On Various Traditions From Imam Ali Ibn Musa al-Ridha صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم

28-36 (The author of the book narrated) my father - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Al-Qasim ibn Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Ibrahim al-Nahavandi quoted on the authority of Salih ibn Rahawayh, on the authority of Abi Hayyoon - a servant of Al-Ridha صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم, on the authority ofAl-Ridha صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم, “Gabriel descended to the Prophet صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم and said, O Muhammad! Your Lord sends greetings to you and says that the virgin women are like fruits of the tree. When the fruits ripen there is no way but to pick them, or else the sun and the wind will ruin them. When virgin girls mature and understand what women understand, then there is no way but to marry them off or else they will not be secure from corruption.” Then the Prophet صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم climbed up the pulpit and declared what God had ordered. The people asked, “O Prophet of God! Whom should we marry them off?” The Prophet صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم said, “To people who match them.” They asked, “Who would be considered to be one who matches them?” The Prophet صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم said, “Believers match each other.” Then from the top of the pulpit the Prophet صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم married off Dhuba’a - the daughter of Zobayr ibn Abdul Muttalib - to Miqdad ibn Aswad and said, “O people! I married off my uncle’s daughter to Miqdad so that marriage becomes easier to do.”