Hadith 7

Sahih Bukhari

Book 67: Wedlock, Marriage (Nikaah)

Chapter 4

About (marrying) several women

باب كَثْرَةِ النِّسَاءِ

Sahih al-Bukhari 5069
حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحَكَمِ الأَنْصَارِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ، عَنْ رَقَبَةَ، عَنْ طَلْحَةَ الْيَامِيِّ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ، قَالَ قَالَ لِي ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ هَلْ تَزَوَّجْتَ قُلْتُ لاَ‏.‏ قَالَ فَتَزَوَّجْ فَإِنَّ خَيْرَ هَذِهِ الأُمَّةِ أَكْثَرُهَا نِسَاءً‏.‏
Sa`id bin Jubair:

Ibn `Abbas asked me, "Are you married?" I replied, "No." He said, "Marry, for the best person of this (Muslim) nation (i.e., Muhammad) of all other Muslims, had the largest number of wives."

Chain of Narrators

follower
1

Sa'id bin Jubayr

سعيد بن جبير الأسدي

503 narrations

successor
2

Wadah bin 'Abdullah al-Yashkari

وضاح بن عبد الله اليشكري أبو عوانة

409 narrations

successor
3

'Ali bin al-Hakam bin Zabyan

علي بن الحكم بن ظبيان

2 narrations