Hadith / Musannaf Ibn Abi Shayba / 9:159

Musannaf Ibn Abi Shayba 9:159

The Book of Marriage

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Hadith 9:159

Mu'tamir narrated to us, from Abu 'Ubaydah, from 'Umarah ibn Hassan, that a woman came to Jabir ibn Zayd and said, "A man is proposing to my slave-girl." He said, "Do not marry her to him." She said, "But he fears for himself [i.e., he is struggling with his desires]." He said, "Do not marry her to him." She said, "But he fears that he will commit adultery with her." He said, "Then marry her to him."

حدثنا معتمر عن أبي عبيدة عن عمارة بن حسان أن امرأة أتت جابر بن زيد فقالت إن رجلا يخطب علي أمتي قال لا تزوجيه قالت فإنه يخشى على نفسه قال لا تزوجيه قالت فإنه يخشى أن يزني بها قال فزوجيه