Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَاصِمٍ عَنْ عَطَاءٍ عَنْ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ قَالَ لِي ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ يَا سَعِيدُ أَلَكَ امْرَأَةٌ قَالَ قُلْتُ لَا قَالَ فَإِذَا رَجَعْتَ فَتَزَوَّجْ قَالَ فَعُدْتُ إِلَيْهِ فَقَالَ يَا سَعِيدُ أَتَزَوَّجْتَ قَالَ قُلْتُ لَا قَالَ تَزَوَّجْ فَإِنَّ خَيْرَ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ أَكْثَرُهُمْ نِسَاءً.
English Translation
Ibn Abbas said to Sa'id: 'O Sa'id, do you have a wife?' He said: 'No.' He said: 'When you go back, get married.' He came back to him later and asked: 'O Sa'id, have you married?' He said: 'No.' He said: 'Get married, for the best of this ummah is the one with the most wives.'