With Marriage Sustenance Increases

Al-Kāfi|Volume 5|Book 3|Chapter 10
Al-Kāfi

Volume 5, Book 3, Chapter 10

With Marriage Sustenance Increases

6- وَعَنْهُ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ حَمْدَوَيْهِ بْنِ عِمْرَانَ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عَاصِمُ بْنُ حُمَيْدٍ قَالَ كُنْتُ عِنْدَ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) فَأَتَاهُ رَجُلٌ فَشَكَا إِلَيْهِ الْحَاجَةَ فَأَمَرَهُ بِالتَّزْوِيجِ قَالَ فَاشْتَدَّتْ بِهِ الْحَاجَةُ فَأَتَى أَبَا عَبْدِ اللهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) فَسَأَلَهُ عَنْ حَالِهِ فَقَالَ لَهُ اشْتَدَّتْ بِيَ الْحَاجَةُ فَقَالَ فَفَارِقْ ثُمَّ أَتَاهُ فَسَأَلَهُ عَنْ حَالِهِ فَقَالَ أَثْرَيْتُ وَحَسُنَ حَالِي فَقَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) إِنِّي أَمَرْتُكَ بِأَمْرَيْنِ أَمَرَ اللهُ بِهِمَا قَالَ اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ وَأَنْكِحُوا الأيامى‏ مِنْكُمْ إِلَى قَوْلِهِ وَاللهُ واسِعٌ عَلِيمٌ وَقَالَ إِنْ يَتَفَرَّقا يُغْنِ اللهُ كُلا مِنْ سَعَتِهِ.
6. It is narrated from the narrator of the previous Hadith from Muhammad ibn Ali from Hamdwayh ibn ‘Imran from ibn abu Layla’ who has said that ‘Asem ibn Humayd narrated to me saying the following: “Once I was with abu ‘ Abd Allah عليه السلام, when a man came and complained before him (the Imam) about his financial conditions. He (the Imam) commanded him to get married but his needs became more pressing and he came back again to abu ‘Abd Allah عليه السلام, who asked about his conditions. He replied that it has worsened. He (the Imam) told him to separate. The man came back again and he (the Imam) asked about his conditions. The man replied, ‘I have become affluent and my conditions are better.’ He (the Imam) said, ‘I commanded you as I did because of the two commandments with which Allah, most Majestic, most Glorious, has commanded: “Marry the single ones among you and the virtuous of your slaves and slave-girls and if you are poor Allah through His generosity will make you self-sufficient.” (24:32) “If they depart each other Allah will make each one self-sufficient through His vast resources.” (4:129)’”
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