حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَاصِمٍ عَنْ عَطَاءٍ عَنْ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ قَالَ لِي ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ يَا سَعِيدُ أَلَكَ امْرَأَةٌ قَالَ قُلْتُ لَا قَالَ فَإِذَا رَجَعْتَ فَتَزَوَّجْ قَالَ فَعُدْتُ إِلَيْهِ فَقَالَ يَا سَعِيدُ أَتَزَوَّجْتَ قَالَ قُلْتُ لَا قَالَ تَزَوَّجْ فَإِنَّ خَيْرَ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ أَكْثَرُهُمْ نِسَاءً
مسند امام احمد بن حنبل · Hadith 2179
It was narrated that Sa'eed said: Ibn 'Abbas (RA) said to me: O Sa'eed, do you have a wife? I said: No. He said: When you go back, get married. Then I came back to him and he said: O Sa'eed, did you get married? I said: No. He said: Get married, for the best among this utnmah are those who have the most wives.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020