Sunan an-Nasa'i
Sunan an-Nasa'i 3327
أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ، وَحُمَيْدُ بْنُ مَسْعَدَةَ، قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ زُرَيْعٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ عَوْنٍ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِيرِينَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ بِشْرِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ، وَرَدَّ الْحَدِيثَ حَتَّى رَدَّهُ إِلَى أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ قَالَ ذُكِرَ ذَلِكَ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " وَمَا ذَاكُمْ " . قُلْنَا الرَّجُلُ تَكُونُ لَهُ الْمَرْأَةُ فَيُصِيبُهَا وَيَكْرَهُ الْحَمْلَ وَتَكُونُ لَهُ الأَمَةُ فَيُصِيبُ مِنْهَا وَيَكْرَهُ أَنْ تَحْمِلَ مِنْهُ . قَالَ " لاَ عَلَيْكُمْ أَنْ لاَ تَفْعَلُوا فَإِنَّمَا هُوَ الْقَدَرُ " .
Isma'il ibn Mas'ud and Humayd ibn Mas'adah reported to us; they said: Yazid ibn Zuray' narrated to us; he said: Ibn Awn narrated to us, from Muhammad ibn Sirin, from Abd al-Rahman ibn Bishr ibn Mas'ud—who traced the report back through its chain to Abu Sa'id al-Khudri, who said: This matter was mentioned before the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him). He asked, ‘What is that?’ We said, ‘A man has a wife and has intercourse with her, but does not want her to become pregnant; or he has an enslaved woman and has intercourse with her, but does not want her to become pregnant by him.’ He said: ‘There is no blame on you if you refrain from doing that, for it is only a matter of divine decree.’
Translation notes
The question describes intercourse while wishing to avoid pregnancy, without naming the method. The answer’s negation is rendered as no blame for refraining from the act, followed by the statement about divine decree.