Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا خَلَفُ بْنُ خَلِيفَةَ قَالَ أَبِي وَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ خَلَفَ بْنَ خَلِيفَةَ وَقَدْ قَالَ لَهُ إِنْسَانٌ يَا أَبَا أَحْمَدَ حَدَّثَكَ مُحَارِبُ بْنُ دِثَارٍ قَالَ أَبِي فَلَمْ أَفْهَمْ كَلَامَهُ كَانَ قَدْ كَبِرَ فَتَرَكْتُهُ حَدَّثَنَا حَفْصٌ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَأْمُرُ بِالْبَاءَةِ وَيَنْهَى عَنْ التَّبَتُّلِ نَهْيًا شَدِيدًا وَيَقُولُ تَزَوَّجُوا الْوَدُودَ الْوَلُودَ إِنِّي مُكَاثِرٌ بِكُمْ الْأَنْبِيَاءَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ.
English Translation
'Affan narrated to us, Khalaf ibn Khalifah narrated to us—my father said: I saw Khalaf ibn Khalifah, and a person said to him, "O Abu Ahmad, did Muharib ibn Dithar narrate to you?" My father said: I did not understand his speech clearly, as he had grown old, so I left him—Hafs narrated to us, from Anas ibn Malik, who said: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, used to command marriage and forbid celibacy sternly, and would say, "Marry the loving, fertile woman, for I will boast of your numbers before the other nations on the Day of Resurrection."