Sahih Muslim
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Chapter 18 · The Book of Marriageوحَدَّثَنِي أَبُو عِمْرَانَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ، حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ سَعْدًا، يَقُولُ: «رُدَّ عَلَى عُثْمَانَ بْنِ مَظْعُونٍ التَّبَتُّلُ، وَلَوْ أُذِنَ لَهُ لَاخْتَصَيْنَا.
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The Arabic text and the translations come from our previous collection: English from hadithapi.com, German and Turkish machine-translated (Gemini) and unreviewed. A new translation from the Arabic with the chain of narration will follow.
I heard Sa'd (bin Abi Waqqas) saying that the idea of 'Uthman bin Maz'un رضی اللہ عنہ for living in celibacy was rejected (by the Holy Prophet ﷺ), and if he had been given permission they would have got themselves castrated.