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مسند احمد
Musnad Ahmad
مسند المكثرين من الصحابة
Musnad of the Prolific Narrators Among the Companions
مسنَد اَبِی سَعِید الخدرِیِّ رَضِیَ اللَّه تَعَالَى عَنه
Musnad of Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him)
Musnad Ahmad 11691 — Musnad of Abu Sa'id al-Khudri
(حديث مرفوع) حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ ، عَنْ عُثْمَانَ الْبَتِّيِّ ، عَنْ أَبِي الْخَلِيلِ ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ ، قَالَ : " أَصَبْنَا نِسَاءً مِنْ سَبْيِ أَوْطَاسٍ ، وَلَهُنَّ أَزْوَاجٌ ، فَكَرِهْنَا أَنْ نَقَعَ عَلَيْهِنَّ وَلَهُنَّ أَزْوَاجٌ ، فَسَأَلْنَا النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَنَزَلَتْ هَذِهِ الْآيَةُ وَالْمُحْصَنَاتُ مِنَ النِّسَاءِ إِلا مَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَانُكُمْ سورة النساء آية 24 قَالَ : فَاسْتَحْلَلْنَا بِهَا فُرُوجَهُنَّ .
It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Saeed Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) that among the captives of the Battle of Autas, women were given to us as spoils of war. Those women had husbands, and we did not feel it was good to have relations with them while their husbands were alive. So we asked the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) about this matter, and then this verse was revealed: "And married women are forbidden to you, except those whom your right hands possess." Thus, we considered them lawful for ourselves.
