Al-Kāfi

Hadith 1341
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3- الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ مُعَلَّى بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ قَالَ لِيَ الرِّضَا (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) إِذَا نَكَحْتَ فَانْكِحْ عَجْزَاءَ.
3. Al-Husayn from Muhammad has narrated from Mu’alla’ ibn Muhammad from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from ibn ‘Abd Allah who has said the following: “Al-Rida’ (a.s.), once said to me, ‘If you want to marry, marry a woman of large buttocks.’”
Source: Shaykh Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb al-Kulaynī

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