Marriage of Minors Does Not Bring them Love
Al-Kāfi|Volume 5|Book 3|Chapter 61
1- مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ عَنِ الْفَضْلِ بْنِ شَاذَانَ وَعَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ جَمِيعاً عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللهِ أَوْ أَبِي الْحَسَنِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) قَالَ قِيلَ لَهُ إِنَّا نُزَوِّجُ صِبْيَانَنَا وَهُمْ صِغَارٌ قَالَ فَقَالَ إِذَا زُوِّجُوا وَهُمْ صِغَارٌ لَمْ يَكَادُوا يَتَأَلَّفُوا.
1. Muhammad ibn ‘Isma’il has narrated from al-Fadl ibn Shadhan from and Afi ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from all from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr from Hisham ibn al-Hakam who has said the following: “It was once said to abu ‘ Abd Allah, or abu al-Hassan عليه السلام, ‘We give our children in marriage when they are small children.’ He (the narrator) has said that he (the Imam) said, ‘If they are given in marriage when they are small, they may fail to develop loving relationships.’”
- Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (20/137)
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī, vol. 3, p. 21