Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1199
أَنْبَأَنَا أَبُو عَمَّارٍ الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ حُرَيْثٍ، أَنْبَأَنَا الْفَضْلُ بْنُ مُوسَى، عَنْ مَعْمَرٍ، عَنِ الْحَكَمِ بْنِ أَبَانَ، عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، أَنَّ رَجُلاً، أَتَى النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَدْ ظَاهَرَ مِنِ امْرَأَتِهِ فَوَقَعَ عَلَيْهَا فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي قَدْ ظَاهَرْتُ مِنْ زَوْجَتِي فَوَقَعْتُ عَلَيْهَا قَبْلَ أَنْ أُكَفِّرَ . فَقَالَ " وَمَا حَمَلَكَ عَلَى ذَلِكَ يَرْحَمُكَ اللَّهُ " . قَالَ رَأَيْتُ خُلْخَالَهَا فِي ضَوْءِ الْقَمَرِ . قَالَ " فَلاَ تَقْرَبْهَا حَتَّى تَفْعَلَ مَا أَمَرَكَ اللَّهُ بِهِ " . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ غَرِيبٌ صَحِيحٌ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Abu Ammar al-Husayn ibn Hurayth informed us: al-Fadl ibn Musa informed us, from Ma'mar, from al-Hakam ibn Aban, from Ikrimah, from Ibn Abbas: A man came to the Prophet after pronouncing zihar against his wife and having intercourse with her. He said: O Messenger of Allah, I pronounced zihar against my wife and had intercourse with her before making expiation. The Prophet said: What prompted you to do that? May Allah have mercy on you. He said: I saw her anklet in the moonlight. The Prophet said: Do not go near her until you do what Allah has commanded you. Abu Isa said: This hadith is hasan gharib sahih.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
Zihar is a pre-Islamic formula likening one's wife to a permanently unmarriageable female relative; it requires expiation before marital relations resume.