Sahih al-Bukhari

Hadith 5245

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Seeking to beget children.

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Darussalam · Volume 7

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

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الحديث: 5245 ¦ الجزء: 7 ¦ الصفحة: 39

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5245. Narrated Jābir: I was with Allāh's Messenger ﷺ in a Ghazwa, and when we returned, I wanted to hurry, while riding a slow camel. A rider came behind me. I looked back and saw that the rider was Allāh's Messenger ﷺ. He said (to me), "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, "(Not a virgin but) a matron." He said, "Why didn't you marry a young girl with whom you would have played and she would have played with you?" Then when we approached (Al-Madīna) and were going to enter (it), the Prophet ﷺ said, "Wait till you enter (your homes) in the night i.e., at the time of Ishā (prayer) so that the ladies with unkempt hair may comb their hair, and those whose husbands have been absent (for a long time) may shave their pubic hair." (The subnarrator, Hashim said: A reliable narrator told me that the Prophet ﷺ added in this Hadīth: "(Seek to beget) children! children, O Jābir!")

Arabic text

5245 - حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، عَنْ هُشَيْمٍ، عَنْ سَيَّارٍ، عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ، عَنْ جَابِرٍ، قَالَ: كُنْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي غَزْوَةٍ، فَلَمَّا قَفَلْنَا، تَعَجَّلْتُ عَلَى بَعِيرٍ قَطُوفٍ، فَلَحِقَنِي رَاكِبٌ مِنْ خَلْفِي، فَالْتَفَتُّ فَإِذَا أَنَا بِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، قَالَ: «مَا يُعْجِلُكَ» قُلْتُ: إِنِّي حَدِيثُ عَهْدٍ بِعُرْسٍ، قَالَ: «فَبِكْرًا تَزَوَّجْتَ أَمْ ثَيِّبًا؟» قُلْتُ: بَلْ ثَيِّبًا، قَالَ: «فَهَلَّا جَارِيَةً تُلاَعِبُهَا وَتُلاَعِبُكَ» قَالَ: فَلَمَّا قَدِمْنَا ذَهَبْنَا لِنَدْخُلَ، فَقَالَ: " أَمْهِلُوا، حَتَّى تَدْخُلُوا لَيْلًا - أَيْ عِشَاءً - لِكَيْ تَمْتَشِطَ الشَّعِثَةُ، وَتَسْتَحِدَّ المُغِيبَةُ - قَالَ: وَحَدَّثَنِي الثِّقَةُ: أَنَّهُ قَالَ فِي هَذَا الحَدِيثِ - الكَيْسَ الكَيْسَ يَا جَابِرُ " يَعْنِي الوَلَدَ

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