Sa'id b. al Musayyib heard Sa'd b. Abi Waqqas (Allah be pleased with him) saying that Uthman b. Maz'un decided to live in celibacy, but Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) forbade him to do so, and if he had permitted him, we would have got ourselves castrated.
Reference | : Sahih Muslim 1402c |
In-book reference | : Book 16, Hadith 9 |
USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Book 8, Hadith 3239 |
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