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المطالب العالية بزوائد المسانيد الثمانية
Al-Matalib al-'Aliyah
كتاب الوليمة
Book of the Wedding Feast
بَابُ الْمُطْلَقَةِ ثلاثا لَا تعود حَتَّى تنكح وتذوق العسيلة
Chapter: A thrice-divorced woman does not return until she marries another and tastes his sweetness
Al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 1709 — A thrice-divorced woman does not return
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حَدَّثَنَا مُجَاهِدُ بْنُ مُوسَى ، نَبَا مَرْوَانُ بْنُ مُعَاوِيَةَ ، ثَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ الْمَكِّيُّ ، ثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ قَالَ : إِنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ : " الْعُسَيْلَةُ : الْجِمَاعُ ".
It is narrated from Abdullah bin Abi Mulaykah (may Allah have mercy on him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "'Usaylah (tasting the sweetness of honey) means intercourse (conjugal relations)."
According to the commentators of hadith, the word 'usaylah is used here as a metaphor, meaning the pleasure that comes from the relationship between husband and wife. This explains the legal ruling that after three divorces a woman cannot become lawful for her first husband until, after marrying a second husband, she has established actual marital relations with him, as is stated in the Noble Qur'an: "until she marries a husband other than him" (Surah al-Baqarah: 230).
According to the commentators of hadith, the word 'usaylah is used here as a metaphor, meaning the pleasure that comes from the relationship between husband and wife. This explains the legal ruling that after three divorces a woman cannot become lawful for her first husband until, after marrying a second husband, she has established actual marital relations with him, as is stated in the Noble Qur'an: "until she marries a husband other than him" (Surah al-Baqarah: 230).
