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ibnmajah:1968ʿAbdullāh b. Saʿīd > al-Ḥārith b. ʿImrān al-Jaʿfarī > Hishām b. ʿUrwah from his father > ʿĀʾishah

that the Messenger of Allah said: "Choose the best for your sperm, and marry compatible women and propose marriage to them."'  

ابن ماجة:١٩٦٨حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنَا الْحَارِثُ بْنُ عِمْرَانَ الْجَعْفَرِيُّ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ تَخَيَّرُوا لِنُطَفِكُمْ وَانْكِحُوا الأَكْفَاءَ وَأَنْكِحُوا إِلَيْهِمْ  


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السيوطي:١٢٥٥٣a

"تَخَيرُوا لِنُطَفِكُمْ، فَأَنكحُوا الأكْفاءَ، وَأَنكحُوا إِلَيهِمْ".  

[هـ] ابن ماجة [ك] الحاكم في المستدرك وصححه وتعقَّبه الذهبي، [ق] البيهقى في السنن عن عائشة