The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade celibacy. Zayd bin Akhzam added that Qatada then recited, "And We certainly sent messengers before you and assigned to them wives and descendants" [Rad 13:38].
حدثنا بشر بن آدم وزيد بن أخزم قالا حدثنا معاذ بن هشام حدثنا أبي عن قتادة عن الحسن
أن رسول الله ﷺ نهى عن التبتل زاد زيد بن أخزم وقرأ قتادة {ولقد أرسلنا رسلا من قبلك وجعلنا لهم أزواجا وذرية}
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[Sahih] Tirmidhi recorded it in the chapter on Marriage, section on the prohibition against celibacy, no. 1082, from no. 3215, the hadith of Zayd bin Akhzam with this wording, and he said, "hasan gharib." Qatada's transmission uses "an" [indicating possible tadlis]. Nasai also recorded it, 6/59, and others did as well, from the hadith of Hasan from Saad bin Hisham from Ayesha , with similar wording, and Tirmidhi graded it sahih, no. 1082. The preceding hadith serves as a corroborating witness for it.