Sahih al-Bukhari Hadith 4 – Volume 7, Book 62

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Volume 7, Book 62, Number 4:
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."