حَدَّثَنَا
مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ رَافِعٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا
يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ ، أَخْبَرَنَا
الْحَجَّاجُ بْنُ أَرْطَأَةَ ، عَنْ
أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ ، عَنْ
عَمْرَةَ ، عَنْ
عَائِشَةَ ، قَالَتْ : قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " إِذَا رَمَيْتُمْ وَحَلَقْتُمْ ، فَقَدْ حَلَّ لَكُمُ الطِّيبُ وَالثِّيَابُ ، إِلا النِّكَاحَ " . قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ : قَوْلُهُ : إِلا النِّكَاحَ يُرِيدُ النِّكَاحَ الَّذِي هُوَ الْوَطْءُ ، وَقَدْ كُنْتُ أَعْلَمْتُ فِي كِتَابِ مَعَانِي الْقُرْآنِ أَنَّ اسْمَ النِّكَاحِ عِنْدَ الْعَرَبِ يَقَعُ عَلَى الْعَقْدِ وَعَلَى الْوَطْءِ جَمِيعًا
Lady Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When you have performed the stoning (Rami) and shaved your head, then perfume and wearing clothes become lawful for you, except for intercourse with women." Imam Abu Bakr (may Allah have mercy on him) says that the words of the hadith "except for marriage" mean intercourse with one's wife. I have explained in the book Ma‘ani al-Qur’an that among the Arabs, the word "nikah" is used for both the marriage contract and intercourse with one's wife.