سنن نسائی · Hadith 3494

‘Ikrimah said: “A man came to the Prophet of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم and said: ‘Prophet of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم,’ and that he had declared Zihar to his wife, then he had intercourse with her before he did what he had to do. He said: ‘What made you do that?’ He said: ‘Prophet of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم! I saw the whiteness of her calves in the moonlight.’ The Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم said: ‘Keep away until you have done what you have to do.’ (One of the narrators) Ishaq said in his Hadith: “Keep away from her until you have done what you have to do.” The wording is that of Muhammad. (Hasan) Abu ‘Abdur-Rahman (An-Nasa’i) said: The Mursal is more worthy of being considered correct than the (of this narration), and Allah, Glorious is He and Most High, knows best.

Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020