الْحَدِيثُ السَّابِعُ: عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ – رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ – قَالَ بَيْنَمَا نَحْنُ جُلُوسٌ عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ – صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ – إذْ جَاءَهُ رَجُلٌ. فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، هَلَكْتُ. قَالَ: مَا أَهْلَكَكَ؟ قَالَ: وَقَعْتُ عَلَى امْرَأَتِي، وَأَنَا صَائِمٌ – وَفِي رِوَايَةٍ: أَصَبْتُ أَهْلِي فِي رَمَضَانَ – فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ – صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ -: هَلْ تَجِدُ رَقَبَةً تُعْتِقُهَا؟ قَالَ: لَا. قَالَ: فَهَلْ تَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ تَصُومَ شَهْرَيْنِ مُتَتَابِعَيْنِ؟ قَالَ: لَا. قَالَ: فَهَلْ تَجِدُ إطْعَامَ سِتِّينَ مِسْكِينًا؟ قَالَ: لَا. قَالَ: فَمَكَثَ النَّبِيُّ – صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ – فَبَيْنَا نَحْنُ عَلَى ذَلِكَ أُتِيَ النَّبِيُّ – صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ – بِعَرَقٍ فِيهِ تَمْرٌ – وَالْعَرَقُ: الْمِكْتَلُ – قَالَ: أَيْنَ السَّائِلُ؟ قَالَ: أَنَا. قَالَ: خُذْ هَذَا، فَتَصَدَّقَ بِهِ. فَقَالَ الرَّجُلُ: عَلَى أَفْقَرَ مِنِّي: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ؟ فَوَاَللَّهِ مَا بَيْنَ لَابَتَيْهَا – يُرِيدُ الْحَرَّتَيْنِ – أَهْلُ بَيْتٍ أَفْقَرَ مِنْ أَهْلِ بَيْتِي. فَضَحِكَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ – صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ – حَتَّى بَدَتْ أَنْيَابُهُ. ثُمَّ قَالَ: أَطْعِمْهُ أَهْلَكَ .
Sayyiduna Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that we were sitting with the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) when a man came to him and said: O Messenger of Allah! I am ruined. The Prophet (peace be upon him) asked: What has ruined you? He said: I have had intercourse with my wife while fasting. In one narration, it is said: I went to my wife during Ramadan. The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) asked: Do you have the means to free a slave? He said: No. The Prophet (peace be upon him) asked: Can you fast for two consecutive months? He said: No. The Prophet (peace be upon him) asked: Can you feed sixty poor people? He said: No. The narrator says that the Prophet (peace be upon him) paused for a while, and while we were still there, a basket of dates was brought to the Prophet (peace be upon him). The basket was made of date palm leaves. The Prophet (peace be upon him) asked: Where is the beggar? He said: I am here. The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: Take this and give it as charity. The man said: O Messenger of Allah! Should I give it to someone poorer than myself? By Allah! Among the two lands with black stones (meaning the two mountains), no household is poorer than my family. The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) laughed so much that his blessed teeth became visible, then he said: Feed it to your own family.
صحيح البخاري ، كتاب الصوم، باب اذا جامع فى رمضان ولم يكن له شيء ، ح: 1936 . صحيح مسلم ، كتاب الصيام، باب تغليظ تحريم الجماع فى نهار رمضان. . . ، ح: 1111
Explanation of Vocabulary:
وَقَعَتْ عَلَى امْرَأَتِي: I have had intercourse with my wife. / وَقَعَتْ: First person singular, past tense verb, form فَتَحَ يَفْتَحُ
عرق: A basket made from date palm leaves used only for holding dates, approximately fifteen Sa’ in capacity.
أَفْقَرُ: أفقر Poorer and more needy compared to others / masculine singular, comparative noun, form كَرُمَ يَكْرُمُ
لا بنيها: This is the dual form of لا بة, referring to the two mountains with black stones located to the east and west of Medina.
أنياب: The four front upper and lower teeth are called “thunayya,” the teeth adjacent to both sides of these are called “rubaa’i,” and the teeth adjacent to both sides of the “rubaa’i” on the upper and lower jaws are called “aniyab.”
Explanation of the Hadith:
The consensus of scholars is that if one deliberately has intercourse while fasting, expiation (kaffara) becomes obligatory.
