The Sufficient (Vol 5) · Hadith 1345 (#Ḥadīth #2)

2- عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللهِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَمَّنْ حَدَّثَهُ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ زَوِّجُوا الأحْمَقَ وَلا تُزَوِّجُوا الْحَمْقَاءَ فَإِنَّ الأحْمَقَ يَنْجُبُ وَالْحَمْقَاءَ لا تَنْجُبُ.

2. A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn abu ‘Abd Allah from his father from those who narrated to him who has said the following: “Abu ’Abd Allah , has said, ‘You can give in marriage to a dimwitted man but do not marry a dimwitted woman; a dimwitted man can have children (healthy ones) but a dimwitted woman cannot.”’

Gradings are classical jarḥ-wa-taʿdīl, name-matched to a rijāl index (not individually re-verified).