English translation
2164. It was reported from Ibn 'Abbās, that Ibn 'Umar made a mistake, and Allāh will forgive him. Rather, this (Verse was revealed) regarding a group of Anṣār — and they had been pagans, and a group of Jews — and they were People of the Scripture. The Jews would think that they were superior to them in knowledge; therefore the Anṣār would follow them in many of their ways. And of the ways of the People of the Scripture was that they would only approach their women from the side, for that is the most covered a woman can be. And this group of Anṣār had taken this act from them. As for the Quraish, they would spread their women in a manner that was objectionable to them, and would enjoy them from the front and from the back, and while lying down. So when the Muhājir arrived in Al-Madīnah, a man from among them married one of the ladies of the Anṣār, and he desired to do the same with her, but she reprimanded him, and said: 'We used to be approached from our sides, so either do the same, or don't come near me!' And their matter spread (among the people), until the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ heard of it. At this, Allāh revealed: 'Your women are as a tilth to you, so approach your tilth as and when you please...', meaning: from their fronts, and from their backs, and while they are lying down, (but as
long as) it is from the place the child is born.” (Da’if)
Arabic text
2164 - حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ يَحْيَى أَبُو الْأَصْبَغِ، 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 الْحَيُّ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ وَهُمْ أَهْلُ وَثَنٍ مَعَ هَذَا الْحَيِّ مِنْ يَهُودَ وَهُمْ أَهْلُ كِتَابٍ وَكَانُوا يَرَوْنَ لَهُمْ فَضْلًا عَلَيْهِمْ فِي الْعِلْمِ فَكَانُوا يَقْتَدُونَ بِكَثِيرٍ مِنْ فِعْلِهِمْ وَكَانَ مِنْ أَمْرِ أَهْلِ الْكِتَابِ أَنْ لَا يَأْتُوا النِّسَاءَ إِلَّا عَلَى حَرْفٍ وَذَلِكَ أَسْتَرُ مَا تَكُونُ الْمَرْأَةُ فَكَانَ هَذَا الْحَيُّ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ قَدْ أَخَذُوا بِذَلِكَ مِنْ فِعْلِهِمْ وَكَانَ هَذَا الْحَيُّ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ يَشْرَحُونَ النِّسَاءَ شَرْحًا مُنْكَرًا، وَيَتَلَذَّذُونَ مِنْهُنَّ مُقْبِلَاتٍ وَمُدْبِرَاتٍ وَمُسْتَلْقِيَاتٍ فَلَمَّا قَدِمَ الْمُهَاجِرُونَ الْمَدِينَةَ تَزَوَّجَ رَجُلٌ مِنْهُمُ امْرَأَةً مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ فَذَهَبَ يَصْنَعُ بِهَا ذَلِكَ فَأَنْكَرَتْهُ عَلَيْهِ، وَقَالَتْ: إِنَّمَا كُنَّا نُؤْتَى عَلَى حَرْفٍ فَاصْنَعْ ذَلِكَ وَإِلَّا فَاجْتَنِبْنِي، حَتَّى شَرِيَ أَمْرُهُمَا فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ {نِسَاؤُكُمْ حَرْثٌ لَكُمْ فَأْتُوا حَرْثَكُمْ أَنَّى شِئْتُمْ} [البقرة: 223] أَيْ: مُقْبِلَاتٍ وَمُدْبِرَاتٍ وَمُسْتَلْقِيَاتٍ يَعْنِي بِذَلِكَ مَوْضِعَ الْوَلَدِ
