Sunan an-Nasa'i
Sunan an-Nasa'i 3220
أَخْبَرَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ قَزَعَةَ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، - وَهُوَ ابْنُ حَبِيبٍ - عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ، عَنْ عَطَاءٍ، عَنْ جَابِرٍ، قَالَ لَقِيَنِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالَ " يَا جَابِرُ هَلْ أَصَبْتَ امْرَأَةً بَعْدِي " . قُلْتُ نَعَمْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ . قَالَ " أَبِكْرًا أَمْ أَيِّمًا " . قُلْتُ أَيِّمًا . قَالَ " فَهَلاَّ بِكْرًا تُلاَعِبُكَ " .
Al-Hasan ibn Qazaah reported to us; he said: Sufyan—namely, Ibn Habib—narrated to us, from Ibn Jurayj, from Ata, from Jabir, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) met me and said: ‘Jabir, have you married a woman since I last saw you?’ I said, ‘Yes, Messenger of Allah.’ He asked: ‘A virgin or a previously married woman?’ I said, ‘A previously married woman.’ He said: ‘Why not a virgin, so that she could play with you?’
Translation notes
The idiom أَصَبْتَ امْرَأَةً means that Jabir had married a woman. أَيِّمًا denotes a previously married woman.