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2050 (A). It was reported from Mustalim bin Sa'eed the son of the sister of Maṣṣūr bin Zādhān, from Maṣṣūr, meaning Ibn Zādhān, from Mu'āwiyah bin Qurrah, from Ma'qal bin Yasār, who said: "A man came to the Prophet ﷺ and said: 'I have encountered a woman of nobility and beauty, but she cannot give birth. Should I marry her?' He said: 'No.' The man then came to him a second time, but he prohibited him. He then came for the third time, and the Prophet ﷺ said: 'Marry loving women who give birth, for I will compete with
you against other nations.”
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It does not mean that there is an absolute ban on marrying a barren woman. In fact, a marriage has many motives. Marrying such a woman is permissible, even desirable, for some reasons.
2050 (B). (Al-Hasan bin ‘Ali narrated to us: “I heard Yazīd bin Hārūn saying: ‘I saw Mustalim, he would stumble right and left.’” Al-Hasan bin ‘Ali said: “His side never touched the ground for forty years.” Abū Dāwūd said: Mustalim bin Sa‘eed was the son of the brother, or the son of the sister of Manṣūr bin Zādhān, he went for seventy days without a drink of water.) (Hasan)
