No. 3371

Abu Sirma said to Abu Sa'id al Khadri (Allaah he pleased with him): 0 Abu Sa'id, did you hear Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) mentioning al-'azl? He said: Yes, and added: We went out with Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) on the expedition to the Bi'l-Mustaliq and took captive some excellent Arab women; and we desired them, for we were suffering from the absence of our wives, (but at the same time) we also desired ransom for them. So we decided to have sexual intercourse with them but by observing 'azl (Withdrawing the male sexual organ before emission of semen to avoid-conception). But we said: We are doing an act whereas Allaah's Messenger is amongst us; why not ask him? So we asked Allaah's Mes- senger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam), and he said: It does not matter if you do not do it, for every soul that is to be born up to the Day of Resurrection will be born.

No. 3372

A hadith like this has been narrated on the authority of Habban with the same chain of transmitters (but with this alteration) that he said:" Allaah has ordained whom he has to createuntil the Day of judgment."

No. 3373

Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (Allaah be pleased with him) reported: We took women captives, and we wanted to do 'azl with them. We then asked Allaah's Messen- ger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) about it, and he said to us: Verily you do it, verily you do it, verily you do it, but the soul which has to be born until the Day of judg- ment must be born.

No. 3374

Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (Allaah be pleased with him) (was asked if he had heard it himself), to which he said: Yes. (I heard) Allaah's Prophet (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) as saying: There is no harm if you do not practise it, for it (the birth of the child) is something ordained (by Allaah).

No. 3375

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

No. 3376

Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (Allaah be pleased with him) reported that Allaah's Prophet (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) 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.

No. 3377

Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (Allaah be pleased with him) reported that mention was made of 'azl in the presence of Allaah's Prophet (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) 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 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 Allaah, (it seems) as if there is upbraiding in it (for 'azl).

No. 3378

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

No. 3379

Ma'bad b. Sirin said to Abu Sa'id (Allaah be pleased with him): Did you hear Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) making a mention of something in regard to al-'azl? Thereupon he said: Yes. The rest (of the hadith is the same)

No. 3380

Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (Allaah be pleased with him) reported: Mention was made about al-'azl in the presence of Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam), 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 Allaah.

No. 3381

Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (Allaah be pleased with him) reported that Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) was asked about 'azl, whereupon he said: The child does not come from all the liquid (sermen) and when Allaah intends to create anything nothing can prevent it (from coming into existence).

No. 3382

A hadith like this has been transmitted by Abu Sa'id from Allaah's Prophet (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam).

No. 3383

Jabir (Allaah be pleased with him) reported that a man came to Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) 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.

No. 3384

Jabir b. 'Abdullah (Allaah be pleased with them) reported that a person asked Allaah's Prophet (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) saying: I have a slave-girl and I practise 'azl with her, whereupon Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) said: This cannot prevent that which Allaah has decreed. The person then came (after some time) and said: Messenger of Allaah, the slave-girl about whom I talked to you has conceived, whereupon Allaah's Messeuger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) said: I am the servant of Allaah and His Messenger.

No. 3385

Jabir b. 'Abdullah (Allaah be pleased with them) reported: A person came to Allaah's Prophet (the rest of the hadith is the same).

No. 3386

Jabir (Allaah be pleased with him) reported: We used to practise 'azl while the Qur'an was revealed (during the days when the Prophet was alive).

No. 3387

Jabir (Allaah be pleased with him) reported: We used to practise 'azl during the life of Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam).

No. 3388

Jabir (Allaah be pleased with him) reported: We used to practise 'azl during the lifetime of Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam). This (the news of this practise) reached Allaah's Prophet (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam), and he did not forbid us.