Hadith 123
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وعن عائشة رضي الله عنها قالت : كان رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم يأمرني فأتزر فيباشرني وأنا حائض . متفق عليه.
Narrated `A'ishah (RAA): When I was menstruating, the Prophet saws would order me to wrap myself up (with an Izar, which is a dress worn below the waist) and would start fondling me. Reported by Al-Bukhari and Muslim.
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Safi ur-Rahman Mubarakpuri
Lexical Explanation:
«فَأَتَّزِرُ» is a singular first-person verb from the form "ifti‘āl" (باب افتعال), which means: I put on an izar (lower garment).
«فَيُبَاشِرُنِي» means: they would touch me, put their bodies against mine, and this was without intercourse, i.e., physical intimacy.
Benefits and Issues:
➊ The meaning of «بَاشَرَ يُبَاشِرُ» «مُبَاشِرَةُ» is: to put one's body against another's body. These are its literal meanings. Figuratively, it can also mean intercourse.
➋ Observe the injustice of the deniers of hadith: in order to make the public suspicious of and averse to the Prophetic traditions, they have interpreted this as meaning—God forbid—that the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) would have intercourse with his wives during menstruation, whereas the Qur'an explicitly prohibits this. From this, they conclude that hadiths are false and unreliable. However, as explained above, the meaning of "mubasharah" is to put body against body. To interpret it as intercourse is nothing but dishonesty, because to abandon the literal meaning in favor of the figurative requires evidence. In fact, in this context, there is evidence to take the literal meaning, as the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) would command the wearing of an izar (lower garment).
➌ The Shari‘ah has permitted deriving pleasure from a woman's body during menstruation, except for intercourse.
«فَأَتَّزِرُ» is a singular first-person verb from the form "ifti‘āl" (باب افتعال), which means: I put on an izar (lower garment).
«فَيُبَاشِرُنِي» means: they would touch me, put their bodies against mine, and this was without intercourse, i.e., physical intimacy.
Benefits and Issues:
➊ The meaning of «بَاشَرَ يُبَاشِرُ» «مُبَاشِرَةُ» is: to put one's body against another's body. These are its literal meanings. Figuratively, it can also mean intercourse.
➋ Observe the injustice of the deniers of hadith: in order to make the public suspicious of and averse to the Prophetic traditions, they have interpreted this as meaning—God forbid—that the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) would have intercourse with his wives during menstruation, whereas the Qur'an explicitly prohibits this. From this, they conclude that hadiths are false and unreliable. However, as explained above, the meaning of "mubasharah" is to put body against body. To interpret it as intercourse is nothing but dishonesty, because to abandon the literal meaning in favor of the figurative requires evidence. In fact, in this context, there is evidence to take the literal meaning, as the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) would command the wearing of an izar (lower garment).
➌ The Shari‘ah has permitted deriving pleasure from a woman's body during menstruation, except for intercourse.
Source: Bulugh al-Maram: Commentary by Safiur Rahman Mubarakpuri, Page: 123
