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Hadith #2164
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ يَحْيَى أَبُو الأَصْبَغِ، حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدٌ، - يَعْنِي ابْنَ سَلَمَةَ - عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ، عَنْ أَبَانَ بْنِ صَالِحٍ، عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، قَالَ إِنَّ ابْنَ عُمَرَ - وَاللَّهُ يَغْفِرُ لَهُ - أَوْهَمَ إِنَّمَا كَانَ هَذَا الْحَىُّ مِنَ الأَنْصَارِ - وَهُمْ أَهْلُ وَثَنٍ - مَعَ هَذَا الْحَىِّ مِنْ يَهُودَ - وَهُمْ أَهْلُ كِتَابٍ - وَكَانُوا يَرَوْنَ لَهُمْ فَضْلاً عَلَيْهِمْ فِي الْعِلْمِ فَكَانُوا يَقْتَدُونَ بِكَثِيرٍ مِنْ فِعْلِهِمْ وَكَانَ مِنْ أَمْرِ أَهْلِ الْكِتَابِ أَنْ لاَ يَأْتُوا النِّسَاءَ إِلاَّ عَلَى حَرْفٍ وَذَلِكَ أَسْتَرُ مَا تَكُونُ الْمَرْأَةُ فَكَانَ هَذَا الْحَىُّ مِنَ الأَنْصَارِ قَدْ أَخَذُوا بِذَلِكَ مِنْ فِعْلِهِمْ وَكَانَ هَذَا الْحَىُّ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ يَشْرَحُونَ النِّسَاءَ شَرْحًا مُنْكَرًا وَيَتَلَذَّذُونَ مِنْهُنَّ مُقْبِلاَتٍ وَمُدْبِرَاتٍ وَمُسْتَلْقِيَاتٍ فَلَمَّا قَدِمَ الْمُهَاجِرُونَ الْمَدِينَةَ تَزَوَّجَ رَجُلٌ مِنْهُمُ امْرَأَةً مِنَ الأَنْصَارِ فَذَهَبَ يَصْنَعُ بِهَا ذَلِكَ فَأَنْكَرَتْهُ عَلَيْهِ وَقَالَتْ إِنَّمَا كُنَّا نُؤْتَى عَلَى حَرْفٍ فَاصْنَعْ ذَلِكَ وَإِلاَّ فَاجْتَنِبْنِي حَتَّى شَرِيَ أَمْرُهُمَا فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ ‏{‏ نِسَاؤُكُمْ حَرْثٌ لَكُمْ فَأْتُوا حَرْثَكُمْ أَنَّى شِئْتُمْ ‏}‏ أَىْ مُقْبِلاَتٍ وَمُدْبِرَاتٍ وَمُسْتَلْقِيَاتٍ يَعْنِي بِذَلِكَ مَوْضِعَ الْوَلَدِ ‏.‏
Al-Albani: Hasan Muhammad Muhyi Al-Din Abdul Hamid: Hasan Shuaib Al Arnaut: Hasan Zubair Ali Zai: Hasan
Narrated Abdullah Ibn Abbas: Ibn Umar misunderstood (the Qur'anic verse, "So come to your tilth however you will")--may Allah forgive him. The fact is that this clan of the Ansar, who were idolaters, lived in the company of the Jews who were the people of the Book. They (the Ansar) accepted their superiority over themselves in respect of knowledge, and they followed most of their actions. The people of the Book (i.e. the Jews) used to have intercourse with their women on one side alone (i.e. lying on their backs). This was the most concealing position for (the vagina of) the women. This clan of the Ansar adopted this practice from them. But this tribe of the Quraysh used to uncover their women completely, and seek pleasure with them from in front and behind and laying them on their backs. When the muhajirun (the immigrants) came to Medina, a man married a woman of the Ansar. He began to do the same kind of action with her, but she disliked it, and said to him: We were approached on one side (i.e. lying on the back); do it so, otherwise keep away from me. This matter of theirs spread widely, and it reached the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). So Allah, the Exalted, sent down the Qur'anic verse: "Your wives are a tilth to you, so come to your tilth however you will," i.e. from in front, from behind or lying on the back. But this verse meant the place of the delivery of the child, i.e. the vagina
Reference: Book 12, Hadith 119

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Chapter 0
Chapter 0
Chapter 1
Purification (Kitab Al-Taharah)
Hadith #1 — 390
Chapter 2
Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat)
Hadith #391 — 1160
Chapter 3
The Book Of The Prayer For Rain (Kitab al-Istisqa')
Hadith #1161 — 1197
Chapter 4
Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat): Detailed Rules of Law about the Prayer during Journey
Hadith #1198 — 1249
Chapter 5
Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat): Voluntary Prayers
Hadith #1250 — 1370
Chapter 6
Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat): Detailed Injunctions about Ramadan
Hadith #1371 — 1400
Chapter 7
Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat): Prostration while reciting the Qur'an
Hadith #1401 — 1415
Chapter 8
Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat): Detailed Injunctions about Witr
Hadith #1416 — 1555
Chapter 9
Zakat (Kitab Al-Zakat)
Hadith #1556 — 1700
Chapter 10
The Book of Lost and Found Items
Hadith #1701 — 1720
Chapter 11
The Rites of Hajj (Kitab Al-Manasik Wa'l-Hajj)
Hadith #1721 — 2045
Chapter 12
Marriage (Kitab Al-Nikah)
Hadith #2046 — 2174
Chapter 13
Divorce (Kitab Al-Talaq)
Hadith #2175 — 2312
Chapter 14
Fasting (Kitab Al-Siyam)
Hadith #2313 — 2476
Chapter 15
Jihad (Kitab Al-Jihad)
Hadith #2477 — 2787
Chapter 16
Sacrifice (Kitab Al-Dahaya)
Hadith #2788 — 2843
Chapter 17
Game (Kitab Al-Said)
Hadith #2844 — 2861
Chapter 18
Wills (Kitab Al-Wasaya)
Hadith #2862 — 2884
Chapter 19
Shares of Inheritance (Kitab Al-Fara'id)
Hadith #2885 — 2927
Chapter 20
Tribute, Spoils, and Rulership (Kitab Al-Kharaj, Wal-Fai' Wal-Imarah)
Hadith #2928 — 3088
Chapter 21
Funerals (Kitab Al-Jana'iz)
Hadith #3089 — 3241
Chapter 22
Oaths and Vows (Kitab Al-Aiman Wa Al-Nudhur)
Hadith #3242 — 3325
Chapter 23
Commercial Transactions (Kitab Al-Buyu)
Hadith #3326 — 3415
Chapter 24
Wages (Kitab Al-Ijarah)
Hadith #3416 — 3570
Chapter 25
The Office of the Judge (Kitab Al-Aqdiyah)
Hadith #3571 — 3640
Chapter 26
Knowledge (Kitab Al-Ilm)
Hadith #3641 — 3668
Chapter 27
Drinks (Kitab Al-Ashribah)
Hadith #3669 — 3735
Chapter 28
Foods (Kitab Al-At'imah)
Hadith #3736 — 3854
Chapter 29
Medicine (Kitab Al-Tibb)
Hadith #3855 — 3903
Chapter 30
Divination and Omens (Kitab Al-Kahanah Wa Al-Tatayyur)
Hadith #3904 — 3925
Chapter 31
The Book of Manumission of Slaves
Hadith #3926 — 3968
Chapter 32
Dialects and Readings of the Qur'an (Kitab Al-Huruf Wa Al-Qira'at)
Hadith #3969 — 4008
Chapter 33
Hot Baths (Kitab Al-Hammam)
Hadith #4009 — 4019
Chapter 34
Clothing (Kitab Al-Libas)
Hadith #4020 — 4158
Chapter 35
Combing the Hair (Kitab Al-Tarajjul)
Hadith #4159 — 4213
Chapter 36
Signet-Rings (Kitab Al-Khatam)
Hadith #4214 — 4239
Chapter 37
Trials and Fierce Battles (Kitab Al-Fitan Wa Al-Malahim)
Hadith #4240 — 4278
Chapter 38
The Promised Deliverer (Kitab Al-Mahdi)
Hadith #4279 — 4290
Chapter 39
Battles (Kitab Al-Malahim)
Hadith #4291 — 4350
Chapter 40
Prescribed Punishments (Kitab Al-Hudud)
Hadith #4351 — 4493
Chapter 41
Types of Blood-Wit (Kitab Al-Diyat)
Hadith #4494 — 4595
Chapter 42
Model Behavior of the Prophet (Kitab Al-Sunnah)
Hadith #4596 — 4772
Chapter 43
General Behavior (Kitab Al-Adab)
Hadith #4773 — 5274

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