ﷺ.  

البيهقي:١٣٤٥٠ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ الْمَحْبُوبِيُّ بِمَرْوَ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ اللَّيْثِ ثنا عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحَكَمِ ثنا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ عَنْ رَقَبَةَ عَنْ طَلْحَةَ الْأَيَامِيِّ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ قَالَ قَالَ لِي

عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ تَزَوَّجْ فَإِنَّ خَيْرَنَا كَانَ أَكْثَرَنَا نِسَاءً يَعْنِي النَّبِيَّ ﷺ  

رَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ

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Collected by Aḥmad, Ṭabarānī
ahmad:3507 – Rawḥ > Abū ʿAwānah > Raqabah b. Maṣqalah b. Raqabah > Ṭalḥah al-Iyāmī > Saʿīd b. Jubayr

[Machine] He said to me, Ibn 'Abbas said, "Get married, for the best among us are those who have the most spouses." (Peace be upon him)  

أحمد:٣٥٠٧ – حَدَّثَنَا رَوْحٌ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ عَنْ رَقَبَةَ بْنِ مَصْقَلَةَ بْنِ رَقَبَةَ عَنْ طَلْحَةَ الْإِيَامِيِّ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ

قَالَقَالَ لِي ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ تَزَوَّجْ فَإِنَّ خَيْرَنَا كَانَ أَكْثَرَنَا نِسَاءً ﷺ  

tabarani:12464 – Ibrāhīm b. Aḥmad b. ʿUmar al-Wakīʿī from my father > Muʾammal b. Ismāʿīl > Ḥammād b. Zayd > Ayyūb > Saʿīd b. Jubayr

[Machine] Ibn Abbas said, "Get married, for the best among us are those who have the most women."  

الطبراني:١٢٤٦٤ – حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ عُمَرَ الْوَكِيعِيُّ ثنا أَبِي ثنا مُؤَمَّلُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ عَنْ حَمَّادِ بْنِ زَيْدٍ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ قَالَ قَالَ

ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ «تَزَوَّجْ؛ فَإِنَّ خَيْرَنَا كَانَ أَكْثَرَنَا نِسَاءً»