\nNarrated Jabir bin `Abdullah:\n \n\nMy father died and left seven or nine girls and I married a matron. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said to me, "O \nJabir! Have you married?" I said, "Yes." He said, "A virgin or a matron?" I replied, "A matron." he \nsaid, "Why not a virgin, so that you might play with her and she with you, and you might amuse her \nand she amuse you." I said, " `Abdullah (my father) died and left girls, and I dislike to marry a girl \nlike them, so I married a lady (matron) so that she may look after them." On that he said, "May Allah \nbless you," or "That is good."\n

\nNarrated Jabir bin `Abdullah:\n \n\nMy father died and left seven or nine girls and I married a matron. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said to me, "O \nJabir! Have you married?" I said, "Yes." He said, "A virgin or a matron?" I replied, "A matron." he \nsaid, "Why not a virgin, so that you might play with her and she with you, and you might amuse her \nand she amuse you." I said, " `Abdullah (my father) died and left girls, and I dislike to marry a girl \nlike them, so I married a lady (matron) so that she may look after them." On that he said, "May Allah \nbless you," or "That is good."\n

\nحَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ، عَنْ عَمْرٍو، عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ـ رضى الله عنهما ـ قَالَ هَلَكَ أَبِي وَتَرَكَ سَبْعَ بَنَاتٍ أَوْ تِسْعَ بَنَاتٍ فَتَزَوَّجْتُ امْرَأَةً ثَيِّبًا فَقَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏"‏ تَزَوَّجْتَ يَا جَابِرُ ‏"‏‏.‏ فَقُلْتُ نَعَمْ‏.‏ فَقَالَ ‏"‏ بِكْرًا أَمْ ثَيِّبًا ‏"‏‏.‏ قُلْتُ بَلْ ثَيِّبًا‏.‏ قَالَ ‏"‏ فَهَلاَّ جَارِيَةً تُلاَعِبُهَا وَتُلاَعِبُكَ، وَتُضَاحِكُهَا وَتُضَاحِكُكَ ‏"‏‏.‏ قَالَ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ إِنَّ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ هَلَكَ وَتَرَكَ بَنَاتٍ، وَإِنِّي كَرِهْتُ أَنْ أَجِيئَهُنَّ بِمِثْلِهِنَّ، فَتَزَوَّجْتُ امْرَأَةً تَقُومُ عَلَيْهِنَّ وَتُصْلِحُهُنَّ‏.‏ فَقَالَ ‏"‏ بَارَكَ اللَّهُ لَكَ ‏"‏‏.‏ أَوْ قَالَ خَيْرًا‏.‏