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ذِكْرُ الْإِخْبَارِ عَنْ جَوَازِ مُوَاقَعَةِ الْمَرْءِ أَهْلَهُ عَلَى أَيِّ حَالٍ أَحَبَّ إِذَا قَصَدَ فِيهِ مَوْضِعَ الْحَرْثِ

ibnhibban:4166Aḥmad b. Zuhayr Bitustar > Zayd b. Akhzam > Wahbb. Jarīr from my father > al-Nuʿmān b. Rāshid > al-Zuhrī > Ibn al-Munkadir > Jābir

[Machine] The Jews said, "Indeed, when a man approaches his wife and she is on her period, if their child is conceived, it is closer related to the wife. But if their child is not conceived, then they are equal in relationship, as they share the same lineage."  

ابن حبّان:٤١٦٦أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ زُهَيْرٍ بِتُسْتَرَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا زَيْدُ بْنُ أَخْزَمَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا وَهْبُ بْنُ جَرِيرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي قَالَ سَمِعْتُ النُّعْمَانَ بْنَ رَاشِدٍ يُحَدِّثُ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنِ ابْنِ الْمُنْكَدِرِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ

قَالَتِ الْيَهُودُ «إِنَّ الرَّجُلَ إِذَا أَتَى امْرَأَتَهُ وَهِيَ مُجَبِّيَةٌ جَاءَ وَلَدُهُ أَحْوَلَ فَنَزَلَتْ {نِسَاؤُكُمْ حَرْثٌ لَكُمْ فَأْتُوا حَرْثَكُمْ أَنَّى شِئْتُمْ} إِنْ شَاءَ مُجَبِّيَةً وَإِنْ شَاءَ غَيْرَ مُجَبِّيَةٍ إِذَا كَانَ فِي صِمَامٍ وَاحِدٍ»  


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bukhari:4528Abū Nuʿaym > Sufyān > Ibn al-Munkadir > Jābir > Kānat al-Yahūd

Jews used to say: "If one has sexual intercourse with his wife from the back, then she will deliver a squint-eyed child." So this Verse was revealed:-- "Your wives are a tilth unto you; so go to your tilth when or how you will." (2.223)  

البخاري:٤٥٢٨حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنِ ابْنِ الْمُنْكَدِرِ سَمِعْتُ جَابِرًا ؓ قَالَ

كَانَتِ الْيَهُودُ تَقُولُ إِذَا جَامَعَهَا مِنْ وَرَائِهَا جَاءَ الْوَلَدُ أَحْوَلَ فَنَزَلَتْ {نِسَاؤُكُمْ حَرْثٌ لَكُمْ فَأْتُوا حَرْثَكُمْ أَنَّى شِئْتُمْ}  

muslim:1435aQutaybah b. Saʿīd And ʾAbū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah Waʿamrw al-Nāqid Wa-al-Lafẓ Lʾabī Bakr > Sufyān > Ibn al-Munkadir > Jābr > Kānat al-Yahūd > Idhā

When a man has intercourse with his wife through the vagina but being on her back. the child will have squint, so the verse came down:" Your wives are your tilth; go then unto your tilth as you may desire" (ii. 223)  

مسلم:١٤٣٥aحَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ وَأَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ وَعَمْرٌو النَّاقِدُ وَاللَّفْظُ لأَبِي بَكْرٍ قَالُوا حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنِ ابْنِ الْمُنْكَدِرِ

سَمِعَ جَابرًا يَقُولُ كَانَتِ الْيَهُودُ تَقُولُ إِذَا أَتَى الرَّجُلُ امْرَأَتَهُ مِنْ دُبُرِهَا فِي قُبُلِهَا كَانَ الْوَلَدُ أَحْوَلَ فَنَزَلَتْ { نِسَاؤُكُمْ حَرْثٌ لَكُمْ فَأْتُوا حَرْثَكُمْ أَنَّى شِئْتُمْ}  

muslim:1435bMuḥammad b. Rumḥ > al-Layth > Ibn al-Hād > Abū Ḥāzim > Muḥammad b. al-Munkadir > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh > Yahūd Kānat

" Your wives are your ti'Ith; go then unto your tilth, as you may desire."  

مسلم:١٤٣٥bوَحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ رُمْحٍ أَخْبَرَنَا اللَّيْثُ عَنِ ابْنِ الْهَادِ عَنْ أَبِي حَازِمٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْمُنْكَدِرِ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ

أَنَّ يَهُودَ كَانَتْ تَقُولُ إِذَا أُتِيَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ مِنْ دُبُرِهَا فِي قُبُلِهَا ثُمَّ حَمَلَتْ كَانَ وَلَدُهَا أَحْوَلَ قَالَ فَأُنْزِلَتْ { نِسَاؤُكُمْ حَرْثٌ لَكُمْ فَأْتُوا حَرْثَكُمْ أَنَّى شِئْتُمْ}  

bayhaqi:14104[Chain 1] Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū al-Naḍr al-Faqīh > Abū Bakr b. Rajāʾ > Muḥammad b. Abū Bakr And Hārūn b. ʿAbdullāh > Wahb b. Jarīr [Chain 2] Abū Saʿīd b. Abū ʿAmr > Abū ʿAbdullāh Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > Aḥmad b. Salamah > ʿUbaydullāh b. Saʿīd Abū Qudāmah > Wahbb. Jarīr from my father > al-Nuʿmān b. Rāshid > al-Zuhrī > Ibn al-Munkadir > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh ؓ

[Machine] The Jews said, "When a man approaches his wife from behind, the child is born more handsome." Then came down the verse, "Your wives are a tilth for you, so approach your tilth when or how you will" [Al-Baqarah 2:223]. If Allah wills, the child will be born more handsome, and if He wills, otherwise. However, this is only in regards to the choice for entering from the front or back. This is the wording of the Hadith of Abu Qudamah.  

البيهقي:١٤١٠٤أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو النَّضْرِ الْفَقِيهُ ثنا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ رَجَاءٍ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ وَهَارُونُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَا ثنا وَهْبُ بْنُ جَرِيرٍ ح وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو سَعِيدِ بْنُ أَبِي عَمْرٍو أنبأ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ ثنا عُبَيْدُ اللهِ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ أَبُو قُدَامَةَ ثنا وَهْبُ بْنُ جَرِيرٍ ثنا أَبِي عَنِ النُّعْمَانِ بْنِ رَاشِدٍ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنِ ابْنِ الْمُنْكَدِرِ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ ؓ قَالَ

قَالَتِ الْيَهُودُ إِذَا أَتَى الرَّجُلُ امْرَأَتَهُ مُجَبِّيَةً كَانَ الْوَلَدُ أَحْوَلَ فَنَزَلَتْ {نِسَاؤُكُمْ حَرْثٌ لَكُمْ فَأْتُوا حَرْثَكُمْ أَنَّى شِئْتُمْ} [البقرة 223] إِنْ شَاءَ مُجَبِّيَةً وَإِنْ شَاءَ غَيْرَ مُجَبِّيَةٍ غَيْرَ أَنَّ ذَلِكَ فِي صِمَامٍ وَاحِدٍ لَفْظُ حَدِيثِ أَبِي قُدَامَةَ  

رَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ