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The marrying of matrons (divorced or widowed ladies).

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Darussalam · Volume 7

67 - THE BOOK OF AN-NIKĀH(The Wedlock)

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Shamela Arabic edition (opens in a new tab)

الحديث: 5079 ¦ الجزء: 7 ¦ الصفحة: 5

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English translation

5079. Narrated Jābir bin 'Abdullāh: While we were returning from a Ghazwa (holy battle) with the Prophet ﷺ; I started driving my camel fast, as it was a lazy camel. A rider came behind me and pricked my camel with a spear he had with him, and then my camel started running as fast as the best camel you may see. Behold! The rider was the Prophet ﷺ himself. He said, "What makes you in such a hurry?" I replied, "I am newly married." He said, "Did you marry a virgin or a matron?" I replied, "A matron." He said, "Why didn't you marry a young girl so that you may play with her and she with you?" When we were about to enter (Al-Madīna), the Prophet ﷺ said, "Wait so that you may enter Al-Madīna) at the afternoon so that the lady of unkempt hair may comb her hair and the one whose husband has been absent may shave her pubic region."

Arabic text

5079 - حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو النُّعْمَانِ، حَدَّثَنَا هُشَيْمٌ، حَدَّثَنَا سَيَّارٌ، عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ، عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، قَالَ: قَفَلْنَا مَعَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مِنْ غَزْوَةٍ، فَتَعَجَّلْتُ عَلَى بَعِيرٍ لِي قَطُوفٍ، فَلَحِقَنِي رَاكِبٌ مِنْ خَلْفِي، فَنَخَسَ بَعِيرِي بِعَنَزَةٍ كَانَتْ مَعَهُ، فَانْطَلَقَ بَعِيرِي كَأَجْوَدِ مَا أَنْتَ رَاءٍ مِنَ الإِبِلِ، فَإِذَا النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَقَالَ: «مَا يُعْجِلُكَ» قُلْتُ: كُنْتُ حَدِيثَ عَهْدٍ بِعُرُسٍ، قَالَ: «أَبِكْرًا أَمْ ثَيِّبًا؟»، قُلْتُ: ثَيِّبًا، قَالَ: «فَهَلَّا جَارِيَةً تُلاَعِبُهَا وَتُلاَعِبُكَ»، قَالَ: فَلَمَّا ذَهَبْنَا لِنَدْخُلَ، قَالَ: «أَمْهِلُوا حَتَّى تَدْخُلُوا لَيْلًا - أَيْ عِشَاءً - لِكَيْ تَمْتَشِطَ الشَّعِثَةُ وَتَسْتَحِدَّ المُغِيبَةُ»

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