Sunan an-Nasa'i

Sunan an-Nasa'i 3522

Arabic hadith text

أَخْبَرَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مِسْكِينِ بْنِ نُمَيْلَةَ، - يَمَامِيٌّ - قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي مَرْيَمَ، قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ، ح وَأَخْبَرَنِي مَيْمُونُ بْنُ الْعَبَّاسِ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ الْحَكَمِ بْنِ أَبِي مَرْيَمَ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي ابْنُ شُبْرُمَةَ الْكُوفِيُّ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ النَّخَعِيِّ، عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ بْنِ قَيْسٍ، أَنَّ ابْنَ مَسْعُودٍ، قَالَ مَنْ شَاءَ لاَعَنْتُهُ مَا أُنْزِلَتْ ‏‏{‏ وَأُولاَتُ الأَحْمَالِ أَجَلُهُنَّ أَنْ يَضَعْنَ حَمْلَهُنَّ ‏}‏ إِلاَّ بَعْدَ آيَةِ الْمُتَوَفَّى عَنْهَا زَوْجُهَا إِذَا وَضَعَتِ الْمُتَوَفَّى عَنْهَا زَوْجُهَا فَقَدْ حَلَّتْ وَاللَّفْظُ لِمَيْمُونٍ ‏.‏

Translation

Muhammad ibn Miskin ibn Numaylah—a Yamami—related to me; he said: Sa'id ibn Abi Maryam informed us; he said: Muhammad ibn Ja'far informed us; and Maymun ibn al-Abbas related to me; he said: Sa'id ibn al-Hakam ibn Abi Maryam narrated to us; he said: Muhammad ibn Ja'far informed me; he said: Ibn Shubrumah al-Kufi narrated to me, from Ibrahim al-Nakha'i, from Alqamah ibn Qays, that Ibn Mas'ud said: ‘Whoever wishes, I will enter into a mutual invocation of God’s curse with him. The verse “For those who are pregnant, their term is that they deliver their burden” was revealed only after the verse concerning a woman whose husband has died. When a woman whose husband has died gives birth, she is then permitted.’ This is Maymun’s wording.

Translation notes
  • The Arabic uses لاعنته, referring to a mutual invocation of a curse in a dispute; the wording is rendered explicitly rather than as ordinary debate.