What are the narrations of Jabir's hadith: "Why didn't you marry a virgin so you could play with her and she could play with you?"
The hadith of Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) was reported with several wordings in Bukhari and Muslim, among them: "Why not a young girl whom you play with and she plays with you," and "Why not a young girl whom you play with and she plays with you," and "Why did you not marry a virgin whom you play with and she plays with you?" In Muslim, there is an addition: "she makes you laugh and you make her laugh."
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