Hadith 4052

"When two parties from among you were about to lose heart, but Allāh was their Wali (Protector and Supporter)." (V.3:122)

English source

Darussalam · Volume 5

64 - THE BOOK OFAL-MAGHĀZĪ(1) (i.e., holy battle,or the deeds and virtues of Ghāzi)

Sahih al-Bukhari Darussalam English translation

Arabic source

Shamela Arabic edition

الحديث: 4052 ¦ الجزء: 5 ¦ الصفحة: 96

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English translation

4052. Narrated Jābir رضي الله عنه: Allāh's Messenger ﷺ said to me, "Have you got married O Jābir?" I replied, "Yes." He asked "What, a virgin or a matron?" I replied, "(Not a virgin) but a matron." He said, "Why did you not marry a young girl who would have fondled with you?" I replied, "O Allāh's Messenger! My father was martyred on the day (of the battle) of Uḥud and left nine (orphan) daughters who are my nine sisters; so I disliked to have another young girl of their age, but (I sought) an (elderly) woman who could comb their hair and look after them." The Prophet ﷺ said, "You have done the right thing."

Arabic text

4052 - حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرٌو، عَنْ جَابِرٍ، قَالَ: قَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ «هَلْ نَكَحْتَ يَا جَابِرُ؟» قُلْتُ: نَعَمْ، قَالَ: «مَاذَا أَبِكْرًا أَمْ ثَيِّبًا؟» قُلْتُ: لاَ بَلْ ثَيِّبًا، قَالَ «فَهَلَّا جَارِيَةً تُلاَعِبُكَ» قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ أَبِي قُتِلَ يَوْمَ أُحُدٍ، وَتَرَكَ تِسْعَ بَنَاتٍ، كُنَّ لِي تِسْعَ أَخَوَاتٍ، فَكَرِهْتُ أَنْ أَجْمَعَ إِلَيْهِنَّ جَارِيَةً خَرْقَاءَ مِثْلَهُنَّ، وَلَكِنِ امْرَأَةً تَمْشُطُهُنَّ وَتَقُومُ عَلَيْهِنَّ، قَالَ: «أَصَبْتَ»

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