Sunan an-Nasa'i
Sunan an-Nasa'i 3283
أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، قَالَتْ جَاءَتِ امْرَأَةُ رِفَاعَةَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالَتْ إِنَّ رِفَاعَةَ طَلَّقَنِي فَأَبَتَّ طَلاَقِي وَإِنِّي تَزَوَّجْتُ بَعْدَهُ عَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنَ الزَّبِيرِ وَمَا مَعَهُ إِلاَّ مِثْلُ هُدْبَةِ الثَّوْبِ . فَضَحِكَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَقَالَ " لَعَلَّكِ تُرِيدِينَ أَنْ تَرْجِعِي إِلَى رِفَاعَةَ لاَ حَتَّى يَذُوقَ عُسَيْلَتَكِ وَتَذُوقِي عُسَيْلَتَهُ " .
Ishaq ibn Ibrahim reported to us; he said: Sufyan informed us, from al-Zuhri, from Urwah, from A'ishah, who said: Rifa'ah’s wife came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) and said, ‘Rifa'ah divorced me irrevocably, and after him I married Abd al-Rahman ibn al-Zubayr, but he has only something like the fringe of a garment.’ The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) smiled and said: ‘Perhaps you wish to return to Rifa'ah? No, not until he has experienced marital relations with you and you have experienced them with him.’
Translation notes
The report uses a euphemism for consummation (‘taste one another’s sweetness’); it is rendered as marital relations. The phrase ‘like the fringe of a garment’ is kept as the woman’s reported description.