Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) said: We used to practise 'azl (withdrawal) while the Qur'an was being revealed.
(b) Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) said: We used to practise 'azl in the time of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and Abu al-Zubayr added from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him): This reached the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and he (peace and blessings be upon him) did not forbid us.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب النكاح / 14303
Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) said: We used to practise 'azl (withdrawal) in the time of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and when the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) learned of it, he (peace and blessings be upon him) did not forbid it.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب النكاح / 14304
Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) said: A man came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: "I have a slave girl who is also my servant. I have intercourse with her, but I dislike her becoming pregnant." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Practise 'azl with her if you wish, for what has been decreed for her will come to her." After some days the man came again and said: "My slave girl has become pregnant." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "I told you that what Allah has decreed for her would come."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب النكاح / 14305
Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him), a man of the tribe of Banu Salimah, said: A man came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: "I have a slave girl with whom I practise 'azl." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "That will not avert the decree of Allah." After a short while he came again and said: "O Messenger of Allah, do you know that the slave girl has become pregnant?" Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "I am the servant of Allah and His Messenger."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب النكاح / 14306
Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id (may Allah be pleased with him) said: 'Azl was mentioned before the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and he (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: "Why does any of you do this?" He did not say: Do not do this. Then he said: "The creation that Allah is to create will certainly come into being."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب النكاح / 14307
Ibn Muhayriz said: I entered the mosque and saw Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him). I sat down near him and asked him about 'azl. Abu Sa'id (may Allah be pleased with him) said: We went out with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) on the expedition against Banu al-Mustaliq, and we took captive women from among the Arabs. We desired women, having been away from women for a long time, and we also wanted ransom, so we intended to practise 'azl. Then we said: "(Shall we do this) while the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) is present among us, without asking him?" So we did ask him about it, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "What is it with you that you do this? Every soul that is to come into being until the Day of Resurrection will certainly come into being."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب النكاح / 14308
Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) said: We obtained captive women and we used to practise 'azl. We asked the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) about it, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "You do this, you do this, you do this! Any soul that is to come into this world will certainly come."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب النكاح / 14309
Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id (may Allah be pleased with him) said: We asked the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) about 'azl, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "It is not required of you to do this, for it is only the decree of Allah."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب النكاح / 14310
Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was asked about 'azl, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Does a child come from all of the fluid (i.e., semen)? When Allah Almighty wills to create someone, there is none who can prevent it."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب النكاح / 14311
Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id (may Allah be pleased with him) said: 'Azl was mentioned before the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). The narrator said: He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "What is that with you?" They said: "A man dislikes having intercourse with his wife during the period she is nursing, lest she become pregnant; or he has a slave girl and also dislikes her becoming pregnant." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "There is no harm upon you if you do not do it, for this is only the decree of Allah."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب النكاح / 14312
Ibn Awn said: I mentioned to Muhammad (bin Sirin) the hadith of Abd al-Rahman bin Bishr bin Mas'ud from Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id (may Allah be pleased with him) about 'azl, and he said: "It was to me that Abd al-Rahman bin Bishr narrated it."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب النكاح / 14313
Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) said: A man said: "O Messenger of Allah, I have a slave girl with whom I practise 'azl, for fear that she may become pregnant, and I want what men want; and the Jews say that 'azl is the minor burying alive." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The Jews have lied. If Allah wills to create a soul, no one has the power to prevent it."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب النكاح / 14314
Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was asked about 'azl, and the Companions said: "The Jews consider it a minor burying alive." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The Jews lie." Narrations permitting 'azl have also been reported from the Companions in general.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب النكاح / 14315
Mus'ab bin Sa'd narrates from the umm walad (slave mother of his child) of Sayyiduna Sa'd (may Allah be pleased with him) that Sayyiduna Sa'd (may Allah be pleased with him) used to practise 'azl with her.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب النكاح / 14316
Abd al-Rahman bin Aflah, the mawla (freed slave) of Sayyiduna Abu Ayyub (may Allah be pleased with him), narrates from the umm walad of Sayyiduna Abu Ayyub (may Allah be pleased with him) that he used to practise 'azl.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب النكاح / 14318
Hajjaj bin Amr bin Ghaziyyah (may Allah be pleased with him) was sitting with Sayyiduna Zayd bin Thabit (may Allah be pleased with him) when Ibn Fahd, a man from Yemen, came and said (to Zayd): "O Abu Sa'id, I have slave girls; the wives I keep are not more pleasing to me than they are, and I do not like all of them to become pregnant by me. Should I practise 'azl?" Zayd (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "O Hajjaj, give him a fatwa." Hajjaj said: "May Allah forgive you, we sit with you only to learn." He said: "Give him a fatwa." Hajjaj said: I said: "She is your tillage [Surah al-Baqarah: 223]; if you wish, water it, or if you wish, keep it thirsty." Hajjaj said: I used to hear that from Zayd (may Allah be pleased with him), and he said: "He has spoken the truth."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب النكاح / 14319
Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) was asked about 'azl, and he said: It is not within the power of the son of Adam to kill a soul that Allah wills to create. She is your tillage; you may keep it thirsty or water it, as you wish.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب النكاح / 14320
Mujahid (may Allah have mercy on him) said: We asked Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) about 'azl, and he said: "Go and ask the people, and then tell me too." They asked and informed him, and he recited this verse: "And We certainly created man from an extract of clay" [Surah al-Mu'minun: 12], until he finished the verse. Then he said: "How can it be burying alive until it has passed through these stages of creation?"
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب النكاح / 14321
Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: I do not care whether I practise 'azl or spit. And he said: "The owner of the house," meaning Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him), dislikes it.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب النكاح / 14323