مجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد
Majma' al-Zawa'id
كتاب النكاح
Book of Marriage
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Reports on castration

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عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ : جَاءَ شَابٌّ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - فَقَالَ : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ائْذَنْ لِي فِي الْخِصَاءِ . قَالَ : " صُمْ وَاسْأَلِ اللَّهَ مِنْ فَضْلِهِ " .
رَوَاهُ أَحْمَدُ عَنْ رَجُلٍ عَنْ جَابِرٍ ، وَبَقِيَّةُ رِجَالِهِ ثِقَاتٌ .
Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: A young man came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: "O Messenger of Allah! Permit me to castrate myself!" He said: "Fast, and ask Allah Almighty for His bounty!"
Imam Ahmad recorded this narration from a man, from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him); the remaining narrators of this narration are thiqat (trustworthy).
Hadith Reference مجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد / كتاب النكاح / 7319
Hadith Grading محدثین: إسناده ضعیف
Hadith Takhrij «أخرجه مسند أحمد برقم: 14618»
وَعَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو قَالَ : جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - فَقَالَ : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ائْذَنْ لِي أَخْتَصِي ؟ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - : " خِصَاءُ أُمَّتِي الصِّيَامُ وَالْقِيَامُ .
" . رَوَاهُ أَحْمَدُ وَالطَّبَرَانِيُّ ، وَرِجَالُهُ ثِقَاتٌ ، وَفِي بَعْضِهِمْ كَلَامٌ .
Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: A man came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: "O Messenger of Allah! Permit me to castrate myself." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The castration of my Ummah is fasting and offering voluntary prayers (at night)."
Imam Ahmad and Imam al-Tabarani recorded this narration, and its narrators are thiqat (trustworthy), though some of its narrators have been criticised.
Hadith Reference مجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد / كتاب النكاح / 7320
Hadith Grading محدثین: إسنادہ حسن
Hadith Takhrij «اخرجه احمد فى المسند (6612)»
وَعَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ مَظْعُونٍ أَنَّهُ قَالَ : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي رَجُلٌ تَشُقُّ عَلَيَّ هَذِهِ الْعُزْبَةُ فِي الْمَغَازِي فَتَأْذَنُ لِي فِي الْخِصَاءِ فَأَخْتَصِي ؟ قَالَ : " لَا ، وَلَكِنْ عَلَيْكَ يَا ابْنَ مَظْعُونٍ بِالصِّيَامِ ، فَإِنَّهَا مَخْفَرَةٌ " .
رَوَاهُ الطَّبَرَانِيُّ ، وَفِيهِ عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ بْنُ قُدَامَةَ الْجُمَحِيُّ ؛ وَثَّقَهُ ابْنُ مَعِينٍ وَغَيْرُهُ ، وَضَعَّفَهُ جَمَاعَةٌ ، وَبَقِيَّةُ رِجَالِهِ ثِقَاتٌ .
It is reported about Sayyiduna Uthman bin Maz'un (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: "O Messenger of Allah! I am a man for whom being alone during military expeditions is hard, so permit me to castrate myself!" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "No! Rather, O Ibn Maz'un, fasting is binding on you, for it will curb desire."
Imam al-Tabarani recorded this narration; its chain contains a narrator, Abd al-Malik bin Qudamah al-Jumahi, whom Yahya bin Ma'in and others declared thiqah (trustworthy), while a group declared him da'if (weak); the remaining narrators of this narration are thiqat (trustworthy).
Hadith Reference مجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد / كتاب النكاح / 7321
Hadith Grading محدثین: إسناده ضعیف
Hadith Takhrij «اخرجه الطبراني فى المعجم الكبير (8320)»
وَعَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ : شَكَا رَجُلٌ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - الْعُزُوبَةَ فَقَالَ : أَلَا أَخْتَصِي ؟ فَقَالَ لَهُ النَّبِيُّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - : " لَيْسَ مِنَّا مَنْ خَصَى وَاخْتَصَى ، وَلَكِنْ صُمْ وَوَفِّرْ شَعْرَ جَسَدِكَ " .
رَوَاهُ الطَّبَرَانِيُّ ، وَفِيهِ مُعَلَّى بْنُ هِلَالٍ ، وَهُوَ مَتْرُوكٌ .
Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates: A man complained to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) of being single and said: "Should I not castrate myself?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to him: "He is not one of us who castrates or has himself castrated. Rather, fast, and let the hair of your body grow."
Imam al-Tabarani recorded this narration; its chain contains a narrator, Mu'alla bin Hilal, who is matruk (abandoned).
Hadith Reference مجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد / كتاب النكاح / 7322
Hadith Grading محدثین: ضعیف جداً
Hadith Takhrij «اخرجه الطبراني فى المعجم الكبير (11304)»
وَعَنْ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ : كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - يَنْهَى الرَّجُلَ أَنْ يَتَبَتَّلَ، وَأَنْ يُحْرَمَ وُلُوجَ بُيُوتِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ .
رَوَاهُ الطَّبَرَانِيُّ وَهَكَذَا وَجَدْتُهُ فِي النُّسْخَةِ الَّتِي نَقَلْتُ مِنْهَا ، وَإِسْنَادُهُ حَسَنٌ .
وَقَدْ تَقَدَّمَ حَدِيثُ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْعَاصِي .
Sayyiduna Samurah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to forbid a man to remain unmarried, and (he forbade) that he be deprived of entering the houses of the believers.
Imam al-Tabarani recorded this narration; I found this narration thus in the copy from which I transcribed it, and its chain is hasan (good). The hadith narrated from Sayyiduna Sa'id bin al-As (may Allah be pleased with him) has already passed.
Hadith Reference مجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد / كتاب النكاح / 7323
Hadith Grading محدثین: إسناده حسن