حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ هَارُونَ، ثنا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ رَاهَوَيْهِ، أَنَا النَّضْرُ بْنُ شُمَيْلٍ، ثنا شَدَّادُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الرَّاسِبِيُّ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ يَزِيدَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الشِّخِّيرِ يَقُولُ: سَمِعْتُ مَعْقِلَ بْنَ يَسَارٍ يَقُولُ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: لَأَنْ يُطْعَنَ فِي رَأْسِ أَحَدِكُمْ بِمِخْيَطٍ مِنْ حَدِيدٍ خَيْرٌ لَهُ مِنْ أَنْ يَمَسَّ امْرَأَةً لَا تَحِلُّ لَهُ

Ḥadīth [20/486]: It is reported on the authority of Ma’qil bin Yasār (may Allāh be pleased with him) that he said: The Messenger of Allāh (peace and blessings of Allāh be upon him) said: “If one of you were to be stabbed in the head with an iron needle, that would be better for him than touching a woman who is not permissible for him.”

Reference: Al-Mu’jam al-Kabīr (486 (20/211-212))

• Ṣaḥīḥ at-Targhīb (1910 (2/401))
• Shu’ab al-Īmān (5072 (7/322)) – with a different wording
• Kanzul ‘Ummāl (13065 (5/328))
• Majma’ al-Zawā’id (7788 (10/414))
• Ṣaḥīḥ al-Jāmi’ (5045 (2/900))
• Silsilah Aḥādīth aṣ-Ṣaḥīḥah (226 (1/447-449))
• Ghāyatul Marām (196 (1/00); and 403 (1/00))