Sahih al-Bukhari Hadith 280 – Volume 7, Book 64

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Volume 7, Book 64, Number 280:
Narrated Jabir bin 'Abdullah:
My father died and left seven or nine girls and I married a matron. Allah's Apostle said to me, "O
Jabir! Have you married?" I said, "Yes." He said, "A virgin or a matron?" I replied, "A matron." he said,
"Why not a virgin, so that you might play with her and she with you, and you might amuse her and
she amuse you." I said, " 'Abdullah (my father) died and left girls, and I dislike to marry a girl like
them, so I married a lady (matron) so that she may look after them." On that he said, "May Allah bless
you," or "That is good."