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Sahih al-BukhariProphetic Commentary on the Qur'an (Tafseer of the Prophet (pbuh))

Sahih al-Bukhari 4526

"Your wives are a tilth for you; so go to your tilth (have sexual relations with your wives in any manner as long as it is in the vagina and not in the anus) when or how you will..." (V.2:223)

Authentic hadith of Sahih al-Bukhari Companion’s words (mawquf) Sahih al-Bukhari 4526

Narrator:Abdullāh ibn ‘Umar

حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ، أَخْبَرَنَا النَّضْرُ بْنُ شُمَيْلٍ، أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ عَوْنٍ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، قَالَ كَانَ ابْنُ عُمَرَ ـ رضى الله عنهما ـ إِذَا قَرَأَ الْقُرْآنَ لَمْ يَتَكَلَّمْ حَتَّى يَفْرُغَ مِنْهُ، فَأَخَذْتُ عَلَيْهِ يَوْمًا، فَقَرَأَ سُورَةَ الْبَقَرَةِ حَتَّى انْتَهَى إِلَى مَكَانٍ قَالَ

تَدْرِي فِيمَا أُنْزِلَتْ‏.‏ قُلْتُ لاَ‏.‏ قَالَ أُنْزِلَتْ فِي كَذَا وَكَذَا‏.‏ ثُمَّ مَضَى

Narrated Nafi`:

Whenever Ibn `Umar recited the Qur'an, he would not speak to anyone till he had finished his recitation. Once I held the Qur'an and he recited Surat-al-Baqara from his memory and then stopped at a certain Verse and said, "Do you know in what connection this Verse was revealed? " I replied, "No." He said, "It was revealed in such-and-such connection." Ibn `Umar then resumed his recitation. Nafi` added regarding the Verse:--"So go to your tilth when or how you will" Ibn `Umar said, "It means one should approach his wife in .."

Reported by Al-Bukhari (No. 4526).

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Classical commentary

Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani — Fath al-Bari

قَوْله : ( حَدَّثَنِي إِسْحَاق ) هُوَ اِبْن رَاهَوَيْهِ. قَوْله : ( فَأَخَذْت عَلَيْهِ يَوْمًا ) أَيْ أَمْسَكْت الْمُصْحَف وَهُوَ يَقْرَأ عَنْ ظَهْر قَلْب , وَجَاءَ ذَلِكَ صَرِيحًا Uفِي رِوَايَة عُبَيْد اللَّه بْن عُمَر عَنْ نَافِع قَالَ " قَالَ لِي اِبْن عُمَر أَمْسِكْ عَلَيَّ الْمُصْحَف يَا نَافِع , فَقَرَأَ " أَخْرَجَهُ الدَّارَقُطْنِيُّ فِي " غَرَائِب مَالِك ". قَوْله : ( حَتَّى اِنْتَهَى إِلَى مَكَان قَالَ : تَدْرِي فِيمَا أُنْزِلَتْ ؟ قُلْت : لَا. قَالَ : أُنْزِلَتْ فِي كَذَا وَكَذَا ثُمَّ مَضَى ) هَكَذَا أَوْرَدَهُ مُبْهِمًا لِمَكَانِ الْآيَة وَالتَّفْسِير , وَسَأَذْكُرُ مَا فِيهِ بَعْد. قَوْله : ( وَعَنْ عَبْد الصَّمَد ) هُوَ مَعْطُوف عَلَى قَوْله " أَخْبَرَنَا النَّضْر بْن شُمَيْلٍ…

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