📌Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Sunan An-Nabi Chapter 8: On the Adab of marriage and children In al-Khisal: In his narration from ‘Ali (as) who said: Get married, for verily marriage is a sunnah of the Holy Prophet (S) and he would say: “Whoever likes to follow my sunnah (should marry) for marriage is from my sunnah .”[^1] In al-Kafi: Narrated from Ma’mar ibn Khallad who said: I heard ‘Ali ibn Musa al-Rid’a (as) saying: Three things are from the sunnah of the messengers: Perfume, removal of (excess) hair from the body and increased intimate relations with their wives.[^2] Note: al-Saduq, al-Tusi and others have mentioned similar narrations with numerous chains of narrators.[^3] From al-Murtad’a in Risalat al-Muhkam wal-Mutashabih: In his narrative from Tafsir al-Nu’mani from ‘Ali (as) who said: A group of companions had deprived themselves of intimacy with their wives, eating during the day and sleeping at night.
Umm Salamah informed the Noble Prophet (S) about this so he came to his companions and said: “Do you abstain from relations with your wives whereas I come to my wives and eat during the day and sleep at night?
📌Therefore, the one who does not follow my sunnah is not from me.”[^4] Note: Similar narrations have been mentioned in other books with different chains of narrators.[^5] In al-Kafi: In his narration from Ishaq ibn ‘Ammar from Abi ‘Abdillah (as) who said: The Holy Prophet (S) said: From the akhlaq of the prophets (as) is love for women.[^6] Also, narrated from Bakkar ibn Kurdam, without one narrator, from Abi ‘Abdillah (as) who said: The Holy Prophet (S) said: The light of my eyes was found in salah and my delight (found) in the women.[^7] Note: A similar narration can be found with other chains of narrators.
In al-Faqih he said: When the Noble Prophet (S) wanted to marry a lady, he would send someone to look at her (first).[^8] In Tafsir al-Ayyashi: From al-Hasan ibn Bint Ilyas who said: I heard Aba al-Hasan al-Rid’a (as) saying: Allah (SwT) made the night (source of) tranquility and He made the women (source of) tranquility.
It is from the sunnah to marry at night and serve food to the people (on the occasion of marriage).[^9] In al-Faqih: In his narration from Harun ibn Muslim who said: I wrote to Sahib al-Dar (as): A child was born to me, then I cut his hair and weighed it against dirhams and gave to charity.