Narrator:Abdullah ibn Mas‘ūd
عَنْ عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ - رضى الله عنه - قَالَ لَنَا رَسُولُ اَللَّهِ - صلى الله عليه وسلم -{ يَا مَعْشَرَ اَلشَّبَابِ ! مَنِ اسْتَطَاعَ مِنْكُمُ اَلْبَاءَةَ فَلْيَتَزَوَّجْ , فَإِنَّهُ أَغَضُّ لِلْبَصَرِ , وَأَحْصَنُ لِلْفَرْجِ , وَمَنْ لَمْ يَسْتَطِعْ فَعَلَيْهِ بِالصَّوْمِ ; فَإِنَّهُ لَهُ وِجَاءٌ". } مُتَّفَقٌ عَلَيْهِ 1 .
1 - صحيح . رواه البخاري ( 1905 ) ، ومسلم ( 1400 ).
Narrated 'Abdullah bin Mas'ud (RA):
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said to us, "O young men, those of you who can support a wife should marry, for it (marriage) controls the gaze and preserves one from immorality. And whoever cannot (marry) should fast, for it is a means of reducing the sexual desire." [Agreed upon].
Reported by Al-Bukhari (No. 1905, 5065, 5066), Muslim (No. 1400a, 1400b, 1400c, 1400d), Abu Dawud (No. 2046), At-Tirmidhi (No. 1081), An-Nasa’i (No. 2239, 2240, 2241, 2242, 3207, 3208, 3209, 3211), Ibn Majah (No. 1845), Ahmad (No. 3411, 3819, 3830, 3903, 4050) and Ad-Darimi (No. 2071, 2072). Cited in Bulugh al-Maram (No. 967).