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3228. It was narrated from Jābir that he married a woman at the time of the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ, and the Prophet ﷺ met him and said: "Have you got married, O Jābir? He said: 'Yes.' He said: 'A virgin or a previously-married woman?' I said: 'A previously married woman.' He said: 'Why not a virgin who would play with you?' I said: 'O Messenger of Allāh, I have sisters, and I did not want her to come between them and I.' He said: 'That's better then. A woman may be married for her religious commitment, her wealth or her beauty. You should choose the one who is religiously committed, may
your hands be rubbed with dust(may you prosper).” (Ṣāḥih)
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[1] They say that the meaning is that nobility is usually judged based upon wealth and treatment of it, where as honor is based upon Taqwa.
Commentary
“May your hands become dusty (Taribat Yadāk)”: Primarily this phrase is uttered to admonish, but it is sometimes spoken to express affection and compassion also. (According to the Arabic lexicographers, to say that a person’s hands became dirty, means “he became rich,” as though he became possessor of wealth equal to the dust of the earth (Turâb).
