Hadith 33858

Chapter 4

باب 4

(4) باب كَثْرَةِ النِّسَاءِ

(4) Chapter: About (marrying) several women (IT)
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حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحَكَمِ الأَنْصَارِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ، عَنْ رَقَبَةَ، عَنْ طَلْحَةَ الْيَامِيِّ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ، قَالَ قَالَ لِي ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ هَلْ تَزَوَّجْتَ قُلْتُ لاَ. قَالَ فَتَزَوَّجْ فَإِنَّ خَيْرَ هَذِهِ الأُمَّةِ أَكْثَرُهَا نِسَاءً.

Narrated Sa`id bin Jubair:
Ibn `Abbas asked me, "Are you married?" I replied, "No." He said, "Marry, for the best person of this (Muslim) nation (i.e., Muhammad) of all other Muslims, had the largest number of wives." (IT)

Reference (IT): Sahih al-Bukhari 5069 (IT)

In-book reference (IT): Book 67, Hadith 7 (IT)

USC-MSA web (English) reference(deprecated numbering scheme): Vol. 7, Book 62, Hadith 7 (IT)