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.