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nasai-kubra:3096ʿAlī b. al-Ḥusayn al-Dirhamī Baṣrī > Ibn Abū ʿAdī > Hishām b. Abū ʿAbdullāh > Ḥammād > Ibrāhīm > al-Aswad > Liʿāʾishah Ayubāshir al-Ṣāʾim

[Machine] I said, "Wasn't the Messenger of Allah ﷺ intimate with his wives even while he was fasting?" She replied, "Indeed, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ had more control over his desires than any of you."  

الكبرى للنسائي:٣٠٩٦أَخْبَرَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ الدِّرْهَمِيُّ بَصْرِيٌّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي عَدِيٍّ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللهِ عَنْ حَمَّادٍ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنِ الْأَسْوَدِ قَالَ قُلْتُ لِعَائِشَةَ أَيُبَاشِرُ الصَّائِمُ؟ قَالَتْ

لَا قُلْتُ أَفَلَيْسَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُبَاشِرُ وَهُوَ صَائِمٌ؟ قَالَتْ «إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ أَمْلَكَكُمْ لِإِرْبِهِ»  


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Collected by Tirmidhī, Aḥmad, Nasāʾī's Kubrá, Bayhaqī
tirmidhi:728Ibn Abū ʿUmar > Wakīʿ > Isrāʾīl > Abū Isḥāq > Abū Maysarah > ʿĀʾishah

"The Messenger of Allah would fondle me while he was fasting, and he had the most control among you of his limb (li irbihi)."  

الترمذي:٧٢٨حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي عُمَرَ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْرَائِيلُ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ أَبِي مَيْسَرَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يُبَاشِرُنِي وَهُوَ صَائِمٌ وَكَانَ أَمْلَكَكُمْ لإِرْبِهِ  

tirmidhi:729Hannād > Abū Muʿāwiyah > al-Aʿmash > Ibrāhīm > ʿAlqamah And al-Aswad > ʿĀʾishah

"The Messenger of Allah would kiss and fondle while he was fasting, and he had the most control among you of his limbs."  

الترمذي:٧٢٩حَدَّثَنَا هَنَّادٌ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ وَالأَسْوَدِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يُقَبِّلُ وَيُبَاشِرُ وَهُوَ صَائِمٌ وَكَانَ أَمْلَكَكُمْ لإِرْبِهِ  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ وَأَبُو مَيْسَرَةَ اسْمُهُ عَمْرُو بْنُ شُرَحْبِيلَ وَمَعْنَى لإِرْبِهِ لِنَفْسِهِ
ahmad:26299ʿAbīdah > Manṣūr > Ibrāhīm > ʿAlqamah > ʿĀʾishah > Baʿḍunā In Hadhā

[Machine] We were told about you that you said, "Indeed, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to have marital relations while he was fasting." She said, "Yes, but the Messenger of Allah ﷺ had control over his desires and could restrain himself."  

أحمد:٢٦٢٩٩حَدَّثَنَا عَبِيدَةُ حَدَّثَنَا مَنْصُورٌ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَ بَعْضُنَا إِنَّ هَذَا

أَخْبَرَنَا عَنْكِ أَنَّكِ قُلْتِ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ يُبَاشِرُ وَهُوَ صَائِمٌ قَالَتْ أَجَلْ وَلَكِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ أَمْلَكُكُمْ لِإِرْبِهِ  

ahmad:25932Ibn Numayr > al-Aʿmash > Ibrāhīm > al-Aswad > ʿĀʾishah

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to kiss and embrace while he was fasting, but he was the one of you who had most control over his desire. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 2382)   

أحمد:٢٥٩٣٢حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ نُمَيْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنِ الْأَسْوَدِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُبَاشِرُ وَهُوَ صَائِمٌ لِأَنَّهُ كَانَ أَمْلَكَكُمْ لِإِرْبِهِ  

nasai-kubra:3095Abū Bakr b. Ḥafṣ Baṣrī Āsmuh Ismāʿīl > Muʿtamir from his father > Mughīrah > Ibrāhīm > al-Aswad

[Machine] I asked Aisha, "Did the Messenger of Allah ﷺ have intimate relations while he was fasting?" She replied, "Yes, but he had control over his desires much more than any of you."  

الكبرى للنسائي:٣٠٩٥أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ حَفْصٍ بَصْرِيٌّ اسْمُهُ إِسْمَاعِيلُ عَنْ مُعْتَمِرٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ مُغِيرَةَ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنِ الْأَسْوَدِ قَالَ

سَأَلْتُ عَائِشَةَ أَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُبَاشِرُ وَهُوَ صَائِمٌ؟ قَالَتْ نَعَمْ وَلَكِنْ كَانَ أَمْلَكَكُمْ لِإِرْبِهِ  

bayhaqi:8091Abū ʿAbdullāh And ʾAbū Saʿīd > Abū al-ʿAbbās > Yaḥyá > ʿAbd al-Wahhāb > Hishām al-Dastuwāʾī > Ḥammād > Ibrāhīm > al-Aswad b. Yazīd > Liʿāʾishah Ayubāshir al-Ṣāʾim

[Machine] I said, "Wasn't the Messenger of Allah ﷺ engaged in physical relations?" She said, "Indeed, he had the most control among you to restrain himself."  

البيهقي:٨٠٩١وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ وَأَبُو سَعِيدٍ قَالَا ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ ثنا يَحْيَى أنبأ عَبْدُ الْوَهَّابِ أنبأ هِشَامٌ الدَّسْتُوَائِيُّ عَنْ حَمَّادٍ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنِ الْأَسْوَدِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ قَالَ قُلْتُ لِعَائِشَةَ أَيُبَاشِرُ الصَّائِمُ؟ قَالَتْ

لَا قُلْتُ أَلَيْسَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُبَاشِرُ؟ قَالَتْ كَانَ أَمْلَكَكُمْ لِإِرْبِهِ