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 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.
Read More..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.
Read More..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.
Read More..Narrated Anas: The Prophet used to go round (have sexual relations with) all his wives in one night, and he had nine wives.
Read More..Narrated Sa`id bin Jubair: Ibn `Abbas asked me, Are you married? I replied, No. He said, Marry, for the best person of this (Muslim) nation (i.e., Muhammad) of all other Muslims, had the largest number of wives.
Read More..Narrated `Umar bin Al-Khattab: The Prophet said, The rewards (of deeds) are according to the intention, and everybody will get the reward for what he has intended. So whoever emigrated for Allah's and His Apostle's sake, his emigration was for Allah and His Apostle; and whoever emigrated for worldly benefits, or to marry a woman, then his emigration was for the thing for what he emigrated for. (1)
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