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المعجم الأوسط
Al-Mu'jam al-Awsat (Tabarani)
باب الألف
Names Beginning with the Letter Alif
مَنِ اسْمُهُ أَحْمَدُ
Those Named Ahmad
Al-Mu'jam al-Awsat 1163 — he said: We were with the Messenger of Allah
حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ ، قَالَ : نَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ قَالَ : نَا عُبَيْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عَمْرٍو عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَبِي أُنَيْسَةَ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ . عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ : كُنَّا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ -صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ- شَبَابًا ، فَقَالَ لَنَا : مَنِ اسْتَطَاعَ مِنْكُمُ الْبَاءَةَ فَلْيَتَزَوَّجْ ، فَإِنَّهُ أَغَضُّ لِلْبَصَرِ ، وَأَحْصَنُ لِلْفَرْجِ ، وَمَنْ لَمْ يَسْتَطِعِ الْبَاءَةَ فَعَلَيْهِ بِالصَّوْمِ ، فَإِنَّهُ لَهُ وِجَاءٌ .
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: "We were with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and we were young men. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said to us: 'Whoever among you is able to marry, let him marry, for it is most effective in lowering the gaze and guarding the private parts; and whoever is not able to marry, he must fast, for fasting is a means (of curbing desire) for him.'"
