Sunan an-Nasa'i
Sunan an-Nasa'i 3229
أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ، وَغَيْرُهُ، عَنْ هَارُونَ بْنِ رِئَابٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُبَيْدِ بْنِ عُمَيْرٍ، وَعَبْدِ الْكَرِيمِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُبَيْدِ بْنِ عُمَيْرٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، - عَبْدُ الْكَرِيمِ يَرْفَعُهُ إِلَى ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ وَهَارُونُ لَمْ يَرْفَعْهُ - قَالاَ جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالَ إِنَّ عِنْدِي امْرَأَةً هِيَ مِنْ أَحَبِّ النَّاسِ إِلَىَّ وَهِيَ لاَ تَمْنَعُ يَدَ لاَمِسٍ . قَالَ " طَلِّقْهَا " . قَالَ لاَ أَصْبِرُ عَنْهَا . قَالَ " اسْتَمْتِعْ بِهَا " . قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ هَذَا الْحَدِيثُ لَيْسَ بِثَابِتٍ وَعَبْدُ الْكَرِيمِ لَيْسَ بِالْقَوِيِّ وَهَارُونُ بْنُ رِئَابٍ أَثْبَتُ مِنْهُ وَقَدْ أَرْسَلَ الْحَدِيثَ وَهَارُونُ ثِقَةٌ وَحَدِيثُهُ أَوْلَى بِالصَّوَابِ مِنْ حَدِيثِ عَبْدِ الْكَرِيمِ .
Muhammad ibn Ismail ibn Ibrahim reported to us; he said: Yazid narrated to us; he said: Hammad ibn Salamah and others narrated to us, from Harun ibn Ri'ab, from Abd Allah ibn Ubayd ibn Umayr; and from Abd al-Karim, from Abd Allah ibn Ubayd ibn Umayr, from Ibn Abbas. (Abd al-Karim traces the report back to Ibn Abbas, whereas Harun does not.) They both said: A man came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) and said: ‘I have a woman who is among the people dearest to me, but she does not refuse the touch of a man.’ He said: ‘Divorce her.’ The man said: ‘I cannot bear to be apart from her.’ He said: ‘Then enjoy her.’ Abu Abd al-Rahman said: This hadith is not established. Abd al-Karim is not strong, while Harun ibn Ri'ab is more reliable; he transmitted the hadith as mursal. Harun is trustworthy, and his version is more likely to be correct than Abd al-Karim’s.
Translation notes
The source itself states that this report is not established and prefers Harun ibn Ri'ab’s mursal transmission over Abd al-Karim’s connected version. This critical note should be read alongside the preceding narration.
- عَبْدُ الْكَرِيمِ يَرْفَعُهُ إِلَى ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ وَهَارُونُ لَمْ يَرْفَعْهُ - قَالاَ جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالَ إِنَّ عِنْدِي امْرَأَةً هِيَ مِنْ أَحَبِّ النَّاسِ إِلَىَّ وَهِيَ لاَ تَمْنَعُ يَدَ لاَمِسٍ .
The phrase لاَ تَمْنَعُ يَدَ لاَمِسٍ literally says she does not prevent the hand of a toucher; it is an indirect expression for sexual impropriety.
Does “she does not refuse the touch of a man” preserve the euphemism without over-specifying it?