Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 3-149b
"عَن ابْنِ سِيرِينَ أَنَّ عُتْبَةَ بْنَ فَرْقَدٍ عَرَضَ عَلَى ابْنِه التَّزْوِيجَ فَأبى، فَذَكر ذَلِكَ لِعُثْمَانَ، فَقَالَ لَهُ عُثْمَانُ: أَلَيْس قَدْ تَزَوَّجَ النَّبِىُّ ﷺ وَقَدْ تَزَوَّجَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ وَقَدْ تَزَوَّجَ عُمَرُ وَعِنْدَنَا مِنْهُنَّ مَا عِنْدَنَا؟ ! فَقَالَ: يَا أمِيرَ المُوْمِنينَ: مَنْ لَهُ عَمَل مِثْلُ عَمَلِ النَّبِىِّ ﷺ وَأَبِى بَكْرٍ وَعُمَر وَمِثْلُ عَمَلِكَ؟ فَلَمَّا قَالَ: وَمِثْلُ عَمَلِكَ قَالَ: كُفَّ، إِنْ شِئْتَ فَتَزَوَّجْ وَإنْ شئْتَ فَلاَ".
Translation
Chain of narrators
- Ibn Sīrīn
- ʿUtbah b. Farqad ʿAraḍ
- Āb.ih al-Tazwīj Faʾbá Fadhakr Dhalik Liʿuthmān
Machine translation, not reviewed
"From Ibn Sīrīn: ʿUtbah b. Farqad proposed marriage to his son, but he refused. So he mentioned that to ʿUthmān, and ʿUthmān said to him: Did the Prophet ﷺ not marry? And Abū Bakr married, and ʿUmar married, and we have of them what we have?! He said: O Commander of the Believers, who has deeds like the deeds of the Prophet ﷺ and Abū Bakr and ʿUmar, and like your deeds? When he said: and like your deeds, he said: Stop. If you wish, marry, and if you wish, do not."
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Notes
ابن راهويه
machine translationIbn Rāhawayh
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