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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}  


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Collected by Bukhārī, Muslim, Abū Dāwūd, Tirmidhī, Ibn Mājah, Ibn Ḥibbān, Nasāʾī's Kubrá, Bayhaqī
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: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}  

abudawud:2163Ibn Bashhār > ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Sufyān > Muḥammad b. al-Munkadir > Jābir

Muhammad bin Al Munkadir said I heard Jabir say The Jews used to say “When a man has intercourse with his wife through the vagina, but being on her back the child will have a squint, so the verse came down. Your wives are a tilth to you, so come to your tilth however you will.”  

أبو داود:٢١٦٣حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ بَشَّارٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْمُنْكَدِرِ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ جَابِرًا يَقُولُ إِنَّ الْيَهُودَ يَقُولُونَ إِذَا جَامَعَ الرَّجُلُ أَهْلَهُ فِي فَرْجِهَا مِنْ وَرَائِهَا كَانَ وَلَدُهُ أَحْوَلَ فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ سُبْحَانَهُ وَتَعَالَى { نِسَاؤُكُمْ حَرْثٌ لَكُمْ فَأْتُوا حَرْثَكُمْ أَنَّى شِئْتُمْ }  

tirmidhi:2978Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Aʿlá > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Mahdī > Ḥammād b. Salamah > Thābit > Anas > Bimaʿnāh > Ibn Abū ʿUmar > Sufyān > Ibn al-Munkadir > Jābir > Kānat al-Yahūd

"The Jews would say: "Whoever goes into his wife's vagina from behind her, then his children will be cross-eyed.' So Allah revealed: Your wives are a tilth for your, so go to your tilth when or how you will (2:223)."  

Abū ʿĪsá said that this Ḥadīth is Ḥasan-Ṣaḥīḥ.
الترمذي:٢٩٧٨حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الأَعْلَى حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ عَنْ حَمَّادِ بْنِ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ أَنَسٍ نَحْوَهُ بِمَعْنَاهُ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي عُمَرَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنِ ابْنِ الْمُنْكَدِرِ

سَمِعَ جَابِرًا يَقُولُ كَانَتِ الْيَهُودُ تَقُولُ مَنْ أَتَى امْرَأَتَهُ فِي قُبُلِهَا مِنْ دُبُرِهَا كَانَ الْوَلَدُ أَحْوَلَ فَنَزَلَتْ (نِسَاؤُكُمْ حَرْثٌ لَكُمْ فَأْتُوا حَرْثَكُمْ أَنَّى شِئْتُمْ )  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ
ibnmajah:1925Sahl b. Abū Sahl And Jamīl b. al-Ḥasan > Sufyān b. ʿUyaynah > Muḥammad b. al-Munkadir > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh > Kānat Yahūd

that he heard Jabir bin 'Abdullah say: “The Jews used to say that if a man has intercourse with a woman in her vagina from the back, the child would have a squint. Then Allah, Glorious is He, revealed: 'Your wives are a tilth for you, so go to your tilth, when or how you will.' ”  

ابن ماجة:١٩٢٥حَدَّثَنَا سَهْلُ بْنُ أَبِي سَهْلٍ وَجَمِيلُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْمُنْكَدِرِ

أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ جَابِرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ يَقُولُ كَانَتْ يَهُودُ تَقُولُ مَنْ أَتَى امْرَأَةً فِي قُبُلِهَا مِنْ دُبُرِهَا كَانَ الْوَلَدُ أَحْوَلَ فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ سُبْحَانَهُ {نِسَاؤُكُمْ حَرْثٌ لَكُمْ فَأْتُوا حَرْثَكُمْ أَنَّى شِئْتُمْ}  

ذِكْرُ الْخَبَرِ الْمُدْحِضِ قَوْلَ مَنْ أَجَازَ إِتْيَانَ النِّسَاءِ فِي غَيْرِ مَوْضِعِ الْحَرْثِ

ibnhibban:4197Khālid b. al-Naḍr b. ʿAmr al-Qurashī > ʿAbd al-Wāḥid b. Ghiyāth > Abū ʿAwānah > Muḥammad b. al-Munkadir > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

[Machine] The Jews said, "The act of intercourse is only valid if a man approaches his wife from behind. Allah revealed: 'Your wives are a tilth (field) for you, so approach your tilth from wherever you wish.' It is permissible for a man to approach his wife from in front or behind, but he should only do so in the proper manner."  

ابن حبّان:٤١٩٧أَخْبَرَنَا خَالِدُ بْنُ النَّضْرِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو الْقُرَشِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَاحِدِ بْنُ غِيَاثٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْمُنْكَدِرِ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ

قَالَتِ الْيَهُودُ «إِنَّمَا يَكُونُ الْحَوَلُ إِذَا أَتَى الرَّجُلُ امْرَأَتَهُ مِنْ خَلْفِهَا فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ {نِسَاؤُكُمْ حَرْثٌ لَكُمْ فَأْتُوا حَرْثَكُمْ أَنَّى شِئْتُمْ} مِنْ قُدَّامِهَا وَمِنْ خَلْفِهَا وَلَا يَأْتِيهَا إِلَّا فِي الْمَأْتَى»  

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»  

nasai-kubra:10971Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > Sufyān > Ibn al-Munkadir > Jābir > Kānat al-Yahūd

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) (Using translation from Muslim 1435a)   

الكبرى للنسائي:١٠٩٧١أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنِ ابْنِ الْمُنْكَدِرِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ

كَانَتِ الْيَهُودُ تَقُولُ فِي الرَّجُلِ يَأْتِي امْرَأَتَهُ مِنْ قِبَلِ دُبُرِهَا فِي قُبُلِهَا إِنَّ الْوَلَدَ يَكُونُ أَحْوَلَ فَنَزَلَتْ {نِسَاؤُكُمْ حَرْثٌ لَكُمْ فَأْتُوا حَرْثَكُمْ أَنَّى شِئْتُمْ} [البقرة 223]  

nasai-kubra:10972Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > Abū ʿAwānah > Muḥammad b. al-Munkadir > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

[Machine] The Jews said, "When a man approaches his wife from behind, it is as if he is sowing a seed." So Allah revealed, "Your wives are a tilth for you, so approach your tilth whenever you like." He (the Prophet) said (standing and sitting and also receiving marriage rewards) that this could be done after entering the mabāth (i.e., vagina).  

الكبرى للنسائي:١٠٩٧٢أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْمُنْكَدِرِ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ

قَالَتِ الْيَهُودُ إِذَا أَتَى الرَّجُلُ امْرَأَتَهُ مِنْ قِبَلِ دُبُرِهَا كَانَ الْحَوَلُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ فَأَنْزَلَ اللهُ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى {نِسَاؤُكُمْ حَرْثٌ لَكُمْ فَأَتَوْا} [البقرة 223] قَالَ قَائِمًا وَقَاعِدًا وَبَارِكًا بَعْدَ أَنْ يَكُونَ فِي الْمَأْتَى  

nasai-kubra:8924Hilāl b. Bishr > Ḥammād b. Masʿadah > Ibn Jurayj > Muḥammad b. al-Munkadir > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

[Machine] It was said to the Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , that the Jews say when a man approaches his wife from behind, the child will have a squint. So he replied, "The Jews have lied." Then the verse was revealed: "Your wives are a place of sowing of seed for you, so come to your place of cultivation however you wish" [Surah Al-Baqarah 2:223].  

الكبرى للنسائي:٨٩٢٤أَخْبَرَنَا هِلَالُ بْنُ بِشْرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ مَسْعَدَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْمُنْكَدِرِ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قِيلَ لَهُ إِنَّ الْيَهُودَ تَقُولُ إِذَا جَاءَ الرَّجُلُ امْرَأَتَهُ مُجَبَّاةً جَاءَ الْوَلَدُ أَحْوَلُ فَقَالَ «كَذَبَتْ يَهُودُ» فَنَزَلَتْ {نِسَاؤُكُمْ حَرْثٌ لَكُمْ فَأْتُوا حَرْثَكُمْ أَنَّى شِئْتُمْ} [البقرة 223]  

nasai-kubra:8927Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > Sufyān > Ibn al-Munkadir > Jābir / Ibn ʿAbdullāh > Kānat al-Yahūd

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) (Using translation from Muslim 1435a)   

الكبرى للنسائي:٨٩٢٧أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنِ ابْنِ الْمُنْكَدِرِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ وَهُوَ ابْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ

كَانَتِ الْيَهُودُ تَقُولُ فِي الرَّجُلِ يَأْتِي امْرَأَتَهُ مِنْ قِبَلِ دُبُرِهَا فِي قُبُلِهَا إِنَّ الْوَلَدَ يَكُونُ أَحْوَلَ فَنَزَلَتْ {نِسَاؤُكُمْ حَرْثٌ لَكُمْ فَأْتُوا حَرْثَكُمْ أَنَّى شِئْتُمْ} [البقرة 223]  

bayhaqi:14101Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ And ʾAbū Saʿīd b. Abū ʿAmr > Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > Ibrāhīm b. Marzūq > Wahb b. Jarīr > Shuʿbah > Muḥammad b. al-Munkadir > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

[Machine] When a man came to his wife in a state of impurity, the child born as a result was brownish. This was mentioned to the Prophet ﷺ , and then the verse was revealed: "Your wives are a tilth for you, so go to your tilth when or how you will" (Quran 2:223).  

البيهقي:١٤١٠١أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ وَأَبُو سَعِيدِ بْنُ أَبِي عَمْرٍو قَالَا ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ مَرْزُوقٍ ثنا وَهْبُ بْنُ جَرِيرٍ ثنا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْمُنْكَدِرِ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ ؓ قَالَ قَالَتِ

الْيَهُودُ إِذَا أَتَى الرَّجُلُ امْرَأَتَهُ بَارِكَةً جَاءَ الْوَلَدُ أَحْوَلَ فَذُكِرَ ذَلِكَ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَنَزَلَتْ نِسَاؤُكُمْ حَرْثٌ لَكُمْ فَأْتُوا حَرْثَكُمْ أَنَّى شِئْتُمْ  

رَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مَثْنَى عَنْ وَهْبِ بْنِ جَرِيرٍ
bayhaqi:14102Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū ʿAbdullāh Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > Muḥammad b. Shādhān > Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > Sufyān > Muḥammad b. al-Munkadir > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh > Kānat al-Yahūd

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) (Using translation from Muslim 1435a)   

البيهقي:١٤١٠٢أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ ثنا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ شَاذَانَ ثنا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ ثنا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْمُنْكَدِرِ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ ؓ قَالَ

كَانَتِ الْيَهُودُ تَقُولُ مَنْ أَتَى امْرَأَتَهُ فِي قُبُلِهَا مِنْ دُبُرِهَا كَانَ الْوَلَدُ أَحْوَلَ فَنَزَلَتْ {نِسَاؤُكُمْ حَرْثٌ لَكُمْ فَأْتُوا حَرْثَكُمْ أَنَّى شِئْتُمْ} [البقرة 223]  

رَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ قُتَيْبَةَ وَغَيْرِهِ