حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ الْيَزَنِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا بَقِيَّةُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ، عَنْ سَعْدٍ الأَغْطَشِ، - وَهُوَ ابْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ - عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَائِذٍ الأَزْدِيِّ، - قَالَ هِشَامٌ وَهُوَ ابْنُ قُرْطٍ أَمِيرُ حِمْصَ - عَنْ مُعَاذِ بْنِ جَبَلٍ، قَالَ سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم عَمَّا يَحِلُّ لِلرَّجُلِ مِنَ امْرَأَتِهِ وَهِيَ حَائِضٌ قَالَ فَقَالَ ‏"‏مَا فَوْقَ الإِزَارِ وَالتَّعَفُّفُ عَنْ ذَلِكَ أَفْضَلُ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ وَلَيْسَ هُوَ - يَعْنِي الْحَدِيثَ - بِالْقَوِيِّ

Narrated Mu'adh ibn Jabal

Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik al-Yazini narrated to us, Baqiyyah ibn al-Walid narrated to us, from Sa'd al-Aghtash - and he is Ibn Abd Allah - from Abd al-Rahman ibn A'idh al-Azdi - Hisham said: and he is Ibn QurT, the governor of Homs - from Mu'adh ibn Jabal, who said: I asked the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, what is lawful for a man from his wife while she is menstruating. He replied: "What is above the lower garment, and abstaining from that is better." Abu Dawud said: This - meaning the hadith - is not strong.