Hadith #506
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا أَسْبَاطُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَطَاءُ بْنُ السَّائِبِ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ قَالَ لَقِيَنِي ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ فَقَالَ تَزَوَّجْ
تَ قَالَ قُلْتُ لَا قَالَ تَزَوَّجْ ثُمَّ لَقِيَنِي بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ تَزَوَّجْتَ قَالَ قُلْتُ لَا قَالَ تَزَوَّجْ فَإِنَّ خَيْرَ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ أَكْثَرُهَا نِسَاءً
Isnad Chain
أسباط بن محمد
عطاء بن السائب
سعيد بن جبير
English Translation
Asbat ibn Muhammad narrated from 'Ata' ibn al-Sa'ib, from Sa'id ibn Jubayr, who said: Ibn 'Abbas met me and said: 'Have you married?' I said: 'No.' He said: 'Get married.' Then he met me after that and said: 'Have you married?' I said: 'No.' He said: 'Get married, for the best of this ummah had the most wives' (referring to the Prophet ﷺ).
Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 8, Hadith 506
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 1944
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-38334