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nasai-kubra:5298Hārūn b. Isḥāq al-Kūfī > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Muḥammad al-Muḥāribī > al-Aʿmash > Ibrāhīm > ʿAlqamah And al-Aswad > ʿAbdullāh

It was narrated from 'Alqamah and Al-Aswad that 'Abdullah said: "The Messenger of Allah said to us: 'Whoever among you can afford it, let him get married, and whoever cannot then he should fast, for it will be a restraint (wija') for him.'" Abu Abdur-Rahman said: (The mention of) Al-Aswad in this hadith is not preserved. (Using translation from Nasāʾī 3208)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٥٢٩٨أَخْبَرَنَا هَارُونُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ الْكُوفِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْمُحَارِبِيُّ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ وَالْأَسْوَدُ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ

قَالَ لَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «مَنِ اسْتَطَاعَ مِنْكُمُ الْبَاءَةَ فَلْيَتَزَوَّجْ وَمَنْ لَمْ يَسْتَطِعْ فَعَلَيْهِ بِالصَّوْمِ فَإِنَّهُ لَهُ وِجَاءٌ» قَالَ لَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْأَسْوَدُ فِي هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ غَيْرُ مَحْفُوظٍ  


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muslim:1400cAbū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah And ʾAbū Kurayb > Abū Muʿāwiyah > al-Aʿmash > ʿUmārah b. ʿUmayr > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Yazīd > ʿAbdullāh

0 young men, those among you who can support a wife should marry, for it restrains eyes (from casting evil glances) and preserves one from immorality; but he who cannot afford It should observe fast for it is a means of controlling the sexual desire.  

مسلم:١٤٠٠cحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ وَأَبُو كُرَيْبٍ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ عَنْ عُمَارَةَ بْنِ عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ قَالَ

لَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَا مَعْشَرَ الشَّبَابِ مَنِ اسْتَطَاعَ مِنْكُمُ الْبَاءَةَ فَلْيَتَزَوَّجْ فَإِنَّهُ أَغَضُّ لِلْبَصَرِ وَأَحْصَنُ لِلْفَرْجِ وَمَنْ لَمْ يَسْتَطِعْ فَعَلَيْهِ بِالصَّوْمِ فَإِنَّهُ لَهُ وِجَاءٌ  

nasai:2241Hārūn b. Isḥāq > al-Muḥāribī > al-Aʿmash > Ibrāhīm > ʿAlqamah And al-Aswad > ʿAbdullāh

"The Messenger of Allah said: 'Whoever among you can afford to get married, let him do so, and whoever cannot afford it should fast, for it will be a restraint (Wija) for him."'  

النسائي:٢٢٤١أَخْبَرَنَا هَارُونُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْمُحَارِبِيُّ عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ وَالأَسْوَدِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَنِ اسْتَطَاعَ مِنْكُمُ الْبَاءَةَ فَلْيَتَزَوَّجْ وَمَنْ لَمْ يَجِدْ فَعَلَيْهِ بِالصَّوْمِ فَإِنَّهُ لَهُ وِجَاءٌ  

nasai:3208Hārūn b. Isḥāq al-Hamdānī al-Kūfī > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Muḥammad al-Muḥāribī > al-Aʿmash > Ibrāhīm > ʿAlqamah And al-Aswad > ʿAbdullāh

It was narrated from 'Alqamah and Al-Aswad that 'Abdullah said: "The Messenger of Allah said to us: 'Whoever among you can afford it, let him get married, and whoever cannot then he should fast, for it will be a restraint (wija') for him.'" Abu Abdur-Rahman said: (The mention of) Al-Aswad in this hadith is not preserved.  

النسائي:٣٢٠٨أَخْبَرَنِي هَارُونُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ الْهَمْدَانِيُّ الْكُوفِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْمُحَارِبِيُّ عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ وَالأَسْوَدِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ قَالَ

لَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَنِ اسْتَطَاعَ مِنْكُمُ الْبَاءَةَ فَلْيَتَزَوَّجْ وَمَنْ لَمْ يَسْتَطِعْ فَعَلَيْهِ بِالصَّوْمِ فَإِنَّهُ لَهُ وِجَاءٌ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الأَسْوَدُ فِي هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ لَيْسَ بِمَحْفُوظٍ  

ahmad:4112Wakīʿ > al-Aʿmash > ʿUmārah b. ʿUmayr > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Yazīd > ʿAbdullāh

0 young men, those among you who can support a wife should marry, for it restrains eyes (from casting evil glances) and preserves one from immorality; but he who cannot afford It should observe fast for it is a means of controlling the sexual desire. (Using translation from Muslim 1400c)  

أحمد:٤١١٢حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ عُمَارَةَ بْنِ عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ قَالَ

لَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَا مَعْشَرَ الشَّبَابِ مَنِ اسْتَطَاعَ مِنْكُمُ الْبَاءَةَ فَلْيَتَزَوَّجْ فَإِنَّهُ أَغَضُّ لِلْبَصَرِ وَأَحْصَنُ لِلْفَرْجِ وَمَنْ لَمْ يَسْتَطِعْ فَعَلَيْهِ بِالصَّوْمِ فَإِنَّهُ لَهُ وِجَاءٌ  

tabarani:10170ʿAlī b. Saʿīd al-Rāzī > Jaʿfar b. Muḥammad b. al-Ḥasan al-Asadī > Ḥumayd b. Ḥammād b. Khuwār > al-Aʿmash > Ibrāhīm > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Yazīd > ʿAbdullāh

"The Messenger of Allah said: 'Whoever among you can afford to get married, let him do so, and whoever cannot afford it should fast, for it will be a restraint (Wija) for him."' (Using translation from Nasāʾī 2241)  

الطبراني:١٠١٧٠حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الرَّازِيُّ ثنا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ الْأَسَدِيُّ ثنا حُمَيْدُ بْنُ حَمَّادِ بْنِ خُوَارٍ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «مَنِ اسْتَطَاعَ مِنْكُمُ الْبَاءَةَ فَلْيَتَزَوَّجْ وَمَنْ لَا فَعَلَيْهِ بِالصَّوْمِ؛ فَإِنَّهُ لَهُ وِجَاءٌ»  

suyuti:651-379bʿAṭāʾ b. Rabāḥ > Bī Hurayrah
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السيوطي:٦٥١-٣٧٩b

"عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ رَبَاحٍ، عَنْ أبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ : مَنِ اسْتَطَاعَ مِنْكُمُ الْبَاءَةَ فَلْيَتَزَّوجْ، أَوْ لِيَنْكِحْ، فَإن لَّمْ يَسْتَطِعْ فَعَلَيْهِ بِالصَّوْمِ، فَإِنَّهُ لَهُ وِجَاءٌ".  

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