He said that in the period when the Qur'an was coming down they used to withdraw the penis.*
* i.e. before emission of semen, to avoid conception.
(Bukhari and Muslim.) Muslim added that the Prophet (ﷺ) heard of that and did not prohibit it.
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Muslim transmitted it.
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