\nNarrated Jabir:\n \n\n"Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said to me, "Have you got married O Jabir?" I replied, "Yes." He asked "What, a \nvirgin or a matron?" I replied, "Not a virgin but a matron." He said, "Why did you not marry a young \ngirl who would have fondled with you?" I replied, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! My father was martyred on the \nday of Uhud and left nine (orphan) daughters who are my nine sisters; so I disliked to have another \nyoung girl of their age, but (I sought) an (elderly) woman who could comb their hair and look after \nthem." The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "You have done the right thing."\n

\nNarrated Jabir:\n \n\n"Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said to me, "Have you got married O Jabir?" I replied, "Yes." He asked "What, a \nvirgin or a matron?" I replied, "Not a virgin but a matron." He said, "Why did you not marry a young \ngirl who would have fondled with you?" I replied, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! My father was martyred on the \nday of Uhud and left nine (orphan) daughters who are my nine sisters; so I disliked to have another \nyoung girl of their age, but (I sought) an (elderly) woman who could comb their hair and look after \nthem." The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "You have done the right thing."\n

\nحَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرٌو، عَنْ جَابِرٍ، قَالَ قَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏"‏ هَلْ نَكَحْتَ يَا جَابِرُ ‏"‏‏.‏ قُلْتُ نَعَمْ‏.‏ قَالَ ‏"‏ مَاذَا أَبِكْرًا أَمْ ثَيِّبًا ‏"‏‏.‏ قُلْتُ لاَ بَلْ ثَيِّبًا‏.‏ قَالَ ‏"‏ فَهَلاَّ 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 ‏"‏‏.‏