Mishkat al-Masabih
Mishkat al-Masabih 545
عَن أنس: إِنَّ الْيَهُودَ كَانُوا إِذَا حَاضَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ فِيهِمْ لَمْ يُؤَاكِلُوهَا وَلَمْ يُجَامِعُوهُنَّ فِي الْبُيُوتِ فَسَأَلَ أَصْحَاب النَّبِي صلى الله عَلَيْهِ وَسلم النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى (ويسألونك عَن الْمَحِيض قُلْ هُوَ أَذًى فَاعْتَزِلُوا النِّسَاءَ فِي الْمَحِيضِ) الْآيَة. فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ الْيَهُودَ. فَقَالُوا: مَا يُرِيدُ هَذَا الرَّجُلُ أَنْ يَدَعَ مِنْ أَمْرِنَا شَيْئًا إِلَّا خَالَفَنَا فِيهِ فَجَاءَ أُسَيْدُ بْنُ حَضَيْرٍ وَعَبَّادُ بْنُ بِشْرٍ فَقَالَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ الْيَهُودَ تَقُولُ كَذَا وَكَذَا أَفَلَا نُجَامِعُهُنَّ؟ فَتَغَيَّرَ وَجْهُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ حَتَّى ظَنَنَّا أَنْ قَدْ وَجَدَ عَلَيْهِمَا. فَخَرَجَا فَاسْتَقْبَلَتْهُمَا هَدِيَّةٌ مِنْ لَبَنٍ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَأَرْسَلَ فِي آثَارِهِمَا فَسَقَاهُمَا فعرفا أَن لم يجد عَلَيْهِمَا. رَوَاهُ مُسلم
Anas reported: Among the Jews, when a woman menstruated, they would neither eat with her nor have sexual relations with her in their homes. The Companions of the Prophet asked him about this, and Allah Most High revealed: ‘They ask you about menstruation. Say: It is harm, so keep away from women during menstruation’ (Qur’an 2:222).
When this reached the Jews, they said, ‘This man wants to leave nothing of our practice without opposing us in it.’ Usayd ibn Ḥuḍayr and ʿAbbād ibn Bishr came and said, ‘Messenger of Allah, the Jews are saying such and such. Shall we then have sexual relations with them?’ The Messenger of Allah’s expression changed, until we thought he was displeased with them.
They went out, and a gift of milk was being brought to the Messenger of Allah. He sent someone after them and gave them some to drink, so they knew he was not displeased with them. Muslim transmitted it. (Graded ṣaḥīḥ.)