Book of Marriage (nikah)
Chapter on the Virtue of Marriage
4344 - وَ رَوَى عَلِيُّ بْنُ رِئَابٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ أَنَّ أَبَا عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اَللَّهِ صَلَّى اَللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ قَالَ: "تَزَوَّجُوا فَإِنِّي مُكَاثِرٌ بِكُمُ اَلْأُمَمَ غَداً فِي اَلْقِيَامَةِ حَتَّى إِنَّ اَلسِّقْطَ لَيَجِيءُ مُحْبَنْطِئاً عَلَى بَابِ اَلْجَنَّةِ فَيُقَالُ لَهُ اُدْخُلِ اَلْجَنَّةَ فَيَقُولُ لاَ حَتَّى يَدْخُلَ أَبَوَايَ اَلْجَنَّةَ قَبْلِي".
Hadith.4344 - Ali ibn Ri'ab narrated from Muhammad ibn Muslim that Abu Abdillah (as) said that the Messenger of Allah (swt) (peace be upon him and his family) said:
"Marry, for I will take pride in your numbers before the nations on the Day of Judgment. Even the miscarried child will stand at the gate of Paradise, refusing to enter until his parents enter Paradise before him."
4345 - وَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اَللَّهِ صَلَّى اَللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ : "اِتَّخَذُوا اَلْأَهْلَ فَإِنَّهُ أَرْزَقُ لَكُمْ ".
Hadith.4345 - The Messenger of Allah (swt) (peace be upon him and his family) said:
"Take a spouse, for it is a means of increasing your sustenance."
Book of Marriage (nikah)
Chapter on the Superiority of the Married Person Over the Unmarried Person
4346 - رَوَى عَبْدُ اَللَّهِ بْنُ مَيْمُونٍ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ: "رَكْعَتَانِ يُصَلِّيهِمَا مُتَزَوِّجٌ أَفْضَلُ مِنْ سَبْعِينَ رَكْعَةً يُصَلِّيهِمَا أَعْزَبُ ".
Hadith.4346 - Abdullah ibn Maymun narrated from Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (as) from his father, Imam Muhammad ibn Ali Al-Baqir (as) (peace be upon them), who said:
"Two units of prayer performed by a married person are better than seventy units of prayer performed by an unmarried person."
4347 - قَالَ وَ قَالَ اَلنَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اَللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ : "لَرَكْعَتَانِ يُصَلِّيهِمَا مُتَزَوِّجٌ أَفْضَلُ مِنْ رَجُلٍ عَزَبٍ يَقُومُ لَيْلَهُ وَ يَصُومُ نَهَارَهُ ".
Hadith.4347 - The Prophet (peace be upon him and his family) said:
"Two units of prayer performed by a married person are better than an unmarried man who spends his nights in prayer and his days fasting."
4348 - وَ رُوِيَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اَللَّهِ صَلَّى اَللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ قَالَ: "إِنَّ أَرَاذِلَ مَوْتَاكُمُ اَلْعُزَّابُ".
Hadith.4348 - It is narrated that the Messenger of Allah (swt) (peace be upon him and his family) said: "Indeed, the most despicable of your dead are the unmarried."
4349 - وَ رُوِيَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اَللَّهِ صَلَّى اَللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ قَالَ: "أَكْثَرُ أَهْلِ اَلنَّارِ اَلْعُزَّابُ".
Hadith.4349 - It has been narrated that the Messenger of Allah (swt) (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) said: "The majority of the inhabitants of the Fire are the unmarried."
Book of Marriage (nikah)
Chapter on the Affection for Women
4350 - رَوَى أَبُو مَالِكٍ اَلْحَضْرَمِيُّ عَنْ أَبِي اَلْعَبَّاسِ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ اَلصَّادِقَ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ يَقُولُ: "اَلْعَبْدُ كُلَّمَا اِزْدَادَ لِلنِّسَاءِ حُبّاً اِزْدَادَ فِي اَلْإِيمَانِ فَضْلاً".
Hadith.4350 - Abu Malik al-Hadrami narrated from Abu al-Abbas, who said that he heard Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (as) say: "The more love a servant has for women, the greater he increases in faith and virtue."
4351 - وَ فِي رِوَايَةِ أَبَانٍ عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ يَزِيدَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ: "مَا أَظُنُّ رَجُلاً يَزْدَادُ فِي اَلْإِيمَانِ خَيْراً إِلاَّ اِزْدَادَ حُبّاً لِلنِّسَاءِ".
Hadith.4351 - In a narration from Aban, from Umar ibn Yazid, Abu Abdillah (as) said: "I do not think that a man increases in faith and goodness except that he also increases in love for women."
Book of Marriage (nikah)
Chapter on the Abundance of Goodness in Women
4352 - رُوِيَ عَنِ اِبْنِ فَضَّالٍ عَنْ يُونُسَ بْنِ يَعْقُوبَ عَمَّنْ سَمِعَ أَبَا عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ يَقُولُ: "أَكْثَرُ اَلْخَيْرِ فِي اَلنِّسَاءِ".
Hadith.4352 - It is narrated from Ibn Faddal, from Yunus ibn Ya'qub, from someone who heard Abu Abdillah (as) say: "Most of the good is found in women."
Book of Marriage (nikah)
Chapter on One Who Avoids Marriage Due to Fear of Poverty
4353 - رُوِيَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ حَرِيزٍ عَنِ اَلْوَلِيدِ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ : "مَنْ تَرَكَ اَلتَّزْوِيجَ مَخَافَةَ اَلْفَقْرِ فَقَدْ أَسَاءَ اَلظَّنَّ بِاللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ إِنَّ اَللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ يَقُولُ:
إِنْ يَكُونُوا فُقَرٰاءَ يُغْنِهِمُ اَللّٰهُ مِنْ فَضْلِهِ ".
Hadith.4353 - It is narrated from Muhammad ibn Abi Umayr, from Hariz, from al-Walid, who said that Abu Abdillah (as) said: "Whoever avoids marriage out of fear of poverty has thought poorly of Allah (swt), the Almighty and Glorious. Indeed, Allah (swt), the Almighty and Glorious, says: 'If they are poor, Allah (swt) will enrich them out of His bounty' (Surah An-Nur 24:32)."