Sayyiduna Abu Umamah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The wife of Sayyiduna Uthman bin Maz'un (may Allah be pleased with him) was a beautiful woman who wore perfume and loved fine clothing and adorning herself for her husband. Once Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) saw that she was in a neglected state and asked: Why have you come to this state? She said that some Companions of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), among them Sayyiduna Ali bin Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him), Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Rawahah (may Allah be pleased with him) and Sayyiduna Uthman bin Maz'un (may Allah be pleased with him), have secluded themselves for worship, have kept away from women, have given up eating meat, fast by day and keep praying voluntary prayers by night. So I did not like to show him a state of mine that would call him to what I have, away from what he has secluded himself for. When the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came home, Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) told him about this. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) took his sandal and carried it with the index finger of his left hand, then went off to all of them, until he came to them and asked them about their state. They said: We intended good. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: I have been sent only with the gentle, upright religion; I have not been sent with innovated monasticism. Some people invented monasticism, then it was prescribed for them, but they did not observe it as it should have been observed. Beware! Eat meat, go to women, fast (voluntarily) and also leave off fasting, and pray (voluntary prayers) and also sleep, for this is what I have been commanded.
Al-Tabarani recorded it. Its chain contains Ufayr bin Ma'dan, who is da'if (weak). Another chain of this narration has already passed in the chapter on knowledge.
Hadith Referenceمجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد / كتاب النكاح / 7613
Hadith Gradingمحدثین:إسناده ضعیف
Hadith Takhrij«أخرجه المعجم الكبير للطبراني برقم: 7715»