Sunan Ibn Majah, 1845

Rapporté par Alqamah bin Qais : J’étais avec Abdullah bin Masud à Mina, et Uthman l’a pris à part. J’étais assis près de lui. Uthman lui a dit : “Voudrais-tu que je te marie à une jeune vierge qui te rappellera ta jeunesse ?” Quand Abdullah a vu qu’il ne lui parlait que de cela, il m’a fait signe, alors je suis venu et il a dit : “Comme tu dis que le Messager d’Allah a dit : ‘Ô jeunes gens, que celui d’entre vous qui en a les moyens se marie, car cela aide à baisser le regard et à préserver la chasteté. Celui qui n’en a pas les moyens, qu’il jeûne, car cela diminue son désir.’”

It was narrated that:Alqamah bin Qais said: “I was with Abdullah bin Masud in Mina, and Uthman took him aside. I was sitting near him. Uthman said to him: 'Would you like that I marry you to a young virgin who will remind you of how you were in the past?' When Abdullah saw that he did not say anything to him apart from that, he gestured to me, so I came and he said: 'As you say that the Messenger of Allah said “O young men, whoever among you can afford it, let him get married, for it is more effective in lowering the gaze and guarding one's chastity. Whoever cannot afford it, let him fast, for it will diminish his desire.” ' ”