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tirmidhi:1199Abū ʿAmmār al-Ḥusayn b. Ḥurayth > al-Faḍl b. Mūsá > Maʿmar > al-Ḥakam b. Abān > ʿIkrimah > Ibn ʿAbbās

A man came to the Prophet, and he had uttered Zihar upon his wife then he had intercourse with her. So he said: 'O Messenger of Allah! I uttered Zihar against my wife, then I had intercourse with her before atoning.' He (pbuh) said: "What caused you to do that, may Allah have mercy upon you?' He said: 'I saw her anklets in the moonlight.' He said: 'Then do not go near her until you have done what Allah ordered (for it).'"  

Abū ʿĪsá said that this Ḥadīth is Ḥasan-Ṣaḥīḥ-Gharīb.
الترمذي:١١٩٩أَنْبَأَنَا أَبُو عَمَّارٍ الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ حُرَيْثٍ أَنْبَأَنَا الْفَضْلُ بْنُ مُوسَى عَنْ مَعْمَرٍ عَنِ الْحَكَمِ بْنِ أَبَانَ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّ رَجُلاً أَتَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَدْ ظَاهَرَ مِنِ امْرَأَتِهِ فَوَقَعَ عَلَيْهَا فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي قَدْ ظَاهَرْتُ مِنْ زَوْجَتِي فَوَقَعْتُ عَلَيْهَا قَبْلَ أَنْ أُكَفِّرَ فَقَالَ وَمَا حَمَلَكَ عَلَى ذَلِكَ يَرْحَمُكَ اللَّهُ قَالَ رَأَيْتُ خُلْخَالَهَا فِي ضَوْءِ الْقَمَرِ قَالَ فَلاَ تَقْرَبْهَا حَتَّى تَفْعَلَ مَا أَمَرَكَ اللَّهُ بِهِ  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ غَرِيبٌ صَحِيحٌ

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Collected by Nasāʾī, Ibn Mājah, Ḥākim, Ṭabarānī, Nasāʾī's Kubrá, Bayhaqī
nasai:3457al-Ḥusayn b. Ḥurayth > al-Faḍl b. Mūsá > Maʿmar > al-Ḥakam b. Abān > ʿIkrimah > Ibn ʿAbbās

"O Messenger of Allah, I declared Zihar on my wife, then I had intercourse with her before I offered the expiation." He said: "What made you do that, may Allah have mercy on you?" He said: "I saw her anklets in the light of the moon." He said: "Do not approach her until you have done that which Allah, the Mighty and Sublime, has commanded."  

النسائي:٣٤٥٧أَخْبَرَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ حُرَيْثٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْفَضْلُ بْنُ مُوسَى عَنْ مَعْمَرٍ عَنِ الْحَكَمِ بْنِ أَبَانَ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّ رَجُلاً أَتَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَدْ ظَاهَرَ مِنِ امْرَأَتِهِ فَوَقَعَ عَلَيْهَا فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي ظَاهَرْتُ مِنِ امْرَأَتِي فَوَقَعْتُ قَبْلَ أَنْ أُكَفِّرَ قَالَ وَمَا حَمَلَكَ عَلَى ذَلِكَ يَرْحَمُكَ اللَّهُ قَالَ رَأَيْتُ خَلْخَالَهَا فِي ضَوْءِ الْقَمَرِ فَقَالَ لاَ تَقْرَبْهَا حَتَّى تَفْعَلَ مَا أَمَرَ اللَّهُ ﷻ  

nasai:3458Muḥammad b. Rāfiʿ > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > al-Ḥakam b. Abān > ʿIkrimah > Taẓāhar a man from Āmraʾatih Faʾaṣābahā Qabl > Yukaffir Fadhakar Dhalik Lilnnabī ﷺ

"A man declared Zihar to his wife, then had intercourse with her before he had offered the expiation. He mentioned that to the Prophet. The Prophet said to him: 'What made you do that?' He said: 'May Allah have mercy on you, O Messenger of Allah. I saw her anklets, or her calves, in the light of the moon.' The Messenger of Allah said: 'Keep away from her until you have done that which Allah, the Mighty and Sublime, has commanded.'"  

النسائي:٣٤٥٨أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ رَافِعٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنِ الْحَكَمِ بْنِ أَبَانَ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ قَالَ

تَظَاهَرَ رَجُلٌ مِنِ امْرَأَتِهِ فَأَصَابَهَا قَبْلَ أَنْ يُكَفِّرَ فَذَكَرَ ذَلِكَ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ لَهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ مَا حَمَلَكَ عَلَى ذَلِكَ قَالَ رَحِمَكَ اللَّهُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ رَأَيْتُ خَلْخَالَهَا أَوْ سَاقَيْهَا فِي ضَوْءِ الْقَمَرِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَاعْتَزِلْهَا حَتَّى تَفْعَلَ مَا أَمَرَكَ اللَّهُ ﷻ  

ibnmajah:2065al-ʿAbbās b. Yazīd > Ghundar > Maʿmar > al-Ḥakam b. Abān > ʿIkrimah > Ibn ʿAbbās > a man Ẓāhar from Āmraʾatih Faghashiyahā Qabl

a man declared Zihar upon his wife, then he had intercourse with her before offering expiation. He came to the Prophet ﷺ and told him about that. He said: "What made you do that?" He said: "I saw her ankles in the moonlight, and I could not control myself, and I had intercourse with her." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ smiled and told him not to go near her until he had offered expiation.  

ابن ماجة:٢٠٦٥حَدَّثَنَا الْعَبَّاسُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا غُنْدَرٌ حَدَّثَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنِ الْحَكَمِ بْنِ أَبَانَ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّ رَجُلاً ظَاهَرَ مِنِ امْرَأَتِهِ فَغَشِيَهَا قَبْلَ أَنْ يُكَفِّرَ فَأَتَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَذَكَرَ ذَلِكَ لَهُ فَقَالَ مَا حَمَلَكَ عَلَى ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ رَأَيْتُ بَيَاضَ حِجْلَيْهَا فِي الْقَمَرِ فَلَمْ أَمْلِكْ نَفْسِي أَنْ وَقَعْتُ عَلَيْهَا فَضَحِكَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَأَمَرَهُ أَلاَّ يَقْرَبَهَا حَتَّى يُكَفِّرَ  

hakim:2817Abū Aḥmad Bakr b. Muḥammad al-Ṣayrafī Bimarw > ʿAbd al-Ṣamad b. al-Faḍl al-Balkhī > Ḥafṣ b. ʿUmar al-ʿAdanī > al-Ḥakam b. Abān > ʿIkrimah > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] A man came to the Prophet ﷺ while it was apparent that he had engaged in intimacy with his wife. The man confessed, saying, "O Messenger of Allah, I engaged in intimacy with my wife before performing the ritual purification." The Prophet ﷺ asked, "What led you to do this? May Allah have mercy on you?" The man replied, "I saw her ankle bracelet in the moonlight." The Prophet ﷺ then advised him, "Do not approach her until you have fulfilled the command of Allah, the Exalted." This hadith is witnessed by Isma'il bin Muslim from 'Amr bin Dinar, and the two prominent scholars, Isma'il bin Muslim and Al-Hakam bin Aban, have never been disputed except that Al-Hakam bin Aban is considered truthful while the authenticity of Isma'il bin Muslim is questioned by Al-'Adani.  

الحاكم:٢٨١٧أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو أَحْمَدَ بَكْرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الصَّيْرَفِيُّ بِمَرْوَ ثنا عَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ بْنُ الْفَضْلِ الْبَلْخِيُّ ثنا حَفْصُ بْنُ عُمَرَ الْعَدَنِيُّ ثنا الْحَكَمُ بْنُ أَبَانَ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّ رَجُلًا أَتَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ وَقَدْ ظَاهَرَ مِنِ امْرَأَتِهِ فَوَقَعَ عَلَيْهَا فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي ظَاهَرْتُ مِنِ امْرَأَتِي فَوَقَعَتْ عَلَيْهَا مِنْ قَبْلَ أَنْ أُكَفِّرَ قَالَ «وَمَا حَمَلَكَ عَلَى ذَلِكَ يَرْحَمُكَ اللَّهُ؟» قَالَ رَأَيْتُ خَلْخَالَهَا فِي ضَوْءِ الْقَمَرِ قَالَ «فَلَا تَقْرَبْهَا حَتَّى تَفْعَلَ مَا أَمَرَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى» شَاهِدُهُ حَدِيثُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ دِينَارٍ «وَلَمْ يَحْتَجَّ الشَّيْخَانِ بِإِسْمَاعِيلَ وَلَا بِالْحَكَمِ بْنِ أَبَانَ إِلَّا أَنَّ الْحَكَمَ بْنَ أَبَانَ صَدُوقٌ» العدني غير ثقة  

hakim:2818Abū al-Walīd al-Faqīh > al-Ḥasan b. Sufyān > ʿAmmār b. Khālid And Muḥammad b. Muʿāwiyah > ʿAlī b. Hishām > Ismāʿīl b. Muslim > ʿAmr b. Dīnār > Ṭāwus > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] A man appeared from his wife and saw her ankle bracelet in the moonlight, which amazed him. He then fell upon her and went to the Prophet ﷺ and mentioned it to him. The Prophet ﷺ said, "Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, said [to His angels] before they interacted with one another [sexually], "Hold back until they can be purified."' The man said, "That happened for us." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ then said, "Hold back until you are purified."  

الحاكم:٢٨١٨حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ الْفَقِيهُ أَنْبَأَ الْحَسَنُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ ثنا عَمَّارُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُعَاوِيَةَ قَالَا ثنا عَلِيُّ بْنُ هِشَامٍ ثنا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ دِينَارٍ عَنْ طَاوُسٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّ رَجُلًا ظَاهَرَ مِنِ امْرَأَتِهِ فَرَأَى خَلْخَالَهَا فِي ضَوْءِ الْقَمَرِ فَأَعْجَبَهُ فَوَقَعَ عَلَيْهَا فَأَتَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَذَكَرَ ذَلِكَ لَهُ فَقَالَ قَالَ اللَّهُ ﷻ {مِنْ قَبْلِ أَنْ يَتَمَاسَّا} [المجادلة 3] فَقَالَ قَدْ كَانَ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «أَمْسِكْ حَتَّى تُكَفِّرَ» إسماعيل واه  

tabarani:11599Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥaḍramī > Abū Kurayb > Ḥumayd b. Ḥammād b. Khuwār > Ibn Jurayj > al-Ḥakam b. Abān > ʿIkrimah > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] A man came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, "O Messenger of Allah, I had an intimate relation with my wife before I made ghusl (ritual purification)." The Prophet ﷺ asked him, "What made you do that?" He replied, "I saw her thigh in the moonlight and could not resist." The Prophet ﷺ then said, "Leave her until you have performed ghusl."  

الطبراني:١١٥٩٩حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَضْرَمِيُّ ثنا أَبُو كُرَيْبٍ ثنا حُمَيْدُ بْنُ حَمَّادِ بْنِ خُوَارٍ ثنا ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ عَنِ الْحَكَمِ بْنِ أَبَانَ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

أَتَى رَجُلٌ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنِّي ظَاهَرْتُ مِنَ امْرَأَتِي وقَرَبْتُها قَبْلَ أَنْ أُكَفِّرَ قَالَ «وَمَا حَمَلَكَ عَلَى ذَلِكَ؟» قَالَ رَأَيْتُ سَاقَهَا فِي الْقَمَرِ فَأَصَبْتُهَا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «اعْتَزِلْهَا حَتَّى تُكَفِّرَ»  

tabarani:11600Muḥammad b. Jābān al-Jundīsābūrī > al-Ḥusayn b. Ḥurayth al-Marwazī > al-Faḍl b. Mūsá > Maʿmar > al-Ḥakam b. Abān > ʿIkrimah > Ibn ʿAbbās

"O Messenger of Allah, I declared Zihar on my wife, then I had intercourse with her before I offered the expiation." He said: "What made you do that, may Allah have mercy on you?" He said: "I saw her anklets in the light of the moon." He said: "Do not approach her until you have done that which Allah, the Mighty and Sublime, has commanded." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 3457)  

الطبراني:١١٦٠٠حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَابَانَ الْجُنْدِيسَابُورِيُّ ثنا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ حُرَيْثٍ الْمَرْوَزِيُّ ثنا الْفَضْلُ بْنُ مُوسَى عَنْ مَعْمَرٍ عَنِ الْحَكَمِ بْنِ أَبَانَ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ قَالَ

جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَدْ ظَاهَرَ مِنَ امْرَأَتِهِ فَوَقَعَ عَلَيْهَا فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنِّي ظَاهَرْتُ مِنَ امْرَأَتِي فَوَقَعْتُ عَلَيْهَا قَبْلَ أَنْ أُكَفِّرَ قَالَ «وَمَا حَمَلَكَ عَلَى ذَلِكَ يَرْحَمُكَ اللهُ؟» قَالَ رَأَيْتُ خَلْخَالَهَا فِي ضَوْءِ الْقَمَرِ قَالَ «فَلَا تَقْرَبْهَا حَتَّى تَفْعَلَ مَا أَمَرَكَ اللهُ ﷻ»  

nasai-kubra:5622al-Ḥusayn b. Ḥurayth al-Marwazī > al-Faḍl b. Mūsá > Maʿmar > al-Ḥakam b. Abān > ʿIkrimah > Ibn ʿAbbās

"O Messenger of Allah, I declared Zihar on my wife, then I had intercourse with her before I offered the expiation." He said: "What made you do that, may Allah have mercy on you?" He said: "I saw her anklets in the light of the moon." He said: "Do not approach her until you have done that which Allah, the Mighty and Sublime, has commanded." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 3457)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٥٦٢٢أَخْبَرَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ حُرَيْثٍ الْمَرْوَزِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْفَضْلُ بْنُ مُوسَى عَنْ مَعْمَرٍ عَنِ الْحَكَمِ بْنِ أَبَانَ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّ رَجُلًا أَتَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَدْ ظَاهَرَ مِنَ امْرَأَتِهِ فَوَقَعَ عَلَيْهَا فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنِّي ظَاهَرْتُ مِنَ امْرَأَتِي فَوَقَعْتُ عَلَيْهَا قَبْلَ أَنْ أُكَفِّرَ قَالَ «وَمَا حَمَلَكَ عَلَى ذَلِكَ يَرْحَمُكَ اللهُ؟» قَالَ رَأَيْتُ خَلْخَالَهَا فِي ضَوْءِ الْقَمَرِ فَقَالَ «لَا تَقْرَبْهَا حَتَّى تَفْعَلَ مَا أَمَرَ اللهُ»  

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البيهقي:١٥٢٥٩أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ نا أَبُو أَحْمَدَ بْنُ بَكْرٍ مُحَمَّدٌ الصَّيْرَفِيُّ بِمَرْوَ نا عَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ بْنُ الْفَضْلِ الْبَلْخِيُّ نا حَفْصُ بْنُ عُمَرَ الْعَدَنِيُّ نا الْحَكَمُ بْنُ أَبَانَ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ أَنَّ رَجُلًا

أَتَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ وَقَدْ ظَاهَرَ مِنِ امْرَأَتِهِ فَوَقَعَ عَلَيْهَا فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنِّي ظَاهَرْتُ مِنِ امْرَأَتِي فَوَقَعْتُ عَلَيْهَا مِنْ قَبْلِ أَنْ أُكَفِّرَ قَالَ وَمَا حَمَلَكَ عَلَى ذَلِكَ يَرْحَمُكَ اللهُ؟ قَالَ رَأَيْتُ خَلْخَالَهَا فِي ضَوْءِ الْقَمَرِ قَالَ فَلَا تَقْرَبْهَا حَتَّى تَفْعَلَ مَا أَمَرَ اللهُ ﷻ 15260 وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الرُّوذْبَارِيُّ أنا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ دَاسَةَ نا أَبُو دَاوُدَ قَالَ كَتَبَ إِلِيَّ الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ الْحُرَيْثِ أنا الْفَضْلُ بْنُ مُوسَى عَنْ مَعْمَرٍ عَنِ الْحَكَمِ بْنِ أَبَانَ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ بِمَعْنَى هَذَا وَبِمَعْنَاهُ  

رَوَاهُ سَعِيدُ بْنُ كُلَيْبٍ قَاضِي عَدَنَ عَنِ الْحَكَمِ مَوْصُولًا
bayhaqi:15263Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > al-Ḥasan b. Mukram > ʿAlī b. ʿĀṣim > Ibn Jurayj > ʿIkrimah

[Machine] A man came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, "I have engaged in sexual intercourse with my wife before completing her purification (from menstruation)." The Prophet ﷺ asked him, "What led you to do that?" The man replied, "The moon appeared to me and I desired her, so I engaged with her before her purification was complete." The Prophet ﷺ advised him, "Refrain from her until she completes her purification."  

البيهقي:١٥٢٦٣أَخْبَرَنَاه أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ نا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ نا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ مُكْرَمٍ نا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَاصِمٍ أنا ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ قَالَ

أَتَى رَجُلٌ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَ إِنِّي ظَاهَرْتُ مِنِ امْرَأَتِي فَوَقَعْتُ بِهَا قَبْلَ أَنْ أُكَفِّرَ قَالَ وَمَا حَمَلَكَ عَلَى ذَلِكَ؟ قَالَ أَبْدَى لِيَ الْقَمَرُ خَلْخَالَيْهَا فَوَقَعْتُ بِهَا قَبْلَ أَنْ أُكَفِّرَ قَالَ كُفَّ عَنْهَا حَتَّى تُكَفِّرَ