حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيٌّ سَمِعَ حَسَّانَ بْنَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ يُونُسَ بْنِ يَزِيدَ عَنْ الزُّهْرِيِّ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي عُرْوَةُ أَنَّهُ سَأَلَ عَائِشَةَ عَنْ قَوْلِهِ تَعَالَی وَإِنْ خِفْتُمْ أَلَّا تُقْسِطُوا فِي الْيَتَامَی فَانْکِحُوا مَا طَابَ لَکُمْ مِنْ النِّسَائِ مَثْنَی وَثُلَاثَ وَرُبَاعَ فَإِنْ خِفْتُمْ أَلَّا تَعْدِلُوا فَوَاحِدَةً أَوْ مَا مَلَکَتْ أَيْمَانُکُمْ ذَلِکَ أَدْنَی أَلَّا تَعُولُوا قَالَتْ يَا ابْنَ أُخْتِي الْيَتِيمَةُ تَکُونُ فِي حَجْرِ وَلِيِّهَا فَيَرْغَبُ فِي مَالِهَا وَجَمَالِهَا يُرِيدُ أَنْ يَتَزَوَّجَهَا بِأَدْنَی مِنْ سُنَّةِ صَدَاقِهَا فَنُهُوا أَنْ يَنْکِحُوهُنَّ إِلَّا أَنْ يُقْسِطُوا لَهُنَّ فَيُکْمِلُوا الصَّدَاقَ وَأُمِرُوا بِنِکَاحِ مَنْ سِوَاهُنَّ مِنْ النِّسَائِ
صحیح بخاری · Hadith 5066
Narrated `Abdullah: We were with the Prophet while we were young and had no wealth whatever. So Allah's Apostle said, "O young people! Whoever among you can marry, should marry, because it helps him lower his gaze and guard his modesty (i.e. his private parts from committing illegal sexual intercourse etc.), and whoever is not able to marry, should fast, as fasting diminishes his sexual power."
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020