Sahih Muslim, 1404 c
sahihChain of narration · Isnād
Each narrator name opens their biography and classical source evidence.
Narrated by Abu Bakr bin Abi ShaybafromWaki' bin al-Jarrah
Hadith text · Matn
وَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ، عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، بِهَذَا الإِسْنَادِ قَالَ كُنَّا وَنَحْنُ شَبَابٌ فَقُلْنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَلاَ نَسْتَخْصِي وَلَمْ يَقُلْ نَغْزُو .
English translation
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Isma'il with the same chain of transmitters (and the words are):
" We were young, so we said: Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) , should we not have ourselves castrated? But he (the narrator) did not say; We were on an expedition."
References2 variants
- In-Book Reference
- Book 16, Hadith 15
- USC-MSA web (English) reference
- Book 8, Hadith 3245 (deprecated numbering scheme)