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Sahih Muslim — The Book of Suckling

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كتاب مُقَدِّمَةٌ
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The Book of Prayer - Two Eids
كتاب صَلَاةِ الْعِيدَيْنِ
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كتاب صَلَاةِ الِاسْتِسْقَاءِ
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كتاب الْكُسُوفِ
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The Book of Prayer - Funerals
كتاب الْجَنَائِزِ
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The Book of Zakat
كتاب الزَّكَاةِ
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The Book of Fasting
كتاب الصِّيَامِ
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The Book of I'tikaaf
كتاب الِاعْتِكَافِ
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The Book of Pilgrimage
كتاب الْحَجِّ
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The Book of Marriage
كتاب النِّكَاحِ
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The Book of Suckling
كتاب الرِّضَاعِ
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The Book of Divorce
كتاب الطَّلَاقِ
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The Book of Invoking Curses
كتاب اللِّعَانِ
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The Book of Emancipating Slaves
كتاب الْعِتْقِ
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The Book of Transactions
كتاب الْبُيُوعِ
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The Book Of Musaqah
كتاب الْمُسَاقَاةِ
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The Book Of The Rules Of Inheritance
كتاب الْفَرَائِضِ
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The Book Of Gifts
كتاب الْهِبَاتِ
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The Book Of Wills
كتاب الْوَصِيَّةِ
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The Book Of Vows
كتاب النَّذْرِ
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The Book Of Oaths
كتاب الْأَيْمَانِ
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The Book of Oaths, Muharibin, Qasas (Retaliation), and Diyat (Blood Money)
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The Book Of Legal Punishments
كتاب الْحُدُودِ
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The Book Of Judicial Decisions
كتاب الْأَقْضِيَةِ
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The Book Of Lost Property
كتاب اللُّقَطَةِ
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The Book Of Jihad And Expeditions
كتاب الْجِهَادِ وَالسِّيَرِ
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The Book of Government
كتاب الْإِمَارَةِ
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The Book of Hunting , Slaughter and what may be Eaten
كتاب الصَّيْدِ وَالذَّبَائِحِ وَمَا يُؤْكَلُ مِنْ الْحَيَوَانِ
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The Book of Sacrifices
كتاب الْأَضَاحِيِّ
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The Book of Drink
كتاب الْأَشْرِبَةِ
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The Book of Clothes and Adornment
كتاب اللِّبَاسِ وَالزِّينَةِ
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The Book of Manners and Etiquette
كتاب الْآدَابِ
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The Book of Greetings
كتاب السَّلَامِ
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The Book Concerning the use of Correct Words
كتاب الْأَلْفَاظِ مِنْ الْأَدَبِ وَغَيْرِهَا
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The Book of Poetry
كتاب الشِّعْرِ
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The Book of Dreams
كتاب الرُّؤْيَا
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The Book of Virtues
كتاب الْفَضَائِلِ
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The Book of the Merits of the Companions
كتاب فَضَائِلِ الصَّحَابَةِ
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The Book of Virtue, Enjoining Good Manners, and Joining of the Ties of Kinship
كتاب الْبِرِّ وَالصِّلَةِ وَالْآدَابِ
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The Book of Destiny
كتاب الْقَدَرِ
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The Book of Knowledge
كتاب الْعِلْمِ
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The Book Pertaining to the Remembrance of Allah, Supplication, Repentance and Seeking Forgiveness
كتاب الذِّكْرِ وَالدُّعَاءِ وَالتَّوْبَةِ وَالِاسْتِغْفَارِ
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كتاب التَّوْبَةِ
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Characteristics of The Hypocrites And Rulings Concerning Them
كتاب صِفَاتِ الْمُنَافِقِينَ وَأَحْكَامِهِمْ
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The Book of Paradise, its Description, its Bounties and its Inhabitants
كتاب الْجَنَّةِ وَصِفَةِ نَعِيمِهَا وَأَهْلِهَا
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The Book of Tribulations and Portents of the Last Hour
كتاب الْفِتَنِ وَأَشْرَاطِ السَّاعَةِ
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The Book of Zuhd and Softening of Hearts
كتاب الزُّهْدِ وَالرَّقَائِقِ
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The Book of Commentary on the Qur'an
كتاب التَّفْسِيرِ

What is Sahih Muslim Chapter 18 about?

Read Sahih Muslim, Chapter 18: The Book of Suckling. This chapter contains 84 source records; you are reading page 3. Open a narration to see its permanent reference, available translations and source information.

Topics in the narrations on this page

  • How long a virgin and a previously-married woman are entitled to have the husband stay with them after marriage
  • Dividing one's time among co-wives; The Sunnah is for each one to have one night and one day
  • It is permissible for a wife to give her turn to a co-wife
  • It is recommended to marry one who is religiously committed

Collection history and compiler biographySources and methodology

وحَدَّثَنِي عَمْرٌو النَّاقِدُ، وَزُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ، وَأَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، وَاللَّفْظُ لِعَمْرٍو، قَالُوا: حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، قَالَتْ: دَخَلَ عَلَيَّ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ مَسْرُورًا، فَقَالَ: يَا عَائِشَةُ، أَلَمْ تَرَيْ أَنَّ مُجَزِّزًا الْمُدْلِجِيَّ دَخَلَ عَلَيَّ، فَرَأَى أُسَامَةَ وَزَيْدًا، وَعَلَيْهِمَا قَطِيفَةٌ قَدْ غَطَّيَا رُءُوسَهُمَا، وَبَدَتْ أَقْدَامُهُمَا، فَقَالَ: إِنَّ هَذِهِ الْأَقْدَامَ بَعْضُهَا مِنْ بَعْضٍ.

One day Allah's Apostle ( ‌صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم ‌) visited me looking pleased and he said: 'A'isha رضی اللہ عنہا , don't you see Mujazziz al-Mudliji? (He) entered (my house) and saw Usama and Zaid with a rug over them covering their heads, but their feet appeared, and (he) said: These feet are related to one another.

— A'isha ( رضی اللہ عنہا) reported

وَحَدَّثَنَاهُ مَنْصُورُ بْنُ أَبِي مُزَاحِمٍ، حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، قَالَتْ: دَخَلَ قَائِفٌ وَرَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ شَاهِدٌ وَأُسَامَةُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ وَزَيْدُ بْنُ حَارِثَةَ مُضْطَجِعَانِ، فَقَالَ: إِنَّ هَذِهِ الْأَقْدَامَ بَعْضُهَا مِنْ بَعْضٍ، فَسُرَّ بِذَلِكَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَأَعْجَبَهُ، وَأَخْبَرَ بِهِ عَائِشَةَ.

A physiognomist visited (our house) and Allah's Messenger ( ‌صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم ‌ ) was present, and Usama bin Zaid and Zaid bin Haritha رضی اللہ عنہم were both lying asleep, and he (the physiognomist), said: These feet are related to one another. Allah's Apostle ( ‌صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم ‌ ) was pleased to hear this, and he was happy and informed 'A'isha (رضی اللہ عنہا) about it.

— A'isha (رضی اللہ عنہا) reported

وحَدَّثَنِي حَرْمَلَةُ بْنُ يَحْيَى، أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ، أَخْبَرَنِي يُونُسُ، ح وحَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ بْنُ حُمَيْدٍ، أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ، أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ، وَابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ، كُلُّهُمْ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، بِهَذَا الْإِسْنَادِ بِمَعْنَى حَدِيثِهِمْ، وَزَادَ فِي حَدِيثِ يُونُسَ: وَكَانَ مُجَزِّزٌ قَائِفًا.

Mujazziz was a physiognomist.

— A hadith like this has been narrated on the authority of Zuhri and Yunus said

حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ حَاتِمٍ، وَيَعْقُوبُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، وَاللَّفْظُ لِأَبِي بَكْرٍ، قَالُوا: حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، عَنْ سُفْيَانَ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ هِشَامٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَمَّا تَزَوَّجَ أُمَّ سَلَمَةَ، أَقَامَ عِنْدَهَا ثَلَاثًا، وَقَالَ: «إِنَّهُ لَيْسَ بِكِ عَلَى أَهْلِكِ هَوَانٌ، إِنْ شِئْتِ سَبَّعْتُ لَكِ، وَإِنْ سَبَّعْتُ لَكِ، سَبَّعْتُ لِنِسَائِي».

When Allah's Messenger ( ‌صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم ‌) married Umm Salama رضی اللہ عنہا , he stayed with her for three nights, and said: There is no lack of estimation on the part of your husband for you. If you wish I can stay with you for a week, but in case I stay with you for a week, then I shall have to stay for a week with all my wives.

— Abdul-Malik bin Abu Bakr bin Abdul-Rahman bin al-Harith bin Hisham reported on the authority of his father from Umm Salama (رضی اللہ عنہا)

حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى، قَالَ: قَرَأْتُ عَلَى مَالِكٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ حِينَ تَزَوَّجَ أُمَّ سَلَمَةَ، وَأَصْبَحَتْ عِنْدَهُ، قَالَ لَهَا: «لَيْسَ بِكِ عَلَى أَهْلِكِ هَوَانٌ، إِنْ شِئْتِ سَبَّعْتُ عِنْدَكِ، وَإِنْ شِئْتِ ثَلَّثْتُ، ثُمَّ دُرْتُ»، قَالَتْ: ثَلِّثْ.

When Allah's Messenger ( ‌صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم ‌) married Umm Salama رضی اللہ عنہا and she stayed with him (during the night), and it was dawn, he (the Holy Prophet ﷺ) said to her: There is no lack of estimation for you on the part of your husband. So if you desire I can spend a week with you, and if you like I may spend three (nights). and then I will visit you in turn. She said: Spend three (nights).

— Ibn Abu Bakr bin Abdul-Rahman reported

وحَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ الْقَعْنَبِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ يَعْنِي ابْنَ بِلَالٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ حُمَيْدٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ، عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ حِينَ تَزَوَّجَ أُمَّ سَلَمَةَ، فَدَخَلَ عَلَيْهَا، فَأَرَادَ أَنْ يَخْرُجَ أَخَذَتْ بِثَوْبِهِ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «إِنْ شِئْتِ زِدْتُكِ، وَحَاسَبْتُكِ بِهِ، لِلْبِكْرِ سَبْعٌ، وَلِلثَّيِّبِ ثَلَاثٌ.

When Allah's Messenger ( ‌صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم ‌) married Umm Salama and he visited her, and when he intended to come out, she caught hold of his cloth. whereupon Allah's Messenger ( ‌صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم ‌) said: If you so desire, I can extend the time (of my stay) with you, but then I shall have to calculate the time (that I stay with you and shall have to spend the same time with other wives). For the virgin woman, (her husband has to stay with her) for a week, and for the woman previously married it is three days.

— Abu Bakr bin 'Abdul-Rahman reported

وحَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى، أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو ضَمْرَةَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ حُمَيْدٍ، بِهَذَا الْإِسْنَادِ مِثْلَهُ.

A hadith like this has been narrated on the authority of Ibn Humaid.

حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو كُرَيْبٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْعَلَاءِ، حَدَّثَنَا حَفْصٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ غِيَاثٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الْوَاحِدِ بْنِ أَيْمَنَ، عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ هِشَامٍ، عَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ، ذَكَرَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ تَزَوَّجَهَا، وَذَكَرَ أَشْيَاءَ هَذَا فِيهِ، قَالَ: «إِنْ شِئْتِ أَنْ أُسَبِّعَ لَكِ، وَأُسَبِّعَ لِنِسَائِي، وَإِنْ سَبَّعْتُ لَكِ، سَبَّعْتُ لِنِسَائِي.

Allah's Messenger ( ‌صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم ‌) married her, and he (the narrator) made mention of so many things in this connection (and one of them was this) that he said: If you desire that I spend a week with you, I shall have to spend a week with my (other) wives, and if spend a week with you, I shall have to spend a week with my (other) wives.

— Umm Salama (رضی اللہ عنہا) reported

حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى، أَخْبَرَنَا هُشَيْمٌ، عَنْ خَالِدٍ، عَنْ أَبِي قِلَابَةَ، عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ: «إِذَا تَزَوَّجَ الْبِكْرَ عَلَى الثَّيِّبِ، أَقَامَ عِنْدَهَا سَبْعًا، وَإِذَا تَزَوَّجَ الثَّيِّبَ عَلَى الْبِكْرِ، أَقَامَ عِنْدَهَا ثَلَاثًا»، قَالَ خَالِدٌ: وَلَوْ قُلْتُ إِنَّهُ رَفَعَهُ لَصَدَقْتُ، وَلَكِنَّهُ قَالَ: السُّنَّةُ كَذَلِكَ.

When anyone who has already a wife marries virgin, he should stay with her for seven nights (and then turn to his other wife), but when anyone having a virgin with him (as his wife) marries a woman who has been previously married he should stay with her for three nights. Khalid (one of the narrators) said. If I were to say that it could be directly traced to the Prophet ( ‌صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم ‌). I would have told the truth, but he (Hadrat Anas) said: Such is the tradition.

— Anas bin Malik رضی اللہ عنہ reported

وحَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ رَافِعٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ، أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ أَيُّوبَ، وَخَالِدٍ الْحَذَّاءِ، عَنْ أَبِي قِلَابَةَ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ، قَالَ: «مِنَ السُّنَّةِ أَنْ يُقِيمَ عِنْدَ الْبِكْرِ سَبْعًا» قَالَ خَالِدٌ: وَلَوْ شِئْتُ قُلْتُ رَفَعَهُ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ.

It is the Sunnah to stay with a virgin (after having married her) for a week. Khalid (one of the narrators) said: If wish I can say that it can be traced up to the Prophet ( ‌صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم ‌ ).

— Abu Qilaba reported on the authority of Anas رضی اللہ عنہ

حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا شَبَابَةُ بْنُ سَوَّارٍ، حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ الْمُغِيرَةِ، عَنْ ثَابِتٍ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ، قَالَ: كَانَ لِلنَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ تِسْعُ نِسْوَةٍ، فَكَانَ إِذَا قَسَمَ بَيْنَهُنَّ، لَا يَنْتَهِي إِلَى الْمَرْأَةِ الْأُولَى إِلَّا فِي تِسْعٍ، فَكُنَّ يَجْتَمِعْنَ كُلَّ لَيْلَةٍ فِي بَيْتِ الَّتِي يَأْتِيهَا، فَكَانَ فِي بَيْتِ عَائِشَةَ، فَجَاءَتْ زَيْنَبُ، فَمَدَّ يَدَهُ إِلَيْهَا، فَقَالَتْ: هَذِهِ زَيْنَبُ، فَكَفَّ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَدَهُ، فَتَقَاوَلَتَا حَتَّى اسْتَخَبَتَا، وَأُقِيمَتِ الصَّلَاةُ، فَمَرَّ أَبُو بَكْرٍ عَلَى ذَلِكَ، فَسَمِعَ أَصْوَاتَهُمَا، فَقَالَ: اخْرُجْ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ، وَاحْثُ فِي أَفْوَاهِهِنَّ التُّرَابَ، فَخَرَجَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَقَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ: الْآنَ يَقْضِي النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ صَلَاتَهُ، فَيَجِيءُ أَبُو بَكْرٍ فَيَفْعَلُ بِي وَيَفْعَلُ، فَلَمَّا قَضَى النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ صَلَاتَهُ، أَتَاهَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ، فَقَالَ لَهَا قَوْلًا شَدِيدًا، وَقَالَ: أَتَصْنَعِينَ هَذَا.

Allah's Apostle ( ‌صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم ‌) had nine wives. So when he divided (his stay) with them, the turn of the first wife did not come but on the ninth (day). They (all the wives) used to gather every night in the house of one where he had to come (and stay that night). It was (the night when he had to stay) in the house of 'A'isha (رضی اللہ عنہا ), when Zainab رضی اللہ عنہا came there. He (the Holy Prophet) stretched his hand towards her (Zainab), whereupon she ('A'isha رضی اللہ عنہا ) said: It is Zainab. Allah's Apostle ( ‌صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم ‌) withdrew his hand. There was an altercation between the two until their voices became loud (and it was at that time) when Iqama was pronounced for prayer. There happened to come Abu Bakr رضی اللہ عنہ and he heard their voices and said: Messenger of Allah, (kindly) come for prayer, and throw dust in their mouths. So the Prophet ( ‌صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم ‌) went out. 'A'isha رضی اللہ عنہا said: When Allah's Apostle ( ‌صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم ‌) would finish his prayer there would also come Abu Bakr رضی اللہ عنہ and he would do as he does (on such occasions, i.e. reprimanding). When Allah's Apostle ( ‌صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم ‌ ) had finished his prayer, there came to her Abu Bakr رضی اللہ عنہ , and spoke to her ('A'isha رضی اللہ عنہا) in stern words and said: Do you behave like this?

— Anas ( رضی اللہ عنہ) reported

حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ، حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ، عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، قَالَتْ: مَا رَأَيْتُ امْرَأَةً أَحَبَّ إِلَيَّ أَنْ أَكُونَ فِي مِسْلَاخِهَا مِنْ سَوْدَةَ بِنْتِ زَمْعَةَ، مِنِ امْرَأَةٍ فِيهَا حِدَّةٌ، قَالَتْ: فَلَمَّا كَبِرَتْ، جَعَلَتْ يَوْمَهَا مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لِعَائِشَةَ، قَالَتْ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، قَدْ جَعَلْتُ يَوْمِي مِنْكَ لِعَائِشَةَ، «فَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، يَقْسِمُ لِعَائِشَةَ يَوْمَيْنِ، يَوْمَهَا وَيَوْمَ سَوْدَةَ».

Never did I find any woman more loving to me than Sauda bint Zam'a رضی اللہ عنہا . I wished I could be exactly like her who was passionate. As she became old, she had made over her day (which she had to spend) with Allah's Messenger ( ‌صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم ‌) to 'A'isha رضی اللہ عنہا . She said: I have made over my day with you to 'A'isha رضی اللہ عنہا. So Allah's Messenger ( ‌صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم ‌) allotted two days to 'A'isha رضی اللہ عنہا, her own day (when it was her turn) and that of Sauda رضی اللہ عنہا .

— A'isha (رضی اللہ عنہا) reported

حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا عُقْبَةُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ، ح وحَدَّثَنَا عَمْرٌو النَّاقِدُ، حَدَّثَنَا الْأَسْوَدُ بْنُ عَامِرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرٌ، ح وحَدَّثَنَا مُجَاهِدُ بْنُ مُوسَى، حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا شَرِيكٌ، كُلُّهُمْ عَنْ هِشَامٍ، بِهَذَا الْإِسْنَادِ، أَنَّ سَوْدَةَ لَمَّا كَبِرَتْ بِمَعْنَى حَدِيثِ جَرِيرٍ، وَزَادَ فِي حَدِيثِ شَرِيكٍ، قَالَتْ: وَكَانَتْ أَوَّلَ امْرَأَةٍ تَزَوَّجَهَا بَعْدِي.

When Sauda رضی اللہ عنہا became old (the rest of the hadith is the same) and in the narration of Sharik there is an addition (of these words: She was the first woman whom he (Allah's Apostle ﷺ) married after me.

— A hadith like this has been transmitted on the authority of Hisham with the same chain of narrators (and the words are)

حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو كُرَيْبٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْعَلَاءِ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ، عَنْ هِشَامٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، قَالَتْ: كُنْتُ أَغَارُ عَلَى اللَّاتِي وَهَبْنَ أَنْفُسَهُنَّ لِرَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، وَأَقُولُ: وَتَهَبُ الْمَرْأَةُ نَفْسَهَا، فَلَمَّا أَنْزَلَ اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ: {تُرْجِي مَنْ تَشَاءُ مِنْهُنَّ وَتُؤْوِي إِلَيْكَ مَنْ تَشَاءُ وَمَنِ ابْتَغَيْتَ مِمَّنْ عَزَلْتَ} [الأحزاب: 51] قَالَتْ: قُلْتُ: «وَاللهِ، مَا أَرَى رَبَّكَ إِلَّا يُسَارِعُ لَكَ فِي هَوَاكَ».

I felt jealous of the women who offered themselves to Allah's Messenger ( ‌صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم ‌ ) and said: Then when Allah, the Exalted and Glorious, revealed this: You may defer any one of them you wish, and take to yourself any you wish; and if you desire any you have set aside (no sin is chargeable to you) (xxxiii. 51), I ('A'isha رضی اللہ عنہا) said: It seems to me that your Lord hastens to satisfy your desire.

— A'isha ( رضی اللہ عنہا) reported

وَحَدَّثَنَاهُ أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدَةُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ، عَنْ هِشَامٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، أَنَّهَا كَانَتْ تَقُولُ: أَمَا تَسْتَحِي امْرَأَةٌ تَهَبُ نَفْسَهَا لِرَجُلٍ، حَتَّى أَنْزَلَ اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ: {تُرْجِي مَنْ تَشَاءُ مِنْهُنَّ وَتُؤْوِي إِلَيْكَ مَنْ تَشَاءُ} [الأحزاب: 51] ، فَقُلْتُ: «إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَيُسَارِعُ لَكَ فِي هَوَاكَ».

'A'isha (رضی اللہ عنہا) used to say: Does the woman not feel shy of offering herself to a man? Then Allah the Exalted and Glorious revealed this verse: You may defer any of them you wish and take to yourself any you wish. I ('A'isha رضی اللہ عنہا said): It seems to me that your Lord hastens to satisfy your desire.

— Hisham reported on the authority of his father

حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ حَاتِمٍ، قَالَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ حَاتِمٍ: حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَكْرٍ، أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ، أَخْبَرَنِي عَطَاءٌ، قَالَ: حَضَرْنَا مَعَ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ جَنَازَةَ مَيْمُونَةَ زَوْجِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِسَرِفَ، فَقَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ: «هَذِهِ زَوْجُ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَإِذَا رَفَعْتُمْ نَعْشَهَا، فَلَا تُزَعْزِعُوا، وَلَا تُزَلْزِلُوا، وَارْفُقُوا، فَإِنَّهُ كَانَ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ تِسْعٌ، فَكَانَ يَقْسِمُ لِثَمَانٍ، وَلَا يَقْسِمُ لِوَاحِدَةٍ». قَالَ عَطَاءٌ: الَّتِي لَا يَقْسِمُ لَهَا: صَفِيَّةُ بِنْتُ حُيَيِّ بْنِ أَخْطَبَ.

This is the wife of Allah's Apostle ( ‌صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم ‌) ; so when you lift her bier, do not shake her or disturb her, but be gentle, for Allah's Messenger ( ‌صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم ‌) had nine wives, with eight of whom he shared his time, but to one of them, he did not allot a share. 'Ati said: The one to whom he did not allot a share of time was Safiyya, daughter of Huyayy bin Akhtab رضی اللہ عنہا.

— Ata related that when they were with Ibn 'Abbas (رضی اللہ عنہ) at the funeral of Maimuna In Sarif, Ibn 'Abbas (رضی اللہ عنہ) said

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ رَافِعٍ، وَعَبْدُ بْنُ حُمَيْدٍ، جَمِيعًا عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّزَّاقِ، عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ، بِهَذَا الْإِسْنَادِ وَزَادَ، قَالَ عَطَاءٌ: كَانَتْ آخِرَهُنَّ مَوْتًا مَاتَتْ بِالْمَدِينَةِ.

She was the last of them to die, and she died in Al-Madinah.

— It was narrated from Ibn Juraij with chain (a Hadith similar to no. 3633), and he added: Ata said

حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ، وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى، وَعُبَيْدُ اللهِ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، قَالُوا: حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ، أَخْبَرَنِي سَعِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، قَالَ: تُنْكَحُ الْمَرْأَةُ لِأَرْبَعٍ: لِمَالِهَا، وَلِحَسَبِهَا، وَلِجَمَالِهَا، وَلِدِينِهَا، فَاظْفَرْ بِذَاتِ الدِّينِ تَرِبَتْ يَدَاكَ.

Allah's Messenger ( ‌صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم ‌) as saying: A woman may be married for four reasons: for her property, her status. her beauty and her religion, so try to get one who is religious, may your hand be besmeared with dust.

— Abu Huraira ( رضی اللہ عنہ) reported

وحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ نُمَيْرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ بْنُ أَبِي سُلَيْمَانَ، عَنْ عَطَاءٍ، أَخْبَرَنِي جَابِرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ، قَالَ: تَزَوَّجْتُ امْرَأَةً فِي عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَلَقِيتُ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَقَالَ: «يَا جَابِرُ تَزَوَّجْتَ؟» قُلْتُ: نَعَمْ، قَالَ: «بِكْرٌ، أَمْ ثَيِّبٌ؟» قُلْتُ: ثَيِّبٌ، قَالَ: «فَهَلَّا بِكْرًا تُلَاعِبُهَا؟» قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ: إِنَّ لِي أَخَوَاتٍ، فَخَشِيتُ أَنْ تَدْخُلَ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَهُنَّ، قَالَ: «فَذَاكَ إِذَنْ، إِنَّ الْمَرْأَةَ تُنْكَحُ عَلَى دِينِهَا، وَمَالِهَا، وَجَمَالِهَا، فَعَلَيْكَ بِذَاتِ الدِّينِ تَرِبَتْ يَدَاكَ».

I married a woman during the lifetime of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ). I met the Messenger of Allah ( ‌صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم ‌), whereupon he said: Jabir, have you married? I said: Yes. He said: A virgin or one previously marrried? I said: With due previously married, whereupon he said: Why did you not marry a virgin with whom you could sport? I said: Allah's Messenger, I have sisters; I was afraid that she might intervene between me and them, whereupon he said: Well and good, if it is so. A woman is married for four reasons, for her religion, her property, her status, her beauty, so you should choose one with religion. May your hands cleave to dust.

— Jabir bin 'Abdullah ( رضی اللہ عنہ) reported

حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مُعَاذٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ مُحَارِبٍ، عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ، قَالَ: تَزَوَّجْتُ امْرَأَةً، فَقَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «هَلْ تَزَوَّجْتَ؟» قُلْتُ: نَعَمْ، قَالَ: «أَبِكْرًا، أَمْ ثَيِّبًا؟» قُلْتُ: ثَيِّبًا، قَالَ: «فَأَيْنَ أَنْتَ مِنَ الْعَذَارَى، وَلِعَابِهَا»، قَالَ شُعْبَةُ: فَذَكَرْتُهُ لِعَمْرِو بْنِ دِينَارٍ، فَقَالَ: قَدْ سَمِعْتَهُ مِنْ جَابِرٍ، وَإِنَّمَا قَالَ: «فَهَلَّا جَارِيَةً تُلَاعِبُهَا وَتُلَاعِبُكَ».

I married a woman, whereupon Allah's Messenger ( ‌صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم ‌ ) said to me: Have you married? I said: Yes. He said: Is it a virgin or a previously married one (widow or divorced)? I said: With a previously married one, whereupon he said: Where had you been (away) from the amusements of virgins? Shu'ba said: I made a mention of it to 'Amr bin Dinar and he said: I too heard from Jabir رضی اللہ عنہ making mention of that (that Allah's Apostle ﷺ) said: Why didn't you marry a girl, so that you might sport with her and she might sport with you?

— Jabir bin 'Abdullah ( رضی اللہ عنہ) reported

حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى، وَأَبُو الرَّبِيعِ الزَّهْرَانِيُّ، قَالَ يَحْيَى: أَخْبَرَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ دِينَارٍ، عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ، أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللهِ هَلَكَ، وَتَرَكَ تِسْعَ بَنَاتٍ - أَوْ قَالَ سَبْعَ - فَتَزَوَّجْتُ امْرَأَةً ثَيِّبًا، فَقَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «يَا جَابِرُ، تَزَوَّجْتَ؟» قَالَ: قُلْتُ: نَعَمْ، قَالَ: «فَبِكْرٌ، أَمْ ثَيِّبٌ؟» قَالَ: قُلْتُ: بَلْ ثَيِّبٌ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، قَالَ: «فَهَلَّا جَارِيَةً تُلَاعِبُهَا وَتُلَاعِبُكَ»، أَوْ قَالَ: «تُضَاحِكُهَا وَتُضَاحِكُكَ»، قَالَ: قُلْتُ لَهُ: إِنَّ عَبْدَ اللهِ هَلَكَ، وَتَرَكَ تِسْعَ بَنَاتٍ - أَوْ سَبْعَ -، وَإِنِّي كَرِهْتُ أَنْ آتِيَهُنَّ أَوْ أَجِيئَهُنَّ بِمِثْلِهِنَّ، فَأَحْبَبْتُ أَنْ أَجِيءَ بِامْرَأَةٍ تَقُومُ عَلَيْهِنَّ، وَتُصْلِحُهُنَّ، قَالَ: «فَبَارَكَ اللهُ لَكَ» أَوْ قَالَ لِي خَيْرًا، وَفِي رِوَايَةِ أَبِي الرَّبِيعِ: «تُلَاعِبُهَا وَتُلَاعِبُكَ، وَتُضَاحِكُهَا وَتُضَاحِكُكَ.

'Abdullah رضی اللہ عنہ died and he left (behind him) nine or seven daughters. I married a woman who had been previously married. Allah's Messenger ( ‌صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم ‌ ) said to me: Jabir رضی اللہ عنہ, have you married? I said: Yes. He (again) said: A virgin or one previously married? I said: Messenger of Allah ﷺ, with one who was previously married, whereupon he said: Why didn't you marry a young girl so that you could sport with her and she could sport with you, or you could amuse with her and she could amuse with you? I said to him: 'Abdullah رضی اللہ عنہ died (he fell as martyr in Uhud) and left nine or seven daughters behind him; I, therefore, did not approve of the idea that I should bring a (girl) like them, but I preferred to bring a woman who should look after them and teach them good manners, whereupon he (Allah's Messenger) said: May Allah bless you, or he supplicated (for the) good (to be) conferred on me (by Allah).

— Jabir bin 'Abdullah (رضی اللہ عنہ) reported

وَحَدَّثَنَاهُ قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ عَمْرٍو، عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ، قَالَ: قَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «هَلْ نَكَحْتَ يَا جَابِرُ؟» وَسَاقَ الْحَدِيثَ إِلَى قَوْلِهِ: امْرَأَةً تَقُومُ عَلَيْهِنَّ وَتَمْشُطُهُنَّ، قَالَ: «أَصَبْتَ» وَلَمْ يَذْكُرْ مَا بَعْدَهُ.

Allah's Messenger ( ‌صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم ‌) said to me: Jabir, have you married? The rest of the hadith is the same up to (the words): The woman would look after them and comb them. He (Allah's Messenger), said: You did well. But no mention is made of the subsequent portion.

— Jabir bin 'Abdullah ( رضی اللہ عنہ) reported

حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى، أَخْبَرَنَا هُشَيْمٌ، عَنْ سَيَّارٍ، عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ، عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ: كُنَّا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي غَزَاةٍ، فَلَمَّا أَقْبَلْنَا تَعَجَّلْتُ عَلَى بَعِيرٍ لِي قَطُوفٍ، فَلَحِقَنِي رَاكِبٌ خَلْفِي، فَنَخَسَ بَعِيرِي بِعَنَزَةٍ كَانَتْ مَعَهُ، فَانْطَلَقَ بَعِيرِي كَأَجْوَدِ مَا أَنْتَ رَاءٍ مِنَ الْإِبِلِ، فَالْتَفَتُّ، فَإِذَا أَنَا بِرَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَقَالَ: «مَا يُعْجِلُكَ يَا جَابِرُ؟» قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، إِنِّي حَدِيثُ عَهْدٍ بِعُرْسٍ، فَقَالَ: «أَبِكْرًا تَزَوَّجْتَهَا، أَمْ ثَيِّبًا؟» قَالَ: قُلْتُ: بَلْ ثَيِّبًا، قَالَ: «هَلَّا جَارِيَةً تُلَاعِبُهَا وَتُلَاعِبُكَ» قَالَ: فَلَمَّا قَدِمْنَا الْمَدِينَةَ، ذَهَبْنَا لِنَدْخُلَ، فَقَالَ: «أَمْهِلُوا حَتَّى نَدْخُلَ لَيْلًا - أَيْ عِشَاءً - كَيْ تَمْتَشِطَ الشَّعِثَةُ، وَتَسْتَحِدَّ الْمُغِيبَةُ» قَالَ: وَقَالَ: «إِذَا قَدِمْتَ فَالْكَيْسَ الْكَيْسَ».

We were with Allah's Messenger ( ‌صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم ‌) in an expedition. When we returned I urged my camel to move quickly as it was slow. There met me a rider from behind me and he goaded it with an iron-tipped stick which he had with him. My camel moved forward like the best that you have ever seen. As I turned (my face) I found him to be Allah's Messenger ( ‌صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم ‌) He said: Jabir, what hastens you? I said: Messenger of Allah, I am newly wedded. whereupon he said: Is it a virgin that you have married or one previously married? I said: With one previously married. He said: Why not a young girl so that you could play with her and she could play with you? Then when we arrived at and were about to enter Medina he said: Wait, so that we may enter by night (i.e. in the evening) in order that the woman with dishevelled hair may comb it, and the woman whose husband had been away may get herself clean; and when you enter (then you have the) enjoyment (of tho wife's company).

— Jabir bin 'Abdullah ( رضی اللہ عنہ) reported

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَهَّابِ يَعْنِي ابْنَ عَبْدِ الْمَجِيدِ الثَّقَفِيَّ، حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللهِ، عَنْ وَهْبِ بْنِ كَيْسَانَ، عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ، قَالَ: خَرَجْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي غَزَاةٍ، فَأَبْطَأَ بِي جَمَلِي، فَأَتَى عَلَيَّ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَقَالَ لِي: «يَا جَابِرُ»، قُلْتُ: نَعَمْ، قَالَ: «مَا شَأْنُكَ؟» قُلْتُ: أَبْطَأَ بِي جَمَلِي، وَأَعْيَا فَتَخَلَّفْتُ، فَنَزَلَ فَحَجَنَهُ بِمِحْجَنِهِ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: «ارْكَبْ»، فَرَكِبْتُ، فَلَقَدْ رَأَيْتُنِي أَكُفُّهُ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَقَالَ: «أَتَزَوَّجْتَ؟» فَقُلْتُ: نَعَمْ، فَقَالَ: «أَبِكْرًا، أَمْ ثَيِّبًا؟» فَقُلْتُ: بَلْ ثَيِّبٌ، قَالَ: «فَهَلَّا جَارِيَةً تُلَاعِبُهَا وَتُلَاعِبُكَ» قُلْتُ: إِنَّ لِي أَخَوَاتٍ، فَأَحْبَبْتُ أَنْ أَتَزَوَّجَ امْرَأَةً تَجْمَعُهُنَّ، وَتَمْشُطُهُنَّ، وَتَقُومُ عَلَيْهِنَّ، قَالَ: «أَمَا إِنَّكَ قَادِمٌ، فَإِذَا قَدِمْتَ فَالْكَيْسَ الْكَيْسَ»، ثُمَّ قَالَ: «أَتَبِيعُ جَمَلَكَ؟» قُلْتُ: نَعَمْ، فَاشْتَرَاهُ مِنِّي بِأُوقِيَّةٍ، ثُمَّ قَدِمَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، وَقَدِمْتُ بِالْغَدَاةِ، فَجِئْتُ الْمَسْجِدَ، فَوَجَدْتُهُ عَلَى بَابِ الْمَسْجِدِ، فَقَالَ: «الْآنَ حِينَ قَدِمْتَ» قُلْتُ: نَعَمْ، قَالَ: فَدَعْ جَمَلَكَ، وَادْخُلْ فَصَلِّ رَكْعَتَيْنِ، قَالَ: فَدَخَلْتُ فَصَلَّيْتُ، ثُمَّ رَجَعْتُ، فَأَمَرَ بِلَالًا أَنْ يَزِنَ لِي أُوقِيَّةً، فَوَزَنَ لِي بِلَالٌ، فَأَرْجَحَ فِي الْمِيزَانِ، قَالَ: فَانْطَلَقْتُ، فَلَمَّا وَلَّيْتُ، قَالَ: «ادْعُ لِي جَابِرًا»، فَدُعِيتُ، فَقُلْتُ: الْآنَ يَرُدُّ عَلَيَّ الْجَمَلَ، وَلَمْ يَكُنْ شَيْءٌ أَبْغَضَ إِلَيَّ مِنْهُ، فَقَالَ: «خُذْ جَمَلَكَ وَلَكَ ثَمَنُهُ».

I went out with Allah's Messenger ( ‌صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم ‌) on an expedition, but my camel delayed me. Allah's Messenger ( ‌صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم ‌) came to me and said to me: Jabir, I said: Yes. Allah's Messenger, (here I am at your beck and call) He said: What is the matter with you? I said: My camel has delayed me and is tired, so I have lagged behind. He (the Holy Prophet ﷺ) got down and goaded it with a crooked stick and then said: Mount it. So I mounted and (to my great surprise) I saw it (moving so quickly that) I had to restrain it (from going ahead of) Allah's Messenger ( ‌صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم ‌). He (the Holy Prophet ﷺ) (in the course of journey said to me): Have you married? I said: Yes. He (again) said: Is it with a virgin or one previously married? I said. With one previously married, whereupon he (again) said: Why not with a young girl with whom you could sport and she could have sported with you? I said: I have sisters, so I preferred to marry a woman who could keep them together (as one family). who could comb them and look after them. He said: You are about to go (to your house), and there you have the enjoyment (of the wife's company). He again said: Do you want to sell your camel? I said: Yes. So he bought it from me for one u'qiya (of silver), Then Allah's Messenger ( ‌صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم ‌) arrived (at Medina) and I arrived in the evening. I went to the mosque and found him at the door of the mosque, and said: Is it now that you have arrived? I said: Yes, He said: Leave your camel, and enter (the mosque) and offer two rak'ahs. So I entered and offered two rak'ahs of prayer, and then returned. He (the Holy Prophet ﷺ) then commanded Bilal رضی اللہ عنہ to weigh out one 'uqiya (of silver) tor me. Bilal رضی اللہ عنہ weighed that out for me (lowering the scale of) balance. So I proceeded and as I turned my back he said: Call for me, Jabir رضی اللہ عنہ . So I was called back, and I said (to myself): He would return me the camel, and nothing was more displeasing to me than this (that after having received the price I should also get the camel). He said: Take your camel and keep its price with you, (also).

— Jabir bin 'Abdullah (رضی اللہ عنہ) reported

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْأَعْلَى، حَدَّثَنَا الْمُعْتَمِرُ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ أَبِي، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نَضْرَةَ، عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ، قَالَ: كُنَّا فِي مَسِيرٍ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، وَأَنَا عَلَى نَاضِحٍ، إِنَّمَا هُوَ فِي أُخْرَيَاتِ النَّاسِ، قَالَ: فَضَرَبَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - أَوْ قَالَ: نَخَسَهُ، أُرَاهُ قَالَ: بِشَيْءٍ كَانَ مَعَهُ - قَالَ: فَجَعَلَ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ يَتَقَدَّمُ النَّاسَ يُنَازِعُنِي، حَتَّى إِنِّي لِأَكُفُّهُ، قَالَ: فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «أَتَبِيعُنِيهِ بِكَذَا وَكَذَا وَاللهُ يَغْفِرُ لَكَ؟» قَالَ: قُلْتُ: هُوَ لَكَ يَا نَبِيَّ اللهِ، قَالَ: «أَتَبِيعُنِيهِ بِكَذَا وَكَذَا، وَاللهُ يَغْفِرُ لَكَ؟» قَالَ: قُلْتُ: هُوَ لَكَ، يَا نَبِيَّ اللهِ، قَالَ: وَقَالَ لِي: «أَتَزَوَّجْتَ بَعْدَ أَبِيكَ؟» قُلْتُ: نَعَمْ، قَالَ: «ثَيِّبًا، أَمْ بِكْرًا؟» قَالَ: قُلْتُ: ثَيِّبًا، قَالَ: «فَهَلَّا تَزَوَّجْتَ بِكْرًا تُضَاحِكُكَ وَتُضَاحِكُهَا، وَتُلَاعِبُكَ وَتُلَاعِبُهَا»، قَالَ أَبُو نَضْرَةَ: «فَكَانَتْ كَلِمَةً يَقُولُهَا الْمُسْلِمُونَ افْعَلْ كَذَا وَكَذَا وَاللهُ يَغْفِرُ لَكَ».

We were with Allah's Messenger ( ‌صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم ‌) in a journey, and I was riding a camel meant for carrying water and it lagged behind all persons. Allah's Messenger ( ‌صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم ‌) hit it or goaded it (I think) with something he had with him. And after it (it moved so quickly) that it went ahead of all persons and it struggled with me (to move faster than I permitted It) and I had to restrain it. Allah's Messenger ( ‌صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم ‌) said: Do you sell it at such and such (price)? May Allah grant you pardon. I said: Allah's Apostle, it is yours. He (again) said: Do you sell it at such and such (price)? May Allah grant you pardon. ' I said: Allah's Apostle, it is yours. He said to me: Have you married after the death of your father? I said: Yes. He (again) said: With one previously married or a virgin? I said: With one previously married. He said: Why didn't you marry a virgin who might amuse you and you might amuse her, and she might sport with you and you might sport with her? Abu Nadra said: That was the common phrase which the Muslims spoke: You do such and such (thing) and Allah may grant you pardon.

— Jabir bin 'Abdullah ( رضی اللہ عنہ) reported