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bayhaqi:13457Abū Saʿd al-Mālīnī > Abū Aḥmad b. ʿAdī > Aḥmad b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Get married, for I will boast about you on the Day of Judgment as being the most numerous of the nations. And do not be like the Christian monks. There are many narrations about this, some of which are weak in their chains of transmission, and what we have mentioned is sufficient. Ash-Shafi'i (may Allah have mercy on him) said, "We have been informed that the Prophet ﷺ said, 'Whoever has three children, the Fire will not touch him.'"  

البيهقي:١٣٤٥٧أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو سَعْدٍ الْمَالِينِيُّ أنبأ أَبُو أَحْمَدَ بْنُ عَدِيٍّ ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الثَّقَفِيُّ الْبَصْرِيُّ نا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ ثَابِتٍ الْبَصْرِيُّ عَنْ أَبِي غَالِبٍ عَنْ أَبِي أُمَامَةَ ؓ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ تَزَوَّجُوا فَإِنِّي مُكَاثِرٌ بِكُمُ الْأُمَمَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ وَلَا تَكُونُوا كَرَهْبَانِيَّةِ النَّصَارَى وَفِي هَذَا أَخْبَارٌ كَثِيرَةٌ فِي أَسَانِيدِهَا ضَعْفٌ وَفِيمَا ذَكَرْنَاهُ غُنْيَةٌ قَالَ الشَّافِعِيُّ رَحِمَهُ اللهُ وَبَلَغَنَا أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ مَنْ مَاتَ لَهُ ثَلَاثَةٌ مِنَ الْوَلَدِ لَمْ تَمَسَّهُ النَّارُ