Al-Lu'lu Wal-Marjan 930 — The Book of Ar-Rada' (Suckling foster relations)

Jabir bin `Abdullah Narrated from:

My father died and left seven or nine girls and I married a matron. Allâh's Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم said to me, "O Jâbir! Have you married?" I said, "Yes." He said, "A virgin or a matron?" I replied, "A matron." He said, "Why not a virgin, so that you might play with her and she with you, and you might amuse her and she amuse you." I said, "'Abdullâh (my father) died and left girls, and I dislike to marry a girl like them, so I married a lady (matron) so that she may look after them." On that he صلى الله عليه وسلم said, "May Allâh bless you, " or "That is good." ( Sahih Al-Bukhâri, Hadîth No. 280, Vol. 7)