Sahih al-Bukhari Hadith 172 – Volume 7, Book 62

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Volume 7, Book 62, Number 172:
Narrated Jabir:
I was with Allah's Apostle in a Ghazwa, and when we returned, I wanted to hurry, while riding a
slow camel. A rider came behind me. I looked back and saw that the rider was Allah's Apostle . He
said (to me), "What makes you in such a hurry?" I replied, "I am newly married." He said, "Did you
marry a virgin or a matron?" I replied, "(Not a virgin but) a matron." He said, "Why didn't you marry
a young girl with whom you could play and who could play with you?" Then when we approached
(Medina) and were going to enter (it), the Prophet said, "Wait till you enter (your homes) at night (in
the first part of the night) so that the ladies with unkempt hair may comb their hair, and those whose
husbands have been absent (for a long time) may shave their pubic hair." (The sub-narrator, Hashim
said: A reliable narrator told me that the Prophet added in this Hadith: "(Seek to beget) children!
Children, O Jabir!")
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SAHIH BUKHARI VOLUME 7 > BOOK 62: WEDLOCK, MARRIAGE (NIKAAH)