أَخْبَرَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ أَنَّ ابْنَ مَسْعُودٍ لَقِيَ عُثْمَانَ بِعَرَفَاتٍ فَخَلَا بِهِ فَحَدَّثَهُ وَأَنَّ عُثْمَانَ قَالَ لِابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ هَلْ لَکَ فِي فَتَاةٍ أُزَوِّجُکَهَا فَدَعَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ عَلْقَمَةَ فَحَدَّثَهُ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ مَنْ اسْتَطَاعَ مِنْکُمْ الْبَائَةَ فَلْيَتَزَوَّجْ فَإِنَّهُ أَغَضُّ لِلْبَصَرِ وَأَحْصَنُ لِلْفَرْجِ وَمَنْ لَمْ يَسْتَطِعْ فَلْيَصُمْ فَإِنَّ الصَّوْمَ لَهُ وِجَائٌ
سنن نسائی · Hadith 2246
It was narrated from Abu Hurairah that the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم said: “Whoever spends on a pair (of things) in the cause of Allah, the Mighty and Sublime, he will be called in Paradise: ‘slave of Allah, here is prosperity. Whoever is one of the people of alah, he will be called from the gate of Salah. Whoever is one of the people of Jihad, he will be called from the gate of Jihad. Whoever is one of the people of charity, he will be called from the gate of charity. Whoever is one of the people of fasting, he will be called from the gate of Ar-Rayyan.’ Abu Bakr As-Siddiq said: ‘Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم, no distress or need will befall the one who is called from those gates. Will there be anyone who will be called from all these gates?’ The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم said: ‘Yes, and I hope that you will be one of them.”(Sahih).
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020