صحيح مسلم
Muslim
كتاب النكاحThe Book of Marriage
باب حُكْمِ الْعَزْلِ:Chapter: The ruling on coitus interrupts ('Azl)
Hadith 1440
حدثنا حدثنا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ، وَإِسْحَاقَ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ، قَالَ إِسْحَاقَ : أَخْبَرَنا ، وَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ : حدثنا سُفْيَانُ ، عَنْ عَمْرٍو ، عَنْ عَطَاءٍ ، عَنْ جَابِرٍ ، قَالَ : " كُنَّا نَعْزِلُ وَالْقُرْآنُ يَنْزِلُ " ، زَادَ إِسْحَاقَ ، قَالَ سُفْيَانُ : لَوْ كَانَ شَيْئًا يُنْهَى عَنْهُ لَنَهَانَا عَنْهُ الْقُرْآنُ .
Jabir (RA) reported: We used to practise 'azl while the Qur'an was revealed (during the days when the Holy Prophet (ﷺ) was alive).
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وحَدَّثَنِي سَلَمَةُ بْنُ شَبِيبٍ ، حدثنا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ أَعْيَنَ ، حدثنا مَعْقِلٌ ، عَنْ عَطَاءٍ ، قَالَ : سَمِعْتُ جَابِرًا ، يَقُولُ : " لَقَدْ كُنَّا نَعْزِلُ عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ .
Jabir (RA) reported: We used to practise 'azl during the life of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) .
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وحَدَّثَنِي أَبُو غَسَّانَ الْمِسْمَعِيُّ ، حدثنا مُعَاذٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ هِشَامٍ ، حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي ، عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ ، عَنْ جَابِرٍ ، قَالَ : " كُنَّا نَعْزِلُ عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَلَمْ يَنْهَنَا " .
Jabir (RA) reported: We used to practise 'azl during the lifetime of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) . This (the news of this practise) reached Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) , and he did not forbid us.
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Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Maulana Abdul Aziz Alvi
Hadith Commentary: Benefits and Issues: This hadith establishes that any action or practice that continued during the Prophetic era, and was not prohibited in the Qur'an or Sunnah, serves as evidence for its permissibility. For if such an action were impermissible, the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) would have been informed of it through clear revelation (wahy jali) or subtle revelation (wahy khafi), and its prohibition would have been mentioned in the Qur'an or hadith.
Source: Tuhfat al-Muslim: Commentary on Sahih Muslim, Page: 3559
