Sunan an-Nasa'i
Sunan an-Nasa'i 3458
أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ رَافِعٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مَعْمَرٌ، عَنِ الْحَكَمِ بْنِ أَبَانَ، عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ، قَالَ تَظَاهَرَ رَجُلٌ مِنِ امْرَأَتِهِ فَأَصَابَهَا قَبْلَ أَنْ يُكَفِّرَ فَذَكَرَ ذَلِكَ لِلنَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالَ لَهُ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم " مَا حَمَلَكَ عَلَى ذَلِكَ " . قَالَ رَحِمَكَ اللَّهُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ رَأَيْتُ خَلْخَالَهَا أَوْ سَاقَيْهَا فِي ضَوْءِ الْقَمَرِ . فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " فَاعْتَزِلْهَا حَتَّى تَفْعَلَ مَا أَمَرَكَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ " .
Muhammad bin Rafi informed us; Abd al-Razzaq narrated to us; Ma'mar narrated to us, from al-Hakam bin Aban, from Ikrimah, who said: A man pronounced zihar against his wife and had intercourse with her before making expiation. He mentioned this to the Prophet, who said to him, ‘What prompted you to do that?’ The man said, ‘May Allah have mercy on you, Messenger of Allah. I saw her anklet—or her legs—in the moonlight.’ The Messenger of Allah said, ‘Stay away from her until you do what Allah, Mighty and Sublime, has commanded you.’
Translation notes
Zihar is a pre-Islamic formula of marital repudiation that carries a prescribed expiation.