سنن نسائی · Hadith 2140

It was narrated that Ibn ‘Abbas said: “I was very keen to ask ‘Umar bin Al-Khattab about the two wives of the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم to whom Allah said: If you two turn in repentance to Allah, (it will be better for you), your hearts are indeed so inclined.” And he quoted the Hadith. He said concerning it: “The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم withdrew from his wives for twenty-nine days because of that, when Haf had made her disclosure to ‘Aishah. He had said: ‘I will not enter upon them for a month,’ because he was so upset with them when Allah, the Mighty and Sublime, informed him of what they had said. When twenty-nine days had passed, he entered upon ‘Aishah, so he started with her. ‘Aishah said to him: ‘Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم, you swore not to enter upon us for a month, and now twenty-nine days have passed; we have been counting them.’ The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم said: ‘The month is twenty-nine days.”(Sahih).

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