Hadith 33614

Chapter 8

باب 8

(8) باب مَا يُكْرَهُ مِنَ التَّبَتُّلِ وَالْخِصَاءِ

(8) Chapter: What is disliked of not marrying and of getting castrated
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حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْيَمَانِ، أَخْبَرَنَا شُعَيْبٌ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي سَعِيدُ بْنُ الْمُسَيَّبِ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ سَعْدَ بْنَ أَبِي وَقَّاصٍ، يَقُولُ لَقَدْ رَدَّ ذَلِكَ ـ يَعْنِي النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ عَلَى عُثْمَانَ، وَلَوْ أَجَازَ لَهُ التَّبَتُّلَ لاَخْتَصَيْنَا.

Narrated Sa`d bin Abi Waqqas:
The Prophet (ﷺ) prevented `Uthman bin Mazun from that (not marrying), and had he allowed him, we would have got ourselves castrated.

Reference: Sahih al-Bukhari 5074

In-book reference: Book 67, Hadith 12

USC-MSA web (English) reference(deprecated numbering scheme): Vol. 7, Book 62, Hadith 12