حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ عَنْ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ قَالَ إِنِّي لَأَمْشِي مَعَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ بِمِنًی إِذْ لَقِيَهُ عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عَفَّانَ فَقَالَ هَلُمَّ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ قَالَ فَاسْتَخْلَاهُ فَلَمَّا رَأَی عَبْدُ اللَّهِ أَنْ لَيْسَتْ لَهُ حَاجَةٌ قَالَ قَالَ لِي تَعَالَ يَا عَلْقَمَةُ قَالَ فَجِئْتُ فَقَالَ لَهُ عُثْمَانُ أَلَا نُزَوِّجُکَ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ جَارِيَةً بِکْرًا لَعَلَّهُ يَرْجِعُ إِلَيْکَ مِنْ نَفْسِکَ مَا کُنْتَ تَعْهَدُ فَقَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ لَئِنْ قُلْتَ ذَاکَ فَذَکَرَ بِمِثْلِ حَدِيثِ أَبِي مُعَاوِيَةَ
صحیح مسلم · Hadith 3399
Alqama reported: While I was walking with 'Abdullah at Mina, 'Uthman happened to meet him. He stopped there and began to talk with him. Uthman said to him: Abu 'Abd al-Rahman, should we not marry you to a young girl who may recall to you some of the past of your bygone days; thereupon he said: If you say so, Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said: 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 those who cannot should devote themselves to fasting for it is a means of controlling sexual desire.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020