Sunan an-Nasa'i
Sunan an-Nasa'i 3408
أَخْبَرَنِي عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْحَكَمِ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعَيْبُ بْنُ اللَّيْثِ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَيُّوبُ بْنُ مُوسَى، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، قَالَتْ جَاءَتِ امْرَأَةُ رِفَاعَةَ الْقُرَظِيِّ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي نَكَحْتُ عَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنَ الزَّبِيرِ وَاللَّهِ مَا مَعَهُ إِلاَّ مِثْلَ هَذِهِ الْهُدْبَةِ . فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " لَعَلَّكِ تُرِيدِينَ أَنْ تَرْجِعِي إِلَى رِفَاعَةَ لاَ حَتَّى يَذُوقَ عُسَيْلَتَكِ وَتَذُوقِي عُسَيْلَتَهُ " .
Abd al-Rahman bin Abdullah bin Abd al-Hakam informed me; Shu'ayb bin al-Layth narrated to us, from his father, who said: Ayyub bin Musa narrated to me, from Ibn Shihab, from Urwah, from Aishah, who said: The wife of Rifaa al-Qurazi came to the Messenger of Allah and said, ‘Messenger of Allah, I married Abd al-Rahman bin al-Zubayr. By Allah, he has nothing except something like this tassel.’ The Messenger of Allah 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 Arabic euphemism for marital intercourse. The comparison to a tassel is left as stated in the report.