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English translation
2046. It was reported from 'Alqamah, that he said: "I was once walking with 'Abdullāh bin Mas'ūd in Minā when 'Uthmān met him, and asked to talk to him privately. When 'Abdullāh saw that he had no need, he said: 'Come, O 'Alqamah,' so I came. 'Uthmān then said to him: 'O Abū 'Abdur-Rahmān, should we not get you married to a young girl, perhaps you will regain some of what you have lost!' 'Abdullāh responded: 'If you say this, then I have heard the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ say: "Whoever among you is capable of marriage should get married, for it is a cause of lowering the gaze, and a protection of one's private parts, and whoever cannot do so should fast, for it will act as a Wijā' for him.""[1]
Arabic text
2046 - حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ، عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ، قَالَ: إِنِّي لَأَمْشِي مَعَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ بِمِنًى إِذْ لَقِيَهُ عُثْمَانُ فَاسْتَخْلَاهُ فَلَمَّا رَأَى عَبْدُ اللَّهِ، أَنْ لَيْسَتْ لَهُ حَاجَةٌ قَالَ لِي: تَعَالَ يَا عَلْقَمَةُ فَجِئْتُ فَقَالَ لَهُ: عُثْمَانُ أَلَا نُزَوِّجُكَ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بِجَارِيَةٍ بِكْرٍ لَعَلَّهُ يَرْجِعُ إِلَيْكَ مِنْ نَفْسِكَ مَا كُنْتَ تَعْهَدُ، فَقَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ: لَئِنْ قُلْتَ ذَاكَ لَقَدْ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ: «مَنِ اسْتَطَاعَ مِنْكُمُ الْبَاءَةَ فَلْيَتَزَوَّجْ، فَإِنَّهُ أَغَضُّ لِلْبَصَرِ، وَأَحْصَنُ لِلْفَرْجِ، وَمَنْ لَمْ يَسْتَطِعْ مِنْكُمْ فَعَلَيْهِ بِالصَّوْمِ، فَإِنَّهُ لَهُ وِجَاءٌ»
