Sayyiduna Sa’d bin Abi Waqqas (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not permit Sayyiduna Uthman bin Maz’oon (may Allah be pleased with him) to separate himself from women. If the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) had permitted him, we would have made ourselves eunuchs (so that we would not even think of women).

Lady Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade «تبتل» (abstaining from women and not marrying).

Sayyiduna Sa’d bin Abi Waqqas (may Allah be pleased with him) said: When the matter of Sayyiduna Uthman bin Maz’oon (may Allah be pleased with him) arose, who had abandoned relations with women, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) called him and said:“O Uthman! I have not been commanded to practice monasticism. Have you become averse to my Sunnah?”He replied: O Messenger of Allah! It is not so. He (the Prophet) said:“Then my Sunnah is that (at night) I pray and I also sleep, I fast and (I also break my fast) I eat, I marry and I also divorce. So whoever turns away from my way is not from me.”Sayyiduna Sa’d (may Allah be pleased with him) said: By Allah, the Companions had resolved that if the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) had allowed Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) to remain in that state, we would all have made ourselves eunuchs and abandoned relations (with women).