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الفتح الربانی
Fath al-Rabbani
أبواب تفسير القرآن وفضائل السور والآيات حسب ترتيب النزولChapters on the Interpretation of the Qur'an and the Virtues of Surahs and Verses According to the Order of Revelation
بَابُ: «نِسَاؤُكُمْ حَرْثٌ لَكُمْ»Chapter: "Your wives are a place of sowing for you"
Hadith 8508
اُردوEn
عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ سَابِطٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ دَخَلْتُ عَلَى حَفْصَةَ ابْنَةِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا فَقُلْتُ إِنِّي سَائِلُكِ عَنْ أَمْرٍ وَأَنَا أَسْتَحْيِي أَنْ أَسْأَلَكِ عَنْهُ فَقَالَتْ لَا تَسْتَحْيِ يَا ابْنَ أَخِي قَالَ عَنْ إِتْيَانِ النِّسَاءِ فِي أَدْبَارِهِنَّ قَالَتْ حَدَّثَتْنِي أُمُّ سَلَمَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا أَنَّ الْأَنْصَارَ كَانُوا لَا يُجِبُّونَ النِّسَاءَ وَكَانَتِ الْيَهُودُ تَقُولُ إِنَّهُ مَنْ جَبَّى امْرَأَتَهُ كَانَ وَلَدُهُ أَحْوَلَ فَلَمَّا قَدِمَ الْمُهَاجِرُونَ الْمَدِينَةَ نَكَحُوا فِي نِسَاءِ الْأَنْصَارِ فَجَبَّوْهُنَّ فَأَبَتْ امْرَأَةٌ أَنْ تُطِيعَ زَوْجَهَا فَقَالَتْ لِزَوْجِهَا لَنْ تَفْعَلَ ذَلِكَ حَتَّى آتِيَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَدَخَلَتْ عَلَى أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ فَذَكَرَتْ ذَلِكَ لَهَا فَقَالَتْ اجْلِسِي حَتَّى يَأْتِيَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَلَمَّا جَاءَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ اسْتَحْيَتِ الْأَنْصَارِيَّةُ أَنْ تَسْأَلَهُ فَخَرَجَتْ فَحَدَّثَتْ أُمُّ سَلَمَةُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ ادْعِي الْأَنْصَارِيَّةَ فَدُعِيَتْ فَتَلَا عَلَيْهَا هَذِهِ الْآيَةَ نِسَاؤُكُمْ حَرْثٌ لَكُمْ فَأْتُوا حَرْثَكُمْ أَنَّى شِئْتُمْ [سورة البقرة: ٢٢٣] صِمَامًا وَاحِدًا
Abdur Rahman bin Sabit says: I went to Sayyidah Hafsah bint Abdur Rahman (may Allah be pleased with her) and said: I want to ask you a question, but modesty prevents me. She said: Nephew, do not be shy. I said, the issue is about intercourse with women from their back passage. She said: Sayyidah Umm Salamah (may Allah be pleased with her) narrated to me that the Ansar did not lay women face down during intercourse, because the Jews used to say that if a woman is laid face down during intercourse, a cross-eyed child is born. When the Muhajirun came to Madinah and married the women of the Ansar and wanted to have intercourse with them face down, an Ansari woman refused to comply with her husband and said: You will never be able to do this until I ask the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) about it. So she went to Sayyidah Umm Salamah (may Allah be pleased with her) and mentioned this matter to her. She said: Sit down, stay here until the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) arrives. When he (peace and blessings be upon him) came, the Ansari woman was too shy to ask and went outside. When Sayyidah Umm Salamah (may Allah be pleased with her) asked the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) about this, he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Call that Ansari woman. So when she was called, he (peace and blessings be upon him) recited this verse to her: {نِسَاؤُکُمْ حَرْثٌ لَّکُمْ فَاْتُوْا حَرْثَکُمْ اَنّٰی شِئْتُمْ} (Surah Al-Baqarah: 223) ... Your wives are your fields, so come to your fields as you wish. But only one opening should be used.
Brief Explanation
Benefits: … The meaning of this verse is that Allah Ta'ala has designated a specific place for the fulfillment of marital rights, and the husband has the right to use only that place. The position in which the wife is laid down can be of any kind. The Jews believed that if intercourse took place with the woman lying on her stomach, the child would be born cross-eyed. This notion of theirs is being refuted: whether intercourse takes place with the woman lying on her back, on her stomach, or on her side, it makes no difference to the offspring. What is necessary is that in every case, only the place of intercourse in the woman should be used.
