Narrated Jabir bin `Abdullah:
My father died and left seven or nine girls and I married a matron. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said to me, "O Jabir! Have you married?" I said, "Yes." He said, "A virgin or a matron?" I replied, "A matron." he said, "Why not a virgin, so that you might play with her and she with you, and you might amuse her and she amuse you." I said, " `Abdullah (my father) died and left girls, and I dislike to marry a girl like them, so I married a lady (matron) so that she may look after them." On that he said, "May Allah bless you," or "That is good."
Reference | : Sahih al-Bukhari 5367 |
In-book reference | : Book 69, Hadith 17 |
USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Vol. 7, Book 64, Hadith 280 |
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