Sunan an-Nasa'i
Sunan an-Nasa'i 3464
أَخْبَرَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ حُرَيْثٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْفَضْلُ بْنُ مُوسَى، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ وَاقِدٍ، عَنْ عُمَارَةَ بْنِ أَبِي حَفْصَةَ، عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، قَالَ جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالَ إِنَّ امْرَأَتِي لاَ تَمْنَعُ يَدَ لاَمِسٍ . فَقَالَ " غَرِّبْهَا إِنْ شِئْتَ " . قَالَ إِنِّي أَخَافُ أَنْ تَتَّبِعَهَا نَفْسِي . قَالَ " اسْتَمْتِعْ بِهَا " .
Al-Husayn bin Hurayth informed us; al-Fadl bin Musa narrated to us; al-Husayn bin Waqid narrated to us, from Umarah bin Abi Hafsah, from Ikrimah, from Ibn Abbas, who said: A man came to the Prophet and said, ‘My wife does not prevent the hand of a toucher.’ He said, ‘Send her away, if you wish.’ The man said, ‘I fear that my soul will continue to desire her.’ He said, ‘Then enjoy her.’
Translation notes
The phrase ‘does not prevent the hand of a toucher’ is retained literally because its interpretation is disputed in the commentaries.
قَالَ جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالَ إِنَّ امْرَأَتِي لاَ تَمْنَعُ يَدَ لاَمِسٍ .
The idiom has been interpreted in different ways in the commentaries.
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