"Alqamah said "I was going with "Abd Allaah bin Mas'ud at Mina where "Uthman met him and desired to have a talk with him in privacy" . When "Abd Allaah (bin Mas'ud) thought there was no need of privacy, he said to me "Come, "Alqamah So I came (to him)" . Then "Uthman said to him "Should we not marry you, Abu "Abd Al Rahman to a virgin girl, so that the power you have lost may return to you?" "Abd Allaah (bin Mas'ud) said "If you say that , I heard the Apostle of Allaah (ﷺ) say " Those of you who can support a wife, should marry, for it keeps you from looking at strange women and preserve from unlawful intercourse, but those who cannot should devote themselves to fasting, for it is a means of suppressing sexual desire.

for her property, her ranks, her beauty and her religiosity. So get the one who is religious and prosper (lit. may your hands cleave to the dust)."

Jabir bin "Abd Allah said "The Apostle of Allaah (ﷺ) said to me "Did you marry?" I said "Yes" . He again said "Virgin or Non Virgin (woman previously married)?" I said "Non Virgin" . He said "Why (did you) not (marry) a virgin with whom you could sport and she could sport with you.

A man came to the Prophet (ﷺ), and said: My wife does not prevent the hand of a man who touches her. He said: Divorce her. He then said: I am afraid my inner self may covet her. He said: Then enjoy her.

A man came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said: I have found a woman of rank and beauty, but she does not give birth to children. Should I marry her? He said: No. He came again to him, but he prohibited him. He came to him third time, and he (the Prophet) said: Marry women who are loving and very prolific, for I shall outnumber the peoples by you.