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Jami' at-TirmidhiThe Book on Marriage

Jami' at-Tirmidhi 1136

Chapter: What Has Been Related About Azl

Differing grades 3 scholars’ grades Jami' at-Tirmidhi 1136

Narrator:Jābir ibn ‘Abdullāh

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ أَبِي الشَّوَارِبِ، حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ زُرَيْعٍ، حَدَّثَنَا مَعْمَرٌ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ ثَوْبَانَ، عَنْ جَابِرٍ، قَالَ قُلْنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّا كُنَّا نَعْزِلُ فَزَعَمَتِ الْيَهُودُ أَنَّهَا الْمَوْءُودَةُ الصُّغْرَى ‏.‏ فَقَالَ ‏

"‏ كَذَبَتِ الْيَهُودُ إِنَّ اللَّهَ إِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَخْلُقَهُ لَمْ يَمْنَعْهُ ‏"

Jabir narrated:

"We said: 'O Messenger of Allah! We practice Azl, but the Jews claim that it is minor infanticide.' So he said: 'The Jews lie. When Allah wants to create it, nothing can prevent Him.'"

Reported by At-Tirmidhi (No. 1136).

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Classical commentary

Al-Mubarakfuri — Tuhfat al-Ahwadhi

قَوْلُهُ : ( فَزَعَمَتْ الْيَهُودُ أَنَّهُ ) أَيْ الْعَزْلَ ( الْمَوْءُودَةُ الصُّغْرَى ) الْوَأْدُ دَفْنُ الْبِنْتِ حَيَّةً , وَكَانَتْ الْعَرَبُ تَفْعَلُ ذَلِكَ خَشْيَةَ الْإِمْلَاقِ وَالْعَارِ. قَالَهُ النَّوَوِيُّ. وَالْمَعْنَى أَنَّ الْيَهُودَ زَعَمُوا أَنَّ الْعَزْلَ نَوْعٌ مِنْ الْوَأْدِ لِأَنَّ فِيهِ إِضَاعَةَ النُّطْفَةِ الَّتِي أَعَدَّهَا اللَّهُ تَعَالَى لِيَكُونَ مِنْهَا الْوَلَدُ. وَسَعْيًا فِي إِبْطَالِ ذَلِكَ الِاسْتِعْدَادِ بِعَزْلِهَا عَنْ مَحِلِّهَا ( كَذَبَتْ الْيَهُودُ ) أَيْ فِي زَعْمِهِمْ إِنَّ الْعَزْلَ الْمَوْءُودَةُ الصُّغْرَى ( إِنَّ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى إِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَخْلُقَهُ لَمْ يَمْنَعْهُ ) أَيْ الْعَزْلُ أَوْ شَيْءٌ. وَهَذَا الْحَدِيثُ دَلِيلٌ لِمَنْ أَجَازَ…

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Scholars’ grades

The 3 scholars cited do not give the same grade: each one is shown below.

ScholarGradeApplies toWork
Al-Albanid. 1420 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 1136
Zubair Ali Zaid. 1435 AH WeakDaif The hadith No. 1136
Ahmad Shakird. 1377 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 1136

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In the lifetime of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) when the Qur'an was being revealed, we used to engage in 'Azl. Hence, if it had been something forbidden, the Qur'an would have forbade us from doing it. [Agreed upon].

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مَا عَلَيْكُمْ أَنْ لاَ تَفْعَلُوا مَا مِنْ نَسَمَةٍ كَائِنَةٍ إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ إِلاَّ وَهِيَ كَائِنَةٌ ‏"

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Authentic Sahih Muslim 1438j

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