أَخْبَرَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الزَّعْفَرَانِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجٌ عَنْ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ قَالَ زَعَمَ عَطَائٌ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ عُبَيْدَ بْنَ عُمَيْرٍ يَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ عَائِشَةَ تَزْعُمُ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ کَانَ يَمْکُثُ عِنْدَ زَيْنَبَ بِنْتِ جَحْشٍ فَيَشْرَبُ عِنْدَهَا عَسَلًا فَتَوَاصَيْتُ أَنَا وَحَفْصَةُ أَنَّ أَيَّتُنَا دَخَلَ عَلَيْهَا النَّبِيُّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَلْتَقُلْ إِنِّي أَجِدُ مِنْکَ رِيحَ مَغَافِيرَ أَکَلْتَ مَغَافِيرَ فَدَخَلَ عَلَی إِحْدَاهُمَا فَقَالَتْ ذَلِکَ لَهُ فَقَالَ لَا بَلْ شَرِبْتُ عَسَلًا عِنْدَ زَيْنَبَ بِنْتِ جَحْشٍ وَلَنْ أَعُودَ لَهُ فَنَزَلَتْ يَا أَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ لِمَ تُحَرِّمُ مَا أَحَلَّ اللَّهُ لَکَ إِلَی إِنْ تَتُوبَا إِلَی اللَّهِ عَائِشَةُ وَحَفْصَةُ وَإِذْ أَسَرَّ النَّبِيُّ إِلَی بَعْضِ أَزْوَاجِهِ حَدِيثًا لِقَوْلِهِ بَلْ شَرِبْتُ عَسَلًا
سنن نسائی · Hadith 3831
‘Ubaid bin ‘Umair said: I heard ‘Aishah say: “The Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم used to stay with Zainab bint Jabsh and drink honey at her house. I and I agreed that if the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم came to either of us, she would say: ‘I detect the smell of Maghafir (a nasty-smelling gum) on you. Have you eaten Maghafir?’ He went to one of them and she said that to him. He said: ‘No, rather I drank honey at the house of Zainab bint Jahsh, but I will never do it again.’ Then the following was revealed: ‘Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم! Why do you forbid (for yourself) that which Allah has allowed to you’ up to: ‘If you two turn in repentance to Allah’ — ‘Aishah and Hafsah — ‘And (remember) when the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم disclosed a matter in confidence to one of his wives.’ refers to him saying: ‘No, rather I drank honey.” (Sahih)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020