Sunan an-Nasa'i

Sunan an-Nasa'i 3412

Arabic hadith text

أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي الْقَاسِمُ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، أَنَّ رَجُلاً، طَلَّقَ امْرَأَتَهُ ثَلاَثًا فَتَزَوَّجَتْ زَوْجًا فَطَلَّقَهَا قَبْلَ أَنْ يَمَسَّهَا فَسُئِلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَتَحِلُّ لِلأَوَّلِ فَقَالَ ‏ "‏ لاَ حَتَّى يَذُوقَ عُسَيْلَتَهَا كَمَا ذَاقَ الأَوَّلُ ‏"‏ ‏.‏

Translation

Muhammad bin al-Muthanna narrated to us; Yahya narrated to us; Ubaydullah narrated to me; al-Qasim narrated to me, from Aishah, that a man divorced his wife three times. She married another husband, who divorced her before touching her. The Messenger of Allah was asked, ‘Is she lawful for the first husband?’ He said, ‘No, not until he tastes her sweetness as the first husband tasted it.’

Translation notes
  • ‘Tastes her sweetness’ preserves the Arabic euphemism for marital intercourse.