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Sunan Abi Dawud 2046 (Book 12, Hadith 1) #22337
Marriage and Fasting as Means of Suppressing Sexual Desire

SUMMARY: Marriage is encouraged for those who can support a wife, while fasting is recommended for those who cannot.

'Alqamah said "I was going with 'Abd Allaah bin Mas’ud at Mina where 'Uthman met him and desired to have a talk with him in privacy". When 'Abd Allaah (bin Mas’ud) thought there was no need of privacy, he said to me "Come, 'Alqamah So I came (to him)". Then 'Uthman said to him "Should we not marry you, Abu 'Abd Al Rahman to a virgin girl, so that the power you have lost may return to you?" 'Abd Allaah (bin Mas’ud) said "If you say that , I heard the Apostle of Allaahﷺ say " Those of you who can support a wife, should marry, for it keeps you from looking at strange women and preserve from unlawful intercourse, but those who cannot should devote themselves to fasting, for it is a means of suppressing sexual desire.
حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ، عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ، قَالَ إِنِّي لأَمْشِي مَعَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ بِمِنًى إِذْ لَقِيَهُ عُثْمَانُ فَاسْتَخْلاَهُ فَلَمَّا رَأَى عَبْدُ اللَّهِ أَنْ لَيْسَتْ لَهُ حَاجَةٌ قَالَ لِي تَعَالَ يَا عَلْقَمَةُ فَجِئْتُ فَقَالَ لَهُ عُثْمَانُ أَلاَ 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 ﷺ يَقُولُ ‏ "‏ مَنِ اسْتَطَاعَ مِنْكُمُ الْبَاءَةَ فَلْيَتَزَوَّجْ فَإِنَّهُ أَغَضُّ لِلْبَصَرِ وَأَحْصَنُ لِلْفَرْجِ وَمَنْ لَمْ يَسْتَطِعْ مِنْكُمْ فَعَلَيْهِ بِالصَّوْمِ فَإِنَّهُ لَهُ وِجَاءٌ
TOPICS
marriage  *  fasting  *  desire  *  nikah  *  saum

QUICK LESSONS:
Marry if you are able to support your spouse; Fast if you are unable to do so .

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith discusses the importance of marriage and fasting in suppressing sexual desire. The narrator, Alqamah, was with Abd Allah bin Masud at Mina when Uthman met them. Uthman suggested to Abd Allah that he should marry a virgin girl so that his power would return to him. In response, Abd Allah quoted the Prophet Muhammad's words saying that those who can support a wife should marry because it keeps them from looking at strange women and preserves them from unlawful intercourse. For those who cannot support a wife, they should devote themselves to fasting as it is an effective means of suppressing sexual desire. This hadith emphasizes the importance of marriage in preserving one's faith by avoiding temptation and sinning against God's laws while also highlighting the effectiveness of fasting in controlling one's desires when marriage is not possible or practical.

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