Sunan an-Nasa'i
Sunan an-Nasa'i 3411
حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، قَالَتْ جَاءَتِ امْرَأَةُ رِفَاعَةَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالَتْ إِنَّ زَوْجِي طَلَّقَنِي فَأَبَتَّ طَلاَقِي وَإِنِّي تَزَوَّجْتُ بَعْدَهُ عَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنَ الزَّبِيرِ وَمَا مَعَهُ إِلاَّ مِثْلَ هُدْبَةِ الثَّوْبِ . فَضَحِكَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَقَالَ " لَعَلَّكِ تُرِيدِينَ أَنْ تَرْجِعِي إِلَى رِفَاعَةَ لاَ حَتَّى يَذُوقَ عُسَيْلَتَكِ وَتَذُوقِي عُسَيْلَتَهُ " .
Ishaq bin Ibrahim narrated to us; Sufyan informed us, from al-Zuhri, from Urwah, from Aishah, who said: The wife of Rifaa came to the Messenger of Allah and said, ‘My husband divorced me irrevocably. After him, I married Abd al-Rahman bin al-Zubayr, but he has nothing except something like the fringe of a garment.’ The Messenger of Allah laughed and said, ‘Perhaps you want to return to Rifaa? No, not until he tastes your sweetness and you taste his.’
Translation notes
‘Tastes your sweetness and you taste his’ preserves the source's euphemistic expression for marital intercourse; the comparison to a garment's fringe is retained.