Sahih Muslim Book - 16, Hadith - 3403

وَحَدَّثَنِى أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ نَافِعٍ الْعَبْدِىُّ حَدَّثَنَا بَهْزٌ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ أَنَسٍ أَنَّ نَفَرًا مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِىِّ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- سَأَلُوا أَزْوَاجَ النَّبِىِّ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- عَنْ عَمَلِهِ فِى السِّرِّ فَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ لاَ أَتَزَوَّجُ النِّسَاءَ. وَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ لاَ آكُلُ اللَّحْمَ. وَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ لاَ أَنَامُ عَلَى فِرَاشٍ. فَحَمِدَ اللَّهَ وَأَثْنَى عَلَيْهِ. فَقَالَ « مَا بَالُ أَقْوَامٍ قَالُوا كَذَا وَكَذَا لَكِنِّى أُصَلِّى وَأَنَامُ وَأَصُومُ وَأُفْطِرُ وَأَتَزَوَّجُ النِّسَاءَ فَمَنْ رَغِبَ عَنْ سُنَّتِى فَلَيْسَ مِنِّى ».

It was narrated from Anas that a group of Companions of the Prophet asked the wives of the Prophet (s.a.w) about what he did in private. One of them said: "I will not marry women." Another said: "I will not eat meat." Another said: "I will not sleep in a bed." He (the Prophet s.a.w) praised and extolled Allah, then he said: 'What is the matter with people who say such and such? I pray and I sleep, I fast and I break the fast, and I marry women. Whoever turns away from my Sunnah is not of me."'