Sahih al-Bukhari · The Book of Commentary
39- بَابُ: {نِسَاؤُكُمْ حَرْثٌ لَكُمْ فَأْتُوا حَرْثَكُمْ أَنَّى شِئْتُمْ وَقَدِّمُوا لأَنْفُسِكُمْ} الآيَةَ:
(39) Chapter. “Your wives are a tilth for you; so go to your tilth (have sexual relations with your wives in any manner as long as it is in the vagina and not in the anus) when or how you will...” (V.2:223)
3 hadith · references 4526–4528
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Bukhari · 4526حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ , أَخْبَرَنَا النَّضْرُ بْنُ شُمَيْلٍ , أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ عَوْنٍ , عَنْ نَافِعٍ , قَالَ : كَانَ ابْنُ عُمَرَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا إِذَا قَرَأَ الْقُرْآنَ لَمْ يَتَكَلَّمْ حَتَّى يَفْرُغWhenever Ibn `Umar recited the Qur'an, he would not speak to anyone till he had finished his recitation. Once I held the Qur'an and he recited Surat-al-Baqara from his memory and then stopped at a certain Verse and said,5 narratorsBukhari · 4527وَعَنْ عَبْدِ الصَّمَدِ , حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي , حَدَّثَنِي أَيُّوبُ , عَنْ نَافِعٍ , عَنْ ابْنِ عُمَرَ , فَأْتُوا حَرْثَكُمْ أَنَّى شِئْتُمْ سورة البقرة آية 223 , قَالَ : " يَأْتِيهَا فِي " ،رَوَاهُ مُحَمَّدُ بْن10 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 4528كَانَتْ الْيَهُودُ ، تَقُولُ : إِذَا جَامَعَهَا مِنْ وَرَائِهَا جَاءَ الْوَلَدُ أَحْوَلَ ، فَنَزَلَتْ نِسَاؤُكُمْ حَرْثٌ لَكُمْ فَأْتُوا حَرْثَكُمْ أَنَّى شِئْتُمْ سورة البقرة آية 223Jews 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 4 narrators