6 - Chapter: Marrying Virgins

3219 - Qutaybah ibn Sa'id informed us, saying: Hammad narrated to us, from 'Amr, from Jabir, who said: I got married, so I came to the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, and he said: "Did you get married, O Jabir?" I said: Yes. He said: "A virgin or a previously married woman?" I said: A previously married woman. He said: "Why not a virgin, so that you might play with her and she with you."

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= And al-Layth: he is Ibn Sa'd, and Sa'id is Ibn Abi Sa'id al-Maqburi, and it is in "Al-Sunan al-Kubra" under number (5307).

Al-Tirmidhi (1655) also narrated it from Qutaybah, with this chain of transmission, and said: This is a good hadith.

The compiler also narrated it in "Al-Sunan al-Kubra" (4995) via the route of Ibn Wahb, from al-Layth ibn Sa'd, with it.

It has preceded via the route of 'Abdullah ibn al-Mubarak, from Muhammad ibn 'Ajlan, with it, under number (3120).

(1) His statement: ibn Sa'id, is from (R) and (M).

(2) In (R), (M), and the margin of (K): "A virgin or a previously married woman?" I said: Rather, a previously married woman, without the word "rather" in (R) and the margin of (K).

(3) In (M): "Why did you not marry a virgin."

(4) Its chain of transmission is authentic. Hammad: he is Ibn Zayd, and 'Amr: he is Ibn Dinar. It is in "Al-Sunan al-Kubra" under numbers (5308) and (8888).

Al-Bukhari (5367) and (6387), Muslim (715) following (1466): (56), al-Tirmidhi (1100), and Ibn Hibban (7138) also narrated it via multiple routes, from Hammad ibn Zayd, with this chain of transmission, and with them there is the addition: "and that you might jest with her and she with you." He said: So I said to him: Indeed 'Abdullah has died and left behind daughters, and I disliked bringing to them someone like themselves, so I married a woman who would stand over them and take care of them. He said: "May Allah bless you," or: "Good."

Ahmad (14306), al-Bukhari (4052), and Muslim (715) following (1466): (56) also narrated it in a similar manner via the route of Sufyan ibn 'Uyaynah, from 'Amr ibn Dinar, with it.

Ahmad (14961) and (15193), al-Bukhari (5080), and Muslim (1466): (55) also narrated it via the route of Shu'bah, from Muharib ibn Dithar, from Jabir, that he said: I got married, and the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said to me: "What =