Volume 7, Book 62, Number 3:
Narrated ‘Alqama:
While I was with Abdullah, ‘Uthman met him at Mina and said, “O Abu ‘Abdur-Rahman ! I have
something to say to you.” So both of them went aside and ‘Uthman said, “O Abu ‘Abdur-Rah. man!
Shall we marry you to a virgin who will make you remember your past days?” When ‘Abdullah felt
that he was not in need of that, he beckoned me (to join him) saying, “O ‘Alqama!” Then I heard him
saying (in reply to ‘Uthman), “As you have said that, (I tell you that) the Prophet once said to us, ‘O
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young people! Whoever among you is able to marry, should marry, and whoever is not able to
marry, is recommended to fast, as fasting diminishes his sexual power.
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.”
Volume 7, Book 62, Number 5:
Narrated ‘Ata:
We presented ourselves along with Ibn ‘Abbas at the funeral procession of Maimuna at a place
called Sarif. Ibn ‘Abbas said, “This is the wife of the Prophet so when you lift her bier, do not Jerk it or
shake it much, but walk smoothly because the Prophet had nine wives and he used to observe the
night turns with eight of them, and for one of them there was no night turn.”