This hadith is reported on the authority of Abu Sa'id with the same chain of transmitters but with a slight variation (of words).

Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (RA) reported that Allah's Apostle ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) was asked about 'azl, whereupon he said: There is no harm if you do not do that, for it (the birth of the child) is something ordained. Muhammad (one of the narrators) said: (The words) La 'alaykum (there is no harm) implies its Prohibition.

Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (RA) reported that mention was made of 'azl in the presence of Allah's Apostle ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) whereupon he said: Why do you practise it? They said: There is a man whose wife has to suckle the child, and if that person has a sexual intercourse with her (she may conceive) which he does not like, and there is another person who has a slave-girl and he has a sexual intercourse with her, but he does not like her to have conception so that she may not become Umm Walad, whereupon he (the Holy Prophet) said: There is no harm if you do not do that, for that (the birth of the child) is something pre-ordained. Ibn 'Aun said: I made a mention of this hadith to Hasan, and he said: By Allah, (it seems) as if there is upbraiding in it (for 'azl).

Ibn 'Aun reported: I reported to Muhammad on the authority of Ibrahim the hadith reported by 'Abdul Rahmann bin Bishr (the hadith concerning 'azl), where-upon he said: That (hadith) Abdul Rahman bin Bishr had narrated to me (also).

Ma'bad bin Sirin said to Abu Sa'id (RA): Did you hear Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) making a mention of something in regard to al-'azl? Thereupon he said: Yes. The rest (of the hadith is the same)

Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (RA) reported: Mention was made about al-'azl in the presence of Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) , whereupon he said: Why any one of you practises it? (He did not say: One of you should not do it), for there is no created soul, whose creator is not Allah.

Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (RA) reported that Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) was asked about 'azl, whereupon he said: The child does not come from all the liquid (semen) and when Allah intends to create anything nothing can prevent it (from coming into existence).

A hadith like this has been transmitted by Abu Sa'id from Allah's Apostle ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) .

Jabir (RA) reported that a man came to Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) and said: I have a slave-girl who is our servant and she carries water for us and I have intercourse with her, but I do not want her to conceive. He said: Practise 'azl, if you so like, but what is decreed for her will come to her. The person stayed back (for some time) and then came and said: The girl has become pregnant, whereupon he said: I told you what was decreed for her would come to her.

Jabir bin 'Abdullah (RA) reported that a person asked Allah's Apostle ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) saying: I have a slave-girl and I practise 'azl with her, whereupon Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said: This cannot prevent that which Allah has decreed. The person then came (after some time) and said: Messenger of Allah, the slave-girl about whom I talked to you has conceived, whereupon Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said: I am the servant of Allah and His Messenger.