حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ حَدَّثَنَا مَالِکُ بْنُ سُعَيْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا أُنْزِلَتْ هَذِهِ الْآيَةُ لَا يُؤَاخِذُکُمْ اللَّهُ بِاللَّغْوِ فِي أَيْمَانِکُمْ فِي قَوْلِ الرَّجُلِ لَا وَاللَّهِ وَبَلَی وَاللَّهِ
صحیح بخاری · Hadith 4615
Narrated `Abdullah: We used to participate in the holy wars carried on by the Prophet and we had no women (wives) with us. So we said (to the Prophet ). "Shall we castrate ourselves?" But the Prophet forbade us to do that and thenceforth he allowed us to marry a woman (temporarily) by giving her even a garment, and then he recited: "O you who believe! Do not make unlawful the good things which Allah has made lawful for you."
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020