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Sahih Muslim 1402bصحيح مسلم 1402b
وَحَدَّثَنِي أَبُو عِمْرَانَ، مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ، شِهَابٍ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ سَعْدًا، يَقُولُ رُدَّ عَلَى عُثْمَانَ بْنِ مَظْعُونٍ التَّبَتُّلُ وَلَوْ أُذِنَ لَهُ لاَخْتَصَيْنَا .
Sa'id b. al-Musayyib reported: I heard Sa'd (b. Abi Waqqas) saying that the idea of 'Uthman b. Maz'un for living in celibacy was rejected (by the Holy Prophet), and if he had been given permission they would have got themselves castrated.
Grading
Sahih (authentic by the consensus of hadith scholars)
Chain of narrators
محمد بن جعفر بن زياد ← إبراهيم بن سعد بن إبراهيم ← محمد بن مسلم بن عبيد ← سعيد بن المسيب بن حزن ← سعد بن مالك بن سنان
Muhammad ibn Ja'far ibn Ziyad → Ibrahim ibn Sa'd ibn Ibrahim → Muhammad ibn Muslim ibn Ubayd → Sa'id ibn al-Musayyab ibn Hazn → Abu Sa`id Al-Khudri