Sahih al-Bukhari · The Book of As-Saum (The Fasting).

10- بَابُ الصَّوْمِ لِمَنْ خَافَ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ الْعُزُوبَةَ:

(10) Chapter. As-Saum (the fasting) (is recommended) for those who fear committing illegal sexual acts, i.e., those who are unmarried.

1 hadith · references 1905–1905

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Bukhari · 1905مَنِ اسْتَطَاعَ الْبَاءَةَ فَلْيَتَزَوَّجْ ، فَإِنَّهُ أَغَضُّ لِلْبَصَرِ وَأَحْصَنُ لِلْفَرْجِ ، وَمَنْ لَمْ يَسْتَطِعْ فَعَلَيْهِ بِالصَّوْمِ ، فَإِنَّهُ لَهُ وِجَاءٌWhile I was walking with `Abdullah he said, "We were in the company of the Prophet (ﷺ) and he said, 'He who can afford to marry should marry, because it will help him refrain from looking at other women, and save his pri6 narrators