سنن دارمي
Sunan ad-Darimi
من كتاب النكاحFrom the Book of Marriage
باب النَّهْيِ عَنِ التَّبَتُّلِ:Chapter: Prohibition of Celibacy
Hadith 2204
أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْيَمَانِ، أَنْبَأَنَا شُعَيْبٌ، عَنْ الزُّهْرِيِّ، أَخْبَرَنِي سَعِيدُ بْنُ الْمُسَيِّبِ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ سَعْدَ بْنَ أَبِي وَقَّاصٍ، يَقُولُ: "لَقَدْ رَدَّ ذَلِكَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَلَى عُثْمَانَ، وَلَوْ أَجَازَ لَهُ التَّبَتُّلَ، لَاخْتَصَيْنَا".
Sayyiduna Sa’d bin Abi Waqqas (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not permit Sayyiduna Uthman bin Maz’oon (may Allah be pleased with him) to separate himself from women. If the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) had permitted him, we would have made ourselves eunuchs (so that we would not even think of women).
