Sunan an-Nasa'i
Sunan an-Nasa'i 3217
أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا عَفَّانُ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ ثَابِتٍ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ، أَنَّ نَفَرًا، مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ لاَ أَتَزَوَّجُ النِّسَاءَ . وَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ لاَ آكُلُ اللَّحْمَ . وَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ لاَ أَنَامُ عَلَى فِرَاشٍ . وَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ أَصُومُ فَلاَ أُفْطِرُ . فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَحَمِدَ اللَّهَ وَأَثْنَى عَلَيْهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ " مَا بَالُ أَقْوَامٍ يَقُولُونَ كَذَا وَكَذَا لَكِنِّي أُصَلِّي وَأَنَامُ وَأَصُومُ وَأُفْطِرُ وَأَتَزَوَّجُ النِّسَاءَ فَمَنْ رَغِبَ عَنْ سُنَّتِي فَلَيْسَ مِنِّي " .
Ishaq ibn Ibrahim reported to us; he said: Affan informed us; he said: Hammad ibn Salamah narrated to us, from Thabit, from Anas, that a group of the Prophet’s Companions said: One of them said, ‘I will not marry women.’ Another said, ‘I will not eat meat.’ Another said, ‘I will not sleep on a bed.’ Another said, ‘I will fast and never break my fast.’ This reached the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), so he praised Allah and extolled Him, then said: ‘What is the matter with people who say such-and-such? But I pray and sleep, I fast and break my fast, and I marry women. Whoever turns away from my Sunnah is not of me.’
Translation notes
The report contrasts extreme self-denial with the Prophet’s pattern of worship, rest, eating, and marriage. “My Sunnah” refers here to his way and example.