حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحَکَمِ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ عَنْ رَقَبَةَ عَنْ طَلْحَةَ الْيَامِيِّ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ قَالَ قَالَ لِي ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ هَلْ تَزَوَّجْتَ قُلْتُ لَا قَالَ فَتَزَوَّجْ فَإِنَّ خَيْرَ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ أَکْثَرُهَا نِسَائً
صحیح بخاری · Hadith 5071
Narrated Ibn Masud: We used to fight in the holy battles in the company of the Prophet and we had no wives with us. So we said, "O Allah's Apostle! Shall we get castrated?" The Prophet forbade us to do so.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020