18/3. Chapter:
Al-Lu'lu Wal-Marjan 939 — The Book of Divorce
Expiation is obligatory on the person who makes his wife unlawful for himself without having the intention of divorce.
Al-Lu'lu Wal-Marjan : 939
Al-Lu'lu Wal-MarjanHadith Number 939
حديث عَائِشَةَ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ يَمْكُثُ عِنْدَ زَيْنَبَ ابْنَةِ جَحْشٍ وَيَشْرَبُ عِنْدَهَا عَسَلًا، فَتَوَاصَيْتُ أَنَا وَحَفْصَةُ أَنَّ أَيَّتَنَا دَخَلَ عَلَيْهَا النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَلْتَقُلْ: إِنِّي أَجِدُ مِنْكَ رِيحَ مَغَافِيرَ، أَكَلْتَ مَغَافِيرَ فَدَخَلَ عَلَى إِحْدَاهُمَا، فَقَالَتْ لَهُ ذلِكَ؛ فَقَالَ: لَا بَلْ شَرِبْتُ عَسَلًا عِنْدَ زَيْنَبَ ابْنَةِ جَحْشٍ، وَلَنْ أَعُودَ لَهُ فَنَزَلَتْ (يأَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ لِمَ تُحَرِّمُ مَا أَحَلَّ اللهُ لَكَ) إِلَى (إِنْ تَتُوبَا إِلَى اللهِ) لِعَائِشَةَ وَحَفْصَةَ وَإِذْ أَسَرَّ النَّبِيُّ إِلَى بَعْضِ أَزْوَاجِهِ لِقَوْلِهِ: بَلْ شَرِبْتُ عَسَلًا.
‘Ubaïd bin ‘Umair Narrated from:
I heard ‘Âisha رضي الله عنها saying, “The Prophet ﷺ used to stay for a while with Zainab bin Jahsh and drink honey at her house. So Hafsa and I decided that if the Prophet ﷺ came to anyone of us, she should say to him, ‘I detect the smell of Maghâfir (a bad smelling gum) in you. Have you eaten Maghâfir?’ So the Prophet ﷺ visited one of them and she said to him the same. The Prophet ﷺ said, ‘Never mind, I have taken some honey at the house of Zainab bint Jahsh, but I shall never drink of it anymore.’So there was revealed: ‘O Prophet! Why do you ban (for yourself) that which Allâh has made lawful to you.....if you two (wives of the Prophet ﷺ) turn in repentance to Allâh...' (V.66:1-4).(Addressing 'Âisha and Hafsa): '...When the Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم) disclosed a matter in confidence to one of his wives...' (V.66:3), namely his saying: But I have taken some honey."( Sahîh Al-Bukhârî, Hadîth No. 192, Vol. 7)
