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"عن علقمة قال: كنت مع ابن مسعود وهو عند عثمان فقال: خرج رسول الله ﷺ على فتية عزاب فقال: من كان منكم ذا طول فليتزوج، فإنه أغض للبصر وأحصن للفرج ومن لا؟ فالصوم له وجاء".  

[حم] أحمد [ن] النسائي والبغوى في مسند عثمان، [ض] ضياء المقدسي في مختاره

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Collected by Nasāʾī, Aḥmad, Nasāʾī's Kubrá, Suyūṭī
nasai:2240Bishr b. Khālid > Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > Sulaymān > Ibrāhīm > ʿAlqamah > Ibn Masʿūd Laqī ʿUthmān Biʿarafāt Fakhalā Bih Faḥaddathah > ʿUthmān

Ibn Masud met 'Uthman at 'Arafat and spoke to him in private. Uthman said to Ibn Masud: "Are you interested in a girl so that I marry her to you?" 'Abdullah called 'Alqamah and he told him that the Prophet said: 'Whoever among you can afford to get married, let him do so. Whoever cannot afford it, let him fast, for fasting will be a restraint (Wija) for him."'  

النسائي:٢٢٤٠أَخْبَرَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ أَنَّ ابْنَ مَسْعُودٍ لَقِيَ عُثْمَانَ بِعَرَفَاتٍ فَخَلاَ بِهِ فَحَدَّثَهُ وَأَنَّ عُثْمَانَ قَالَ

لاِبْنِ مَسْعُودٍ هَلْ لَكَ فِي فَتَاةٍ أُزَوِّجُكَهَا فَدَعَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ عَلْقَمَةَ فَحَدَّثَهُ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ مَنِ اسْتَطَاعَ مِنْكُمُ الْبَاءَةَ فَلْيَتَزَوَّجْ فَإِنَّهُ أَغَضُّ لِلْبَصَرِ وَأَحْصَنُ لِلْفَرْجِ وَمَنْ لَمْ يَسْتَطِعْ فَلْيَصُمْ فَإِنَّ الصَّوْمَ لَهُ وِجَاءٌ  

nasai:3206ʿAmr b. Zurārah > Ismāʿīl > Yūnus > Abū Maʿshar > Ibrāhīm > ʿAlqamah > Kunt

It was narrated that 'Alqamah said: "I was with Ibn Mas'ud while he was with 'Uthman, may Allah be pleased with him, and 'Uthman said: 'The Messenger of Allah came out to some fityah (young men)--Abu 'AbdurRahman said, 'I did not understand (the word) fityah as I would want'-- and said: 'Whoever among you can afford it, let him get married, for it is more effective in lowering the gaze and guarding chastity, and whoever cannot, then fasting will be a restraint (wija') for him.'"  

النسائي:٣٢٠٦أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ زُرَارَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ عَنْ أَبِي مَعْشَرٍ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ قَالَ كُنْتُ مَعَ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ وَهُوَ عِنْدَ عُثْمَانَ ؓ فَقَالَ

عُثْمَانُ خَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَلَى فِتْيَةٍ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ فَلَمْ أَفْهَمْ فِتْيَةً كَمَا أَرَدْتُ فَقَالَ مَنْ كَانَ مِنْكُمْ ذَا طَوْلٍ فَلْيَتَزَوَّجْ فَإِنَّهُ أَغَضُّ لِلْبَصَرِ وَأَحْصَنُ لِلْفَرْجِ وَمَنْ لاَ فَالصَّوْمُ لَهُ وِجَاءٌ  

ahmad:411Ismāʿīl > Yūnus b. ʿUbayd > Abū Maʿshar > Ibrāhīmaʿan ʿAlqamah

I was with Ibn Masʿood when he was with ‘Uthman {ؓ }. ʿUthman ؓ said to him: Do you still feel any desire towards women? When women were mentioned, Ibn Masʿood said: Come closer, ‘Alqamah. I was a young man (at that time). ʿUthman ؓ said to him: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ came out to some young men of the Muhajireen and said: “Whoever among you has the means to get married, let him do so, for it is more effective in lowering the gaze and guarding chastity, whoever cannot (do that), then fasting is a shield for him.ʿ  

أحمد:٤١١حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ عَنْ أَبِي مَعْشَرٍ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَعَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ قَالَ كُنْتُ مَعَ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ وَهُوَ عِنْدَ عُثْمَانَ فَقَالَ

لَهُ عُثْمَانُ مَا بَقِيَ لِلنِّسَاءِ مِنْكَ؟ قَالَ فَلَمَّا ذُكِرَتِ النِّسَاءُ قَالَ ابْنُ مَسْعُودٍ ادْنُ يَا عَلْقَمَةُ قَالَ وَأَنَا رَجُلٌ شَابٌّ فَقَالَ عُثْمَانُ خَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَلَى فِتْيَةٍ مِنَ الْمُهَاجِرِينَ فَقَالَ مَنْ كَانَ مِنْكُمْ ذَا طَوْلٍ فَلْيَتَزَوَّجْ فَإِنَّهُأَغَضُّ لِلطَّرْفِ وَأَحْصَنُ لِلْفَرْجِ وَمَنْ لَا فَإِنَّ الصَّوْمَ لَهُ وِجَاءٌ  

nasai-kubra:2560Bishr b. Khālid al-ʿAskarī > Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > Sulaymān > Ibrāhīm > ʿAlqamah > Ibn Masʿūd Laqī ʿUthmān Biʿarafāt Fakhalā Bih Faḥaddathah > ʿUthmān

Ibn Masud met 'Uthman at 'Arafat and spoke to him in private. Uthman said to Ibn Masud: "Are you interested in a girl so that I marry her to you?" 'Abdullah called 'Alqamah and he told him that the Prophet said: 'Whoever among you can afford to get married, let him do so. Whoever cannot afford it, let him fast, for fasting will be a restraint (Wija) for him."' (Using translation from Nasāʾī 2240)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٢٥٦٠أَخْبَرَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ الْعَسْكَرِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ أَنَّ ابْنَ مَسْعُودٍ لَقِيَ عُثْمَانَ بِعَرَفَاتٍ فَخَلَا بِهِ فَحَدَّثَهُ أَنَّ عُثْمَانَ قَالَ

لِابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ هَلْ لَكَ فِي فَتَاةٍ أُزَوِّجُكَهَا فَدَعَا عَبْدُ اللهِ عَلْقَمَةَ فَحَدَّثَ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ «مَنِ اسْتَطَاعَ مِنْكُمُ الْبَاءَةَ فَلْيَتَزَوَّجْ فَإِنَّهُ أَغَضُّ لِلْبَصَرِ وَأَحْصَنُ لِلْفَرْجِ وَمَنْ لَمْ يَسْتَطِعْ فَلْيَصُمْ فَإِنَّ الصَّوْمَ لَهُ وِجَاءٌ»