Signs of Praiseworthiness of Women

سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ‌ عَلَيْكُمْ بِذَوَاتِ الْأَوْرَاكِ فَإِنَّهُنَّ أَنْجَبُ‌[2].

‘You must marry women of large hips because they are most fertile for child bearing.’”

قَالَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع‌ تَزَوَّجُوا سَمْرَاءَ عَيْنَاءَ عَجْزَاءَ مَرْبُوعَةً فَإِنْ كَرِهْتَهَا فَعَلَيَّ مَهْرُهَا[1].

“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘Marry woman of brunette color, wide buttocks and of medium height. If you disliked, her mahr (dowry) is on me.’”

قَالَ لِيَ الرِّضَا ع إِذَا نَكَحْتَ فَانْكِحْ عَجْزَاءَ.

“Al-Rida’ (a.s.), once said to me, ‘If you want to marry, marry a woman of large buttocks.’”

كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ص إِذَا أَرَادَ تَزْوِيجَ امْرَأَةٍ بَعَثَ مَنْ يَنْظُرُ إِلَيْهَا وَ يَقُولُ لِلْمَبْعُوثَةِ شَمِّي لِيتَهَا فَإِنْ طَابَ لِيتُهَا طَابَ عَرْفُهَا وَ انْظُرِي كَعْبَهَا فَإِنْ دَرِمَ كَعْبُهَا عَظُمَ كَعْثَبُهَا[2].

“When the Holy Prophet, O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause, wanted to marry a woman he would send a woman to examine her with the instruction, ‘Smell her neck; if it smells fine her scent smells fine, and if her soles are full, her knees are large.’”

إِنِّي جَرَّبْتُ جَوَارِيَ بَيْضَاءَ وَ أَدْمَاءَ فَكَانَ بَيْنَهُنَّ بَوْنٌ‌[3].

that Abu Abdillah al-Sadiq (as) said: "I have experienced [having] both light-skinned and dark-skinned maidservants, and there was a difference between them." (Allama al-Majlisi says: It means both of them have a preference)

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص‌ تَزَوَّجُوا الزُّرْقَ فَإِنَّ فِيهِنَّ الْيُمْنَ.

‘Marry blue colored eyes; it is a sign of good fortune.’”

مِنْ سَعَادَةِ الرَّجُلِ أَنْ يَكْشِفَ الثَّوْبَ عَنِ امْرَأَةٍ بَيْضَاءَ.

“Abu al-Hassan (a.s.), has said, ‘It is of the well-being of a man who on moving aside the veil of a woman finds her white.’”

قَالَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع‌ تَزَوَّجْهَا عَيْنَاءَ سَمْرَاءَ عَجْزَاءَ مَرْبُوعَةً فَإِنْ كَرِهْتَهَا فَعَلَيَّ الصَّدَاقُ.

“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said that ’Amir al-Mu’minin has said, ‘Marry a woman of large eyes, of brunette color, wide buttocks and of medium height; and if you disliked, her mahr (dowry) is on me.’”