Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 578-22b
✧ al-Mughirah b. Shu'bah
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عَنِ الْمُغِيرة بن شُعْبَة، قَالَ:
خَطَبْتُ جَارِيةً مِنَ الأَنْصَارِ، فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لِلنَّبِى ﷺ، فَقَالَ لِى: «رَأَيْتَها؟» فَقُلْتُ: لَا، قَالَ: «فَانْظُرْهَا، فَإنَّهُ أَحْرَى أَنْ يَؤْدَمَ بَيْنَكُمَا». فَأَتَيْتَهُم فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لِوَالِديهَا، فَنَظَر أحَدُهُمَا إِلَى صَاحِبِهِ فَقُمْتُ فَخَرَجْتُ، فَقَالَتِ الْجَارِيَةُ عَلَىَّ الرَّجُل، فَرَجَعْتُ، فَوَقَفْتُ نَاحِيَةَ خِدْرِهَا، فَقَالتْ: إِنْ كَانَ رَسُول الله ﷺ أَمَركَ أَنْ تَنْظُرَ إِلَىَّ فَانْظُرْ، وَإلَّا فَإِنى أحرجُ عَلَيْكَ أَنْ تَنْظُر، فَنَظَرْتُ إِلَيْهَا فَتَزَوَّجْتُهَا، فَمَا تَزَوَّجْتُ امْرَأَةً قَطُّ كَانَتْ أَحَبَّ إِلَىَّ مِنْهَا، وَلَا أكْرَمَ عَليها مِنْهَا ()، وَقَدْ تَزَوَّجْتُ سَبْعِين امْرَأَةً.
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- al-Mughīrah b. Shuʿbah
✧ I proposed marriage to a young woman from the Ansar, and I mentioned that to the Prophet ﷺ. He said to me: "Have you seen her?" I said, "No." He said: "Then look at her, for that is more likely to bring harmony between you both." So I went to them and mentioned that to her parents. One of them looked at the other, so I got up and left. Then the young woman said, "Bring the man back to me." So I returned and stood at the side of her private chamber. She said, "If the Messenger of Allah ﷺ has commanded you to look at me, then look; otherwise, I solemnly forbid you to look." So I looked at her and married her, and I never married any woman who was more beloved to me than her, nor one whom I honored more than her (), and I had married seventy women.
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