إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ لَمْ يَتْرُكْ شَيْئاً مِمَّا يُحْتَاجُ إِلَيْهِ إِلَّا عَلَّمَهُ نَبِيَّهُ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) فَكَانَ مِنْ تَعْلِيمِهِ إِيَّاهُ أَنَّهُ صَعِدَ الْمِنْبَرَ ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ فَحَمِدَ اللَّهَ وَ أَثْنَى عَلَيْهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنَّ جَبْرَئِيلَ أَتَانِي عَنِ اللَّطِيفِ الْخَبِيرِ فَقَالَ إِنَّ الْأَبْكَارَ بِمَنْزِلَةِ الثَّمَرِ عَلَى الشَّجَرِ إِذَا أَدْرَكَ ثَمَرُهُ فَلَمْ يُجْتَنَى أَفْسَدَتْهُ الشَّمْسُ وَ نَثَرَتْهُ الرِّيَاحُ وَ كَذَلِكَ الْأَبْكَارُ إِذَا أَدْرَكْنَ مَا يُدْرِكُ النِّسَاءُ فَلَيْسَ لَهُنَّ دَوَاءٌ إِلَّا الْبُعُولَةُ وَ إِلَّا لَمْ يُؤْمَنْ عَلَيْهِنَّ الْفَسَادُ لِأَنَّهُنَّ بَشَرٌ قَالَ فَقَامَ إِلَيْهِ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَمَنْ نُزَوِّجُ فَقَالَ الْأَكْفَاءَ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَ مَنِ الْأَكْفَاءُ فَقَالَ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ بَعْضُهُمْ أَكْفَاءُ بَعْضٍ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ بَعْضُهُمْ أَكْفَاءُ بَعْضٍ .
Translation
One of our companions, his chain having dropped from me, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> having said: ‘Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Mighty and Majestic did not neglect anything from what is needed to except that He<sup>azwj</sup> Taught it to His<sup>azwj</sup> Prophet<sup>saww</sup>. So, from His<sup>azwj</sup> Teaching him<sup>saww</sup> was that he<sup>saww</sup> ascended the Pulpit one day, so he<sup>saww</sup> Praised Allah<sup>azwj</sup> and Extolled Him<sup>azwj</sup>, then said: ‘O you people! Jibraeel<sup>saww</sup> came unto me<sup>saww</sup> from the Subtle, the All-Knowing, so he<sup>as</sup> said: ‘The virgins are at the status of the fruit upon the tree. When the fruits ripen and if you do not pick them, they would be spoilt by the sun and scattered by the flowing wind; and similar to that are the virgins, when they become aware what the women are aware of, so there is no cure for them except for the husband, or else there is no safety upon them from the spoiling, for they are human beings’. He<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘So a man stood up to him<sup>saww</sup> and he said, ‘O Rasool-Allah<sup>saww</sup>! So whom they should marry?’ So he<sup>saww</sup> said: ‘To their matches (nobles ones)’. So he said, ‘O Rasool-Allah<sup>saww</sup>! And who are their matches?’ So he<sup>saww</sup> said: ‘The Believers are the matches of each other! The Believers are matches of each other!’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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