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muslim:1402cMuḥammad b. Rāfiʿ > Ḥujayn b. al-Muthanná > Layth > ʿUqayl > Ibn Shihāb > Saʿīd b. al-Musayyab > Saʿd b. Abū Waqqāṣ > Arād ʿUthmān b. Maẓʿūn

Sa'id b. al Musayyib heard Sa'd b. Abi Waqqas (Allah be pleased with him) saying that Uthman b. Maz'un decided to live in celibacy, but Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade him to do so, and if he had permitted him, we would have got ourselves castrated.  

مسلم:١٤٠٢cحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ رَافِعٍ حَدَّثَنَا حُجَيْنُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى حَدَّثَنَا لَيْثٌ عَنْ عُقَيْلٍ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ أَنَّهُ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي سَعِيدُ بْنُ الْمُسَيَّبِ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ سَعْدَ بْنَ أَبِي وَقَّاصٍ يَقُولُ أَرَادَ عُثْمَانُ بْنُ مَظْعُونٍ

أَنْ يَتَبَتَّلَ فَنَهَاهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَلَوْ أَجَازَ لَهُ ذَلِكَ لاَخْتَصَيْنَا  


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ahmad:1514Ḥajjāj > Layth > ʿUqayl > Ibn Shihāb > Saʿīd b. al-Musayyib > Saʿd b. Abū Waqqāṣ > Arād ʿUthmān b. Maẓʿūn

Sa'id b. al Musayyib heard Sa'd b. Abi Waqqas (Allah be pleased with him) saying that Uthman b. Maz'un decided to live in celibacy, but Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade him to do so, and if he had permitted him, we would have got ourselves castrated. (Using translation from Muslim 1402c)  

أحمد:١٥١٤حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجٌ أَخْبَرَنَا لَيْثٌ حَدَّثَنِي عُقَيْلٌ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ أَخْبَرَنِي سَعِيدُ بْنُ الْمُسَيِّبِ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ سَعْدَ بْنَ أَبِي وَقَّاصٍ قَالَ أَرَادَ عُثْمَانُ بْنُ مَظْعُونٍ

أَنْ يَتَبَتَّلَ فَنَهَاهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَلَوِ أجَازَ ذَلِكَ لَهُ لاخْتَصَيْنَا  

ibnhibban:4027Muḥammad b. al-Ḥasan b. Qutaybah > Ḥarmalah b. Yaḥyá > Ibn Wahb > Yūnus > Ibn Shihāb > Saʿīd b. al-Musayyib > Saʿd b. Abū Waqqāṣ > Arād ʿUthmān b. Maẓʿūn

[Machine] "To excel in his art, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade him from it." Sa'd said, "If the Messenger of Allah ﷺ had given him permission, we would have sought excellence in it."  

ابن حبّان:٤٠٢٧أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ قُتَيْبَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَرْمَلَةُ بْنُ يَحْيَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا يُونُسُ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ أَنَّ سَعْدَ بْنَ أَبِي وَقَّاصٍ أَخْبَرَهُ قَالَ «أَرَادَ عُثْمَانُ بْنُ مَظْعُونٍ

أَنْ يَتَبَتَّلَ فَنَهَاهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَنْهُ» قَالَ سَعْدٌ «فَلَوْ أَجَازَ لَهُ ذَلِكَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لَاخْتَصَيْنَا»  

tabarani:8314Ismāʿīl b. al-Ḥasan al-Khaffāf al-Miṣrī > Aḥmad b. Ṣāliḥ > Ibn Wahb > Yūnus > Ibn Shihāb > Saʿīd b. al-Musayyib > Saʿd b. Abū Waqqāṣ > Arād

[Machine] "He prohibited the exchange of professions," said Sahd. "If he had allowed it, we would have specialized."  

الطبراني:٨٣١٤حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ الْخَفَّافُ الْمِصْرِيُّ ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ ثنا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ حَدَّثَنِي يُونُسُ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ أَنَّ سَعِيدَ بْنَ الْمُسَيِّبِ حَدَّثَهُ أَنَّ سَعْدَ بْنَ أَبِي وَقَّاصٍ أَخْبَرَهُ «أَنَّهُ §أَرَادَ

أَنْ يَتَبَتَّلَ فَنَهَاهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ» قَالَ سَعْدٌ «فَلَوْ أَجَازَ ذَلِكَ لَاخْتَصَيْنَا»  

bayhaqi:13462Abū al-Ḥasan ʿAlī b. Aḥmad b. ʿAbdān > Aḥmad b. ʿUbayd al-Ṣaffār > Aḥmad b. Ibrāhīm b. Milḥān > Yaḥyá b. Bukayr > al-Layth > ʿUqayl > Ibn Shihāb > Saʿīd b. al-Musayyib > Saʿd b. Abū Waqqāṣ > Arād ʿUthmān b. Maẓʿūn

[Machine] That the Messenger of Allah ﷺ prohibited him from exchanging his skill, even if he had allowed it, we would have made an exception.  

البيهقي:١٣٤٦٢أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحَسَنِ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ عَبْدَانَ أنبأ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ الصَّفَّارُ ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ مِلْحَانَ ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ بُكَيْرٍ ثنا اللَّيْثُ حَدَّثَنِي عُقَيْلٌ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ أَخْبَرَنِي سَعِيدُ بْنُ الْمُسَيِّبِ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ سَعْدَ بْنَ أَبِي وَقَّاصٍ ؓ يَقُولُ أَرَادَ عُثْمَانُ بْنُ مَظْعُونٍ

أَنْ يَتَبَتَّلَ فَنَهَاهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَنْ ذَلِكَ وَلَوْ أَجَازَ لَهُ لَاخْتَصَيْنَا  

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