I was a man who was more given than others to sexual intercourse with women. When the month of Ramadan came, I feared lest I should have intercourse with my wife, and this evil should remain with me till the morning. So I made my wife like my mother's back to me till the end of Ramadan. But one night when she was waiting upon me, something of her was revealed. Suddenly I jumped upon her. When the morning came I went to my people and informed them about this matter. I said: Go along with me to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. They said: No, by Allah. So I went to the Prophet (peace be upon him and informed him of the matter. He said: Have you really committed it, Salamah? I said: I committed it twice, Messenger of Allah. I am content with the Commandment of Allah, the Exalted; so take a decision about me according to what Allah has shown you. He said: Free a slave. I said: By Him Who sent you with truth, I do not possess a neck other than this: and I struck the surface of my neck. He said: Then fast two consecutive months. I said: Whatever I suffered is due to fasting. He said: Feed sixty poor people with a wasq of dates. I said: By Him Who sent you with truth, we passed the night hungry; there was no food in our house. He said: Then go to the collector of sadaqah of Banu Zurayq; he must give it to you. Then feed sixty poor people with a wasq of dates; and you and your family eat the remaining dates. Then I came back to my people, and said (to them): I found with you poverty and bad opinion; and I found with the Prophet ﷺ prosperity and good opinion. He has commanded me to give alms to you. Ibn al-Ala' added: Ibn Idris said: Bayadah is a sub-clan of Banu Zurayq. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 2213)
كُنْتُ امْرَأً أُصِيبُ مِنَ النِّسَاءِ مَا لَا يُصِيبُ غَيْرِي فَلَمَّا دَخَلَ شَهْرُ رَمَضَانَ خِفْتُ أَنْ أُصِيبَ فِي لَيْلِي شَيْئًا فَيَتَتَابَعَ بِي ذَلِكَ إِلَى أَنْ أُصْبِحَ قَالَ فَتَظَاهَرْتُ إِلَى أَنْ يَنْسَلِخَ فَبَيْنَا هِيَ لَيْلَةً تَخْدُمُنِي إِذْ تَكَشَّفَ لِي مِنْهَا شَيْءٌ فَمَا لَبِثْتُ أَنْ نَزَوْتُ عَلَيْهَا فَلَمَّا أَصْبَحْتُ خَرَجْتُ إِلَى قَوْمِي فَأَخْبَرْتُهُمْ وَقُلْتُ امْشُوا مَعِي إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالُوا لَا وَاللَّهِ لَا نَمْشِي مَعَكَ مَا نَأْمَنُ أَنْ يَنْزِلَ فِيكَ الْقُرْآنُ أَوْ أَنْ يَكُونَ فِيكَ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَقَالَةٌ يَلْزَمُنَا عَارُهَا وَلَنُسْلِمَنَّكَ بِجَرِيرَتِكَ فَانْطَلَقْتُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَصَصْتُ عَلَيْهِ قصتي فَقَالَ يَا سَلَمَةُ «أَنْتَ بِذَاكَ» قُلْتُ أَنَا بِذَاكَ قَالَ يَا سَلَمَةُ «أَنْتَ بِذَاكَ» قُلْتُ أَنَا بِذَاكَ قَالَ يَا سَلَمَةُ «أَنْتَ بِذَاكَ» قُلْتُ أَنَا بِذَاكَ وَهَا أَنَا صَابِرٌ نَفْسِي فَاحْكُمْ فِيَّ مَا أَرَاكَ اللَّهُ قَالَ «فَأَعْتِقْ رَقَبَةً» قَالَ «فَضَرَبْتُ صَفْحَةَ رَقَبَتِي» فَقُلْتُ وَالَّذِي بَعَثَكَ بِالْحَقِّ مَا أَصْبَحْتُ أَمْلِكُ رَقَبَةً غَيْرَهَا قَالَ «فَصُمْ شَهْرَيْنِ مُتَتَابِعَيْنِ» قُلْتُ وَهَلْ أَصَابَنِي الَّذِي أَصَابَنِي إِلَّا فِي الصِّيَامِ؟ قَالَ «فَأَطْعِمْ وَسْقًا مِنْ تَمْرٍ سِتِّينَ مِسْكِينًا» فَقُلْتُ وَالَّذِي بَعَثَكَ بِالْحَقِّ لَقَدْ بِتْنَا لَيْلَتَنَا وَحْشَى مَا لَنَا مِنَ الطَّعَامِ قَالَ فَانْطَلِقْ إِلَى صَاحِبِ صَدَقَةِ بَنِي زُرَيْقٍ فَلْيَدْفَعْهَا إِلَيْكَ وَأَطْعِمْ سِتِّينَ مِسْكِينًا وَسْقًا مِنْ تَمْرٍ وَكُلْ بَقِيَّتَهُ أَنْتَ وَعِيَالُكَ قَالَ فَأَتَيْتُ قَوْمِي فَقُلْتُ وَجَدْتُ عِنْدَكُمُ الضِّيقَ وَسُوءَ الرَّأْيِ وَوَجَدْتُ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ السَّعَةَ وَحُسْنَ الرَّأْيِ وَقَدْ أَمَرني بِصَدَقَتِكُمْ