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tabarani:12398 – ʿAbdullāh b. Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal And Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥaḍramī Wazakariyyā b. Yaḥyá al-Sājī > ʿAbd al-Wāḥid b. Ghiyāth > Abū ʿAwānah > Raqabah b. Masqalah > Ṭalḥah b. Muṣarrif > Saʿīd b. Jubayr > Ibn ʿAbbās > Tazawwaj

[Machine] "Get married, for our best among us are those with more wives."  

الطبراني:١٢٣٩٨ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ حَنْبَلٍ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَضْرَمِيُّ وَزَكَرِيَّا بْنُ يَحْيَى السَّاجِيُّ قَالُوا ثنا عَبْدُ الْوَاحِدِ بْنُ غِيَاثٍ ثنا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ عَنْ رَقَبَةَ بْنِ مَسْقَلَةَ عَنْ طَلْحَةَ بْنِ مُصَرِّفٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

«تَزَوَّجْ فَإِنَّ خَيْرَنَا كَانَ أَكْثَرَنَا نِسَاءً»  

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ahmad:2179 – ʿAlī b. ʿĀṣim > ʿAṭāʾ > Saʿīd > Lī Ibn ʿAbbās Yā Saʿīd Alak Āmraʾah > Lā > Faʾidhā Rajaʿt Fatazawwaj > Faʿudt Ilayh > Yā Saʿīd Atazawwajt > Lā

[Machine] "Get married, for the best of this nation is the one who has the most women."  

أحمد:٢١٧٩ – حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَاصِمٍ عَنْ عَطَاءٍ عَنْ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ قَالَ لِي ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ يَا سَعِيدُ أَلَكَ امْرَأَةٌ؟ قَالَ قُلْتُ لَا قَالَ فَإِذَا رَجَعْتَ فَتَزَوَّجْ قَالَ فَعُدْتُ إِلَيْهِ فَقَالَ يَا سَعِيدُ أَتَزَوَّجْتَ؟ قَالَ قُلْتُ لَا قَالَ

تَزَوَّجْ فَإِنَّ خَيْرَ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ كَانَ أَكْثَرَهُمْ نِسَاءً  

ahmad:2048 – Asbāṭ b. Muḥammad > ʿAṭāʾ b. al-Sāʾib > Saʿīd b. Jubayr > Laqiyanī Ibn ʿAbbās > Tazawwajt > Lā > Tazawwaj Thum Laqiyanī Baʿd Dhalik > Tazawwajt > Lā

[Machine] Get married, for the best of this nation is the one who has the most women.  

أحمد:٢٠٤٨ – حَدَّثَنَا أَسْبَاطُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَطَاءُ بْنُ السَّائِبِ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ قَالَ لَقِيَنِي ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ فَقَالَ تَزَوَّجْتَ؟ قَالَ قُلْتُ لَا قَالَ تَزَوَّجْ ثُمَّ لَقِيَنِي بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ تَزَوَّجْتَ؟ قَالَ قُلْتُ لَا قَالَ

تَزَوَّجْ فَإِنَّ خَيْرَ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ كَانَ أَكْثَرَهَا نِسَاءً  

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