حَدَّثَنَا حَسَنٌ حَدَّثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ يَعْنِي الْقُمِّيَّ عَنْ جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ جَاءَ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ هَلَكْتُ قَالَ وَمَا الَّذِي أَهْلَكَكَ قَالَ حَوَّلْتُ رَحْلِيَ الْبَارِحَةَ قَالَ فَلَمْ يَرُدَّ عَلَيْهِ شَيْئًا قَالَ فَأَوْحَى اللَّهُ إِلَى رَسُولِهِ هَذِهِ الْآيَةَ نِسَاؤُكُمْ حَرْثٌ لَكُمْ فَأْتُوا حَرْثَكُمْ أَنَّى شِئْتُمْ أَقْبِلْ وَأَدْبِرْ وَاتَّقِ الدُّبُرَ وَالْحَيْضَةَ
مسند امام احمد بن حنبل · Hadith 2703
It was narrated that I bn 'Abbas (RA) said: 'Umar bin al- Khattab came to the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) and said: O Messenger of Allah, I am doomed! He said: "What has doomed you?" He said: I had intercourse from behind yesterday. He did not reply, then Allah revealed this verse to His Messenger: "Your wives are a tilth for you, so go to your tilth, when or how you will" [al-Baqarah 2:223]. [The Prophet (PBUH)] said: "From the front or from behind, but avoid the back passage and the time of menstruation."
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020