Narrated Ibn Masud: We used to fight in the holy battles in the company of the Prophet and we had no wives with us. So we said, "O Allah's Apostle! Shall we get castrated?" The Prophet forbade us to do so.
— Sahih Bukhari, Volume 7, Book 62: Wedlock, Marriage (Nikaah), Hadith #9
Narrated Ibn Masud: We used to fight in the holy battles in the company of the Prophet and we had no wives with us. So we said, "O Allah's Apostle! Shall we get castrated?" The Prophet forbade us to do so.
This hadith is from the book of Wedlock, Marriage (Nikaah) in Sahih Bukhari, compiled by Imam al-Bukhari. It is hadith number 9 in book 62 of volume 7.
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