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ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ الزَّجْرَ عَنِ الْمُتْعَةِ يَوْمَ الْفَتْحِ كَانَ زَجْرَ تَحْرِيمٍ لَا زَجْرَ نَدْبٍ

ibnhibban:4148al-Faḍl b. al-Ḥubāb > Musaddad b. Musarhad > Bishr b. al-Mufaḍḍal > ʿUmārah b. Ghaziyyah > al-Rabīʿ b. Sabrah

[Machine] "His father said, 'He (referring to the person speaking) marched (or went out) with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ .' He continued, 'So one day, I and a man from my tribe went forth, and I had an advantage in beauty over him. He was close to adolescence. Each of us had coldness, and my coldness was a natural coldness, while the coldness of my cousin's son was new and biting. Until when we reached the bottom or the top of Makkah, we met a girl who resembled the moon. So we asked her, 'May we enjoy your company?' She replied, 'And what will you give in return?' Each of us spread his coldness in front of her. She looked at the man, and when the man saw her looking, he glanced at me compassionately and said, 'This coldness is natural, and my coldness is new and biting.' So she said, 'There is nothing wrong with this coldness.' Then I enjoyed her company, and we did not leave until the Messenger of Allah ﷺ prohibited her (from such activities)."  

ابن حبّان:٤١٤٨أَخْبَرَنَا الْفَضْلُ بْنُ الْحُبَابِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدُ بْنُ مُسَرْهَدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ الْمُفَضَّلِ عَنْ عُمَارَةَ بْنِ غَزِيَّةَ عَنِ الرَّبِيعِ بْنِ سَبْرَةَ

أَنَّ أَبَاهُ «غَزَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ فَخَرَجْتُ أَنَا وَرَجُلٌ مِنْ قَوْمِي لِي عَلَيْهِ فَضْلٌ فِي الْجَمَالِ وَهُوَ قَرِيبٌ مِنَ الدَّمَامَةِ مَعَ كُلِّ وَاحِدٍ مِنَّا بُرْدٌ أَمَا بُرْدِي فَبُرْدٌ خَلَقٌ وَأَمَّا بُرْدُ ابْنِ عَمِّي فَبُرْدٌ جَدِيدٌ غَضٌّ حَتَّى إِذَا كُنَّا أَسْفَلَ مَكَّةَ أَوْ بِأَعْلَاهَا فَلَقَيْنَا فَتَاةً مِثْلُ الْبَكْرَةِ فَقُلْنَا هَلْ نَسْتَمْتِعُ مِنْكِ قَالَتْ وَمَاذَا تَبْذُلَانِ فَنَشَرَ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنَّا بُرْدَهُ فَجَعَلَتْ تَنْظُرُ إِلَى الرَّجُلِ فَإِذَا رَآهَا الرَّجُلُ تَنْظُرُ إِلَيَّ عِطْفِهَا وَقَالَ بُرْدُ هَذَا خَلَقٌ وَبُرْدِي جَدِيدٌ غَضٌّ فَتَقُولُ بُرْدُ هَذَا لَا بَأْسَ بِهِ ثُمَّ اسْتَمْتَعْتُ مِنْهَا فَلَمْ نَخْرُجْ حَتَّى حَرَّمَهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ»  


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muslim:1406bAbū Kāmil Fuḍayl b. Ḥusayn al-Jaḥdarī > Bishr / Ibn Mufaḍḍal > ʿUmārah b. Ghaziyyah > al-Rabīʿ b. Sabrah

Is it possible that one of us may contract temporary marriage with you? She said: What will you give me as a dower? Each one of us spread his cloak. She began to cast a glance on both the persons. My companion also looked at her when she was casting a glance at her side and he said: This cloak of his is worn out, whereas my cloak is quite new. She, however, said twice or thrice: There is no harm in (accepting) this cloak (the old one). So I contracted temporary marriage with her, and I did not come out (of this) until Messenger of Allah ﷺ declared it forbidden.  

مسلم:١٤٠٦bحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو كَامِلٍ فُضَيْلُ بْنُ حُسَيْنٍ الْجَحْدَرِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ مُفَضَّلٍ حَدَّثَنَا عُمَارَةُ بْنُ غَزِيَّةَ عَنِ الرَّبِيعِ بْنِ سَبْرَةَ

أَنَّ أَبَاهُ غَزَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَتْحَ مَكَّةَ قَالَ فَأَقَمْنَا بِهَا خَمْسَ عَشْرَةَ ثَلاَثِينَ بَيْنَ لَيْلَةٍ وَيَوْمٍ فَأَذِنَ لَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي مُتْعَةِ النِّسَاءِ فَخَرَجْتُ أَنَا وَرَجُلٌ مِنْ قَوْمِي وَلِي عَلَيْهِ فَضْلٌ فِي الْجَمَالِ وَهُوَ قَرِيبٌ مِنَ الدَّمَامَةِ مَعَ كُلِّ وَاحِدٍ مِنَّا بُرْدٌ فَبُرْدِي خَلَقٌ وَأَمَّا بُرْدُ ابْنِ عَمِّي فَبُرْدٌ جَدِيدٌ غَضٌّ حَتَّى إِذَا كُنَّا بِأَسْفَلِ مَكَّةَ أَوْ بِأَعْلاَهَا فَتَلَقَّتْنَا فَتَاةٌ مِثْلُ الْبَكْرَةِ الْعَنَطْنَطَةِ فَقُلْنَا هَلْ لَكِ أَنْ يَسْتَمْتِعَ مِنْكِ أَحَدُنَا قَالَتْ وَمَاذَا تَبْذُلاَنِ فَنَشَرَ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنَّا بُرْدَهُ فَجَعَلَتْ تَنْظُرُ إِلَى الرَّجُلَيْنِ وَيَرَاهَا صَاحِبِي تَنْظُرُ إِلَى عِطْفِهَا فَقَالَ إِنَّ بُرْدَ هَذَا خَلَقٌ وَبُرْدِي جَدِيدٌ غَضٌّ فَتَقُولُ بُرْدُ هَذَا لاَ بَأْسَ بِهِ ثَلاَثَ مِرَارٍ أَوْ مَرَّتَيْنِ ثُمَّ اسْتَمْتَعْتُ مِنْهَا فَلَمْ أَخْرُجْ حَتَّى حَرَّمَهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ  

ahmad:15346ʿAffān > Wuhayb > ʿUmārah b. Ghaziyyah al-Anṣārī > al-Rabīʿ b. Sabrah al-Juhanī from his father

[Machine] "We went out with the Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , during the year of the conquest. We stayed fifteen nights and days. He, ﷺ , allowed us to engage in pleasure. I, along with my cousin, went to the lower part of Mecca or perhaps the higher part of Mecca. We met a girl from the tribe of Banu 'Amir bin Sa'sa'a who appeared to be like a virgin with her youthful beauty. I was close to Dammam and I was wearing a cool, thick garment, while my cousin was wearing a thin one. We asked her if any of us could enjoy her company. She asked, 'Is that possible?' We said, 'Yes.' She then looked at my cousin, and I said to her, 'My garment is cool and thick, and my cousin's garment is thin but attractive.' She said, 'There is nothing wrong with your cousin's garment.' So, she allowed him to have pleasure with her. We did not leave Mecca until the Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , made it forbidden."  

أحمد:١٥٣٤٦حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا وُهَيْبٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عُمَارَةُ بْنُ غَزِيَّةَ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الرَّبِيعُ بْنُ سَبْرَةَ الْجُهَنِيُّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

خَرَجْنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ عَامَ الْفَتْحِ فَأَقَمْنَا خَمْسَ عَشْرَةَ مِنْ بَيْنِ لَيْلَةٍ وَيَوْمٍ قَالَ قَالَ فَأَذِنَ لَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فِي الْمُتْعَةِ قَالَ وَخَرَجْتُ أَنَا وَابْنُ عَمٍّ لِي فِي أَسْفَلِ مَكَّةَ أَوْ قَالَ فِي أَعْلَى مَكَّةَ فَلَقِيتْنَا فَتَاةً مِنْ بَنِي عَامِرِ بْنِ صَعْصَعَةَ كَأَنَّهَا الْبَكْرَةُ الْعَنَطْنَطَةُ قَالَ وَأَنَا قَرِيبٌ مِنَ الدَّمَامَةِ وَعَلَيَّ بُرْدٌ جَدِيدٌ غَضٌّ وَعَلَى ابْنِ عَمِّي بُرْدٌ خَلَقٌ قَالَ فَقُلْنَا لَهَا هَلْ لَكِ أَنْ يَسْتَمْتِعَ مِنْكِ أَحَدُنَا؟ قَالَتْ وَهَلْ يَصْلُحُ ذَلِكَ؟ قَالَ قُلْنَا نَعَمْ قَالَ فَجَعَلَتْ تَنْظُرُ إِلَى ابْنِ عَمِّي فَقُلْتُ لَهَا إِنَّ بُرْدِيهَذَا جَدِيدٌ غَضٌّ وَبُرْدَ ابْنِ عَمِّي هَذَا خَلَقٌ مَحٌّ قَالَتْ بُرْدُ ابْنِ عَمِّكَ هَذَا لَا بَأْسَ بِهِ قَالَ فَاسْتَمْتَعَ مِنْهَا فَلَمْ نَخْرُجْ مِنْ مَكَّةَ حَتَّى حَرَّمَهَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ  

tabarani:6522Muʿādh b. al-Muthanná > Musaddad > al-Muʿtamir > ʿUmārah b. Ghaziyyah > al-Rabīʿ b. Sabrah from his father

[Machine] That the Messenger of Allah ﷺ entered Makkah on the Day of the conquest and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ allowed them to enjoy the women, so I went out with my cousin and I had a worn-out cloak and my cousin had a new cloak, which was longer than mine. And I am beautiful, more beautiful than my cousin and my cousin is more beautiful than me. So we went out until when we were at the highest or lowest point of Makkah, we met a girl from Banu Amir ibn Sa'sa'ah, resembling a virgin. So we said, "Verily, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ has commanded us or allowed us to enjoy women. Do you have any need of any one of us?" She said, "Has he really done so?" We said, "Yes." She said, "Yes." So we took off our cloaks and she began to look at the cloaks and then she looked at me and my cousin. When my cousin saw her looking at me with affection, he said, "My cloak is new, long, and has not been touched, while his cloak is worn-out and has been touched." And the girl said, "There is no harm in this cloak." She repeated that statement once or twice, and then she chose me. And we did not leave Makkah until the Messenger of Allah ﷺ prohibited it.  

الطبراني:٦٥٢٢حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاذُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى ثنا مُسَدَّدٌ ثنا الْمُعْتَمِرُ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عُمَارَةَ بْنَ غَزِيَّةَ يُحَدِّثُ عَنِ الرَّبِيعِ بْنِ سَبْرَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ دَخَلَ مَكَّةَ يَوْمَ الْفَتْحِ وَأَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ أَذِنَ لَهُمْ فِي مُتْعَةِ النِّسَاءِ فَخَرَجْتُ أَنَا وَابْنُ عَمٍّ لِي وَمَعِي بُرْدٌ قَدْ مُسَّ مِنْهُ وَمَعَ ابْنِ عَمِّي بُرْدٌ جَدِيدٌ غَضٌّ وَأَنَا جَمِيلٌ فَاضِلُ الْجَمَالِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَمِّي وَابْنُ عَمِّي دُونِي فِي الْجَمَالِ فَخَرَجْنَا حَتَّى إِذَا كُنَّا بِأَعْلَى مَكَّةَ أَوْ بِأَسْفَلِهَا لَقِيَتْنَا فَتَاةٌ مِنْ بَنِي عَامِرِ بْنِ صَعْصَعَةَ مِثْلُ الْبَكْرَةِ فَقُلْنَا «إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَدْ أَمَرَنَا أَوْ قَدْ أَذِنَ لَنَا أَنْ نَسْتَمْتِعَ مِنَ النِّسَاءِ» فَهَلْ لَكِ فِي أَحَدِنَا؟ قَالَتْ أَوَفَعَلَ؟ قُلْنَا نَعَمْ قَالَتْ نَعَمْ فَنَشَرْنَا بُرْدَيْنَا فَجَعَلَتْ تَنْظُرُ إِلَى الْبُرْدَيْنِ ثُمَّ تَنْظُرُ إِلَيَّ وَإِلَى ابْنِ عَمِّي فَإِذَا رَآهَا ابْنُ عَمِّي تَنْظُرُ إِلَيَّ عَطِفَهَا قَالَ إِنَّ بُرْدِي هَذَا جَدِيدٌ غَضٌّ وَبُرْدَ ابْنِ عَمِّي خَلِقٌ قَدْ مُسَّ مِنْهُ وَتَقُولُ الْفَتَاةُ وَبُرْدُ هَذَا لَا بَأْسَ بِهِ فَكَرَّرَ ذَلِكَ الْقَوْلَ مَرَّةً أَوْ مَرَّتَيْنِ ثُمَّ اخْتَارَتْنِي ثُمَّ لَمْ نَخْرُجْ مِنْ مَكَّةَ حَتَّى حَرَّمَهَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ  

bayhaqi:14150[Chain 1] Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > Yaḥyá b. Muḥammad b. Yaḥyá > Musaddad > Bishr b. al-Mufaḍḍal [Chain 2] Abū al-Walīd > Muḥammad b. Sulaymān > Abū Kāmil > Bishr b. al-Mufaḍḍal > ʿUmārah b. Ghaziyyah > al-Rabīʿ b. Sabrah

Is it possible that one of us may contract temporary marriage with you? She said: What will you give me as a dower? Each one of us spread his cloak. She began to cast a glance on both the persons. My companion also looked at her when she was casting a glance at her side and he said: This cloak of his is worn out, whereas my cloak is quite new. She, however, said twice or thrice: There is no harm in (accepting) this cloak (the old one). So I contracted temporary marriage with her, and I did not come out (of this) until Messenger of Allah ﷺ declared it forbidden. (Using translation from Muslim 1406b)   

البيهقي:١٤١٥٠أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ أنبأ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى ثنا مُسَدَّدٌ ثنا بِشْرُ بْنُ الْمُفَضَّلِ ح قَالَ وَأَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ ثنا أَبُو كَامِلٍ ثنا بِشْرُ بْنُ الْمُفَضَّلِ ثنا عُمَارَةُ بْنُ غَزِيَّةَ ثنا الرَّبِيعُ بْنُ سَبْرَةَ

أَنَّ أَبَاهُ غَزَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ عَامَ فَتْحِ مَكَّةَ فَأَقَامَ بِهَا خَمْسًا وَثَلَاثِينَ بَيْنَ لَيْلَةٍ وَيَوْمٍ قَالَ فَأَذِنَ لَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فِي مُتْعَةِ النِّسَاءِ فَخَرَجْتُ أَنَا وَرَجُلٌ مِنْ قَوْمِي وَلِي عَلَيْهِ فَضْلٌ فِي الْجَمَالِ وَهُوَ قَرِيبٌ مِنَ الدَّمَامَةِ مَعَ كُلِّ وَاحِدٍ مِنَّا بُرْدٌ أَمَّا بُرْدِي فَخَلَقٌ وَأَمَّا بُرْدُ ابْنِ عَمِّي فَبُرْدٌ جَدِيدٌ غَضٌّ حَتَّى إِذَا كُنَّا بِأَسْفَلِ مَكَّةَ أَوْ بِأَعْلَاهَا فَتَلَقَّتْنَا فَتَاةٌ مِثْلُ الْبَكْرَةِ الْعَنَطْنَطَةِ فَقُلْنَا هَلْ لَكِ أَنْ يَسْتَمْتِعَ مِنْكِ أَحَدُنَا؟ قَالَتْ وَمَا تَبْذُلَانِ؟ قَالَ فَنَشَرَ كُلٌّ مِنَّا بُرْدَهُ فَجَعَلَتْ تَنْظُرُ إِلَى الرَّجُلَيْنِ فَإِذَا رَآهَا صَاحِبِي تَنْظُرُ إِلَى عِطْفِهَا وَقَالَ إِنَّ بُرْدَ هَذَا خَلَقٌ مَحٌّ وَبُرْدِي هَذَا جَدِيدٌ غَضٌّ فَتَقُولُ وَبُرْدُ هَذَا لَا بَأْسَ بِهِ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ أَوْ مَرَّتَيْنِ ثُمَّ اسْتَمْتَعْتُ مِنْهَا فَلَمْ نَخْرُجْ حَتَّى حَرَّمَهَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَفْظُ حَدِيثِ مُسَدَّدٍ  

رَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ أَبِي كَامِلٍ