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ahmad:3706Yazīd > Ismāʿīl > Qays > Ibn Masʿūd

[Machine] We used to accompany the Prophet ﷺ in battles while we were young men and we did not have any wives. So, we asked, "O Messenger of Allah, should we not get ourselves castrated?" He forbade us from doing so.  

أحمد:٣٧٠٦حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ عَنْ قَيْسٍ عَنِ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ

كُنَّا نَغْزُو مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَنَحْنُ شَبَابٌوَلَيْسَ لَنَا نِسَاءٌ فَقُلْنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَلَا نَسْتَخْصِي؟ فَنَهَانَا عَنْ ذَلِكَ  


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Collected by Bukhārī, Muslim, Aḥmad
bukhari:5071Muḥammad b. al-Muthanná > Yaḥyá > Ismāʿīl > Qays > Ibn Masʿūd

We used to fight in the holy battles in the company of the Prophet ﷺ and we had no wives with us. So we said, "O Messenger of Allah ﷺ! Shall we get castrated?" The Prophet ﷺ forbade us to do so.  

البخاري:٥٠٧١حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي قَيْسٌ عَنِ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ ؓ قَالَ

كُنَّا نَغْزُو مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَلَيْسَ لَنَا نِسَاءٌ فَقُلْنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَلاَ نَسْتَخْصِي فَنَهَانَا عَنْ ذَلِكَ  

muslim:1404cAbū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Wakīʿ > Ismāʿīl Bihadhā al-Isnād

" We were young, so we said: Messenger of Allah, should we not have ourselves castrated? But he (the narrator) did not say; We were on an expedition."  

مسلم:١٤٠٤cوَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بِهَذَا الإِسْنَادِ قَالَ

كُنَّا وَنَحْنُ شَبَابٌ فَقُلْنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَلاَ نَسْتَخْصِي وَلَمْ يَقُلْ نَغْزُو  

ahmad:3650Yaḥyá > Ismāʿīl > Ibn Abū Khālid > Qays > Ibn Masʿūd

We used to fight in the holy battles in the company of the Prophet ﷺ and we had no wives with us. So we said, "O Messenger of Allah ﷺ! Shall we get castrated?" The Prophet ﷺ forbade us to do so. (Using translation from Bukhārī 5071)  

أحمد:٣٦٥٠حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ هُوَ ابْنُ أَبِي خَالِدٍ حَدَّثَنِي قَيْسٌ عَنِ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ

كُنَّا نَغْزُو مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ لَيْسَ لَنَا نِسَاءٌ فَقُلْنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَلَا نَسْتَخْصِي؟ فَنَهَانَا عَنْ ذَلِكَ