Whenever Ibn ʿUmar 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 ʿUmar then resumed his recitation. Nafiʿ added regarding the Verse:--"So go to your tilth when or how you will" Ibn ʿUmar said, "It means one should approach his wife in .."  

أُنْزِلَتْ فِي كَذَا وَكَذَا ثُمَّ مَضَى وَعَنْ عَبْدِ الصَّمَدِ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي حَدَّثَنِي أَيُّوبُ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ {فَأْتُوا حَرْثَكُمْ أَنَّى شِئْتُمْ} قَالَ يَأْتِيهَا فِي رَوَاهُ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ