Musnad Abi Ya'la 801
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حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرٌ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ، حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ، عَنْ سَعْدٍ قَالَ:
" اسْتَأْذَنَ عُثْمَانُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فِي التَّبَتُّلِ، وَلَوْ أَذِنَ لَهُ لَاخْتَصَيْنَا
Translation
Chain of narrators
- Zuhayr
- ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Mahdī
- Ibrāhīm b. Saʿd
- al-Zuhrī
- Saʿīd b. al-Musayyib
- Saʿd
✧ "Uthman asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ for permission to remain celibate, and had he permitted him, we would have castrated ourselves."
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