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Sahih al-BukhariMilitary Expeditions led by the Prophet (pbuh) (Al-Maghaazi)

Sahih al-Bukhari 4052

Chapter: “…but Allah was their Wali.”

Authentic hadith of Sahih al-Bukhari Sahih al-Bukhari 4052

Narrator:Jābir ibn ‘Abdullāh

حَدَّثَنَا 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 ‏"

Narrated Jabir:

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

Reported by Al-Bukhari (No. 4052), An-Nasa’i (No. 3219) and Ahmad (No. 13786).

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Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani — Fath al-Bari

قَوْله : ( عَنْ عَمْرٍو ) هُوَ اِبْن دِينَارٍ. قَوْله : ( تِسْعَ بَنَاتٍ ) فِي رِوَايَةِ الشَّعْبِيِّ " سِتَّ بَنَاتٍ " فَكَأَنَّ ثَلَاثًا مِنْهُنَّ كُنَّ مُتَزَوِّجَاتٍ أَوْ بِالْعَكْسِ , وَقَدْ تَقَدَّمَ شَرْحُ مَا تَضَمَّنَتْهُ الرِّوَايَةُ الثَّانِيَةُ فِي عَلَامَاتِ النُّبُوَّةِ , وَيَأْتِي شَرْحُ مَا تَضَمَّنَتْهُ الرِّوَايَةُ الْأُولَى فِي كِتَابِ النِّكَاحِ , وَقَدْ تَقَدَّمَ فِي الْجَنَائِزِ مِنْ وَجْهٍ آخَرَ عَنْ جَابِر , وَالْغَرَض مِنْ إِيرَادِهِ هُنَا أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ وَالِد جَابِر كَانَ مِمَّنْ اُسْتُشْهِدَ بِأُحُدٍ , وَعِنْدَ التِّرْمِذِيِّ مِنْ طَرِيقِ طَلْحَةَ بْن خِرَاشٍ " سَمِعْت جَابِرًا يَقُول : لَقِيَنِي النَّبِيّ صَلَّى اللَّه عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ : مَا لِي أ…

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  • مسند أبي داود الطيالسي (1803)كَرِهْتُ أَنْ أَتَزَوَّجَ جَارِيَةً خَرْقَاءَ مِثْلَهُنَّ ، وَلَكِنِ امْرَأَةً تَمْشُطُهُنَّ ، وَتَقُومُ عَلَيْهِنَّ ، قَالَ : أَصَبْتَ
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