Jabir reported that Abdullah passed away leaving behind nine daughters, or he said seven, so I married a previously married woman.The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to me, "Jabir, have you married?"I replied, "Yes."He asked, "A virgin or a previously married woman?"I said, "A previously married woman, Messenger of Allah."He said, "Why not a young girl whom you could play with and who could play with you?" Or he said, "whom you could make laugh and who could make you laugh?"I said to him, "Abdullah passed away leaving behind nine daughters, or seven, and I disliked bringing to them someone like them. I preferred to bring a woman who could look after them and set their affairs right."He said, "May Allah bless you," or he said, "Good for you."In the narration of Abu Rabi, the wording is, "whom you could play with and who could play with you, and whom you could make laugh and who could make you laugh."
حدثنا يحيى بن يحيى وأبو الربيع الزهراني قال يحيى أخبرنا حماد بن زيد عن عمرو بن دينار
أن عبد الله هلك وترك تسع بنات أو قال سبع فتزوجت امرأة ثيبا فقال لي رسول الله ﷺ يا جابر تزوجت قال قلت نعم قال فبكر أم ثيب قال قلت بل ثيب يا رسول الله قال فهلا جارية تلاعبها وتلاعبك أو قال تضاحكها وتضاحكك قال قلت له إن عبد الله هلك وترك تسع بنات أو سبع وإني كرهت أن آتيهن أو أجيئهن بمثلهن فأحببت أن أجيء بامرأة تقوم عليهن وتصلحهن قال فبارك الله لك أو قال لي خيرا وفي رواية أبي الربيع تلاعبها وتلاعبك وتضاحكها وتضاحكك