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مسند أبي يعلى الموصلي
Musnad Abi Ya'la al-Mawsili
مسند عبد الله بن مسعود
Musnad of Abdullah bin Mas'ud
مُسْنَدُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ
Musnad of Abdullah bin Mas'ud
Musnad Abi Ya'la 5192 — Alqamah (may Allah have mercy on him) relates
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو خَيْثَمَةَ ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ خَازِمٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ، عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ ، قَالَ : كُنْتُ أَمْشِي مَعَ عَبْدِ اللهِ بِمِنًى فَلَقِيَ عُثْمَانَ فَقَامَ مَعَهُ يُحَدِّثُهُ ، فَقَالَ لَهُ عُثْمَانُ : يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ أَلَا نُزَوِّجُكَ جَارِيَةً شَابَّةً لَعَلَّهَا تُذَكِّرُكَ مَا مَضَى مِنْ زَمَانِكَ ؟ قَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ : أَمَا لَئِنْ قُلْتَ ذَاكَ ، لَقَدْ قَالَ لَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ - صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - : يَا مَعْشَرَ الشَّبَابِ ، مَنِ اسْتَطَاعَ مِنْكُمُ الْبَاءَةَ فَلْيَتَزَوَّجْ ، فَإِنَّهُ أَغَضُّ لِلْبَصَرِ وَأَحْصَنُ لِلْفَرْجِ ، وَمَنْ لَمْ يَسْتَطِعْ فَعَلَيْهِ بِالصَّوْمِ ، فَإِنَّهُ لَهُ وِجَاءٌ .
Alqamah (may Allah have mercy on him) relates: I was walking with Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) at Mina when he met Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him), so he stopped with him and began talking with him. Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) said to him: "O Abu Abd al-Rahman! Shall we not marry you to a young girl? Perhaps she will remind you of your bygone days." At this Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) replied: "If you are saying this, then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) indeed said to us: 'O assembly of young men! Whoever among you is able to marry, let him marry, for it lowers the gaze most and best guards the private parts; and whoever is not able, then fasting is binding on him, for it is a shield for him (that breaks his desire).'"
