Hadith #32
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَاصِمٍ عَنْ عَطَاءٍ عَنْ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ قَالَ لِي ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ يَا سَعِيدُ أَلَكَ امْرَأَةٌ قَالَ قُلْتُ لَا قَالَ فَإِذَا
رَجَعْتَ فَتَزَوَّجْ قَالَ فَعُدْتُ إِلَيْهِ فَقَالَ يَا سَعِيدُ أَتَزَوَّجْتَ قَالَ قُلْتُ لَا قَالَ تَزَوَّجْ فَإِنَّ خَيْرَ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ أَكْثَرُهُمْ نِسَاءً
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English Translation
'Ali ibn 'Asim narrated to us, from 'Ata', from Sa'id, who said: Ibn 'Abbas (رضي الله عنهما) said to me: "O Sa'id, do you have a wife?" I said: "No." He said: "When you go back, get married." He said: I returned to him, and he said: "O Sa'id, did you get married?" I said: "No." He said: "Get married, for the best of this Ummah had the most wives."
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Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 9, Hadith 32
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 2070
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-38460