Sunan an-Nasa'i
Sunan an-Nasa'i 3409
أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ زُرَيْعٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مَعْمَرٌ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، قَالَتْ جَاءَتِ امْرَأَةُ رِفَاعَةَ الْقُرَظِيِّ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ عِنْدَهُ فَقَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي كُنْتُ تَحْتَ رِفَاعَةَ الْقُرَظِيِّ فَطَلَّقَنِي الْبَتَّةَ فَتَزَوَّجْتُ عَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنَ الزَّبِيرِ وَأَنَّهُ وَاللَّهِ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَا مَعَهُ إِلاَّ مِثْلَ هَذِهِ الْهُدْبَةِ وَأَخَذَتْ هُدْبَةً مِنْ جِلْبَابِهَا وَخَالِدُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ بِالْبَابِ فَلَمْ يُأْذَنْ لَهُ فَقَالَ يَا أَبَا بَكْرٍ أَلاَ تَسْمَعُ هَذِهِ تَجْهَرُ بِمَا تَجْهَرُ بِهِ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم . فَقَالَ " تُرِيدِينَ أَنْ تَرْجِعِي إِلَى رِفَاعَةَ لاَ حَتَّى تَذُوقِي عُسَيْلَتَهُ وَيَذُوقَ عُسَيْلَتَكِ " .
Amr bin Ali narrated to us; Yazid bin Zuray narrated to us; Ma'mar narrated to us, from al-Zuhri, from Urwah, from Aishah, who said: The wife of Rifaa al-Qurazi came to the Prophet while Abu Bakr was with him. She said, ‘Messenger of Allah, I was married to Rifaa al-Qurazi, and he divorced me irrevocably. I married Abd al-Rahman bin al-Zubayr, but by Allah, Messenger of Allah, he has nothing except something like this tassel.’ She took a tassel from her jilbab. Khalid bin Sa'id was at the door and had not been given permission to enter. He said, ‘Abu Bakr, do you not hear her speaking aloud about what she is saying in the presence of the Messenger of Allah?’ He said, ‘Do you want to return to Rifaa? No, not until you taste his sweetness and he tastes yours.’
Translation notes
‘Taste his sweetness and he tastes yours’ preserves the source's euphemistic expression for marital intercourse; the comparison to a tassel is retained as stated.