حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ التَّيْمِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَی عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْأَخْنَسِ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ شُعَيْبٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ أَنَّ مَرْثَدَ بْنَ أَبِي مَرْثَدٍ الْغَنَوِيَّ کَانَ يَحْمِلُ الْأَسَارَی بِمَکَّةَ وَکَانَ بِمَکَّةَ بَغِيٌّ يُقَالُ لَهَا عَنَاقُ وَکَانَتْ صَدِيقَتَهُ قَالَ جِئْتُ إِلَی النَّبِيِّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَنْکِحُ عَنَاقَ قَالَ فَسَکَتَ عَنِّي فَنَزَلَتْ وَالزَّانِيَةُ لَا يَنْکِحُهَا إِلَّا زَانٍ أَوْ مُشْرِکٌ فَدَعَانِي فَقَرَأَهَا عَلَيَّ وَقَالَ لَا تَنْکِحْهَا
سنن ابودوٗد · Hadith 2051
Narrated Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-As: Marthad ibn Abu Marthad al-Ghanawi used to take prisoners (of war) from Makkah (to Madina). At Makkah there was a prostitute called Inaq who had illicit relations with him. (Marthad said: ) I came to the Prophet ﷺ and said to him: May I marry Inaq, Messenger of Allah? The narrator said: He kept silence towards me. Then the verse was revealed: ". . . . and the adulteress none shall marry save and adulterer or an idolater. " He called me and recited this (verse) to me, and said: Do not marry her.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020