حَدَّثَنَا
ابْنُ بَشَّارٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا
عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ ، حَدَّثَنَا
سُفْيَانُ ، عَنْ
مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْمُنْكَدِرِ ، قَالَ : سَمِعْتُ
جَابِرًا ، يَقُولُ : " إِنَّ الْيَهُودَ يَقُولُونَ : إِذَا جَامَعَ الرَّجُلُ أَهْلَهُ فِي فَرْجِهَا مِنْ وَرَائِهَا كَانَ وَلَدُهُ أَحْوَلَ ، فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ سُبْحَانَهُ وَتَعَالَى : نِسَاؤُكُمْ حَرْثٌ لَكُمْ فَأْتُوا حَرْثَكُمْ أَنَّى شِئْتُمْ سورة البقرة آية 223 ".
Muhammad bin Al Munkadir said I heard Jabir say The Jews used to say “When a man has intercourse with his wife through the vagina, but being on her back the child will have a squint, so the verse came down. Your wives are a tilth to you, so come to your tilth however you will. ”
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
Benefits and Issues:
That is, the statement of the Jews is a false suspicion, and both spouses are permitted to enjoy each other in every manner.
The only condition is that which has been mentioned in the above hadith, and furthermore, that it should not be during the days of menstruation (hayd) either.
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 2163