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[3677] 19 - (...) Sa'eed bin Jubair narrated that he heard Ibn 'Abbâs say: "If a man declares his wife to be unlawful for him, this is an oath for which expiation must be offered." And he said: "Indeed in the Messenger of Allâh you have a good example to follow for him..."[2] [1] A sweet resin with a bad smell which comes out of a tree or thorny shrub called Urfūṭ. [2] At-Tahrīm 66:1-4. asked about that and I was told that a woman from among her people had given her a small vessel of honey as a gift, and she had poured some for the Prophet ﷺ to drink. I said: 'By Allâh, we will play a trick on him.' I mentioned that to Sawdah and said: 'When he enters upon you, he will get close to you, so say to him: "O Messenger of Allâh, have you eaten Maghâfir?"' He will say to you: "No." So say to him: "What is this smell?" - for the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ hated to have any smell coming from him - He will tell you: "Hafsah poured me a drink of honey." Say to him: "The bees must have sipped the nectar of Al-Urfut." I will say that to him too, and you say it as well, O Ṣafiyyah.' Then he entered upon Sawdah." She said: "Sawdah used to say: 'By the One besides Whom there is none worthy of worship, I nearly decided to tell him what you had told me to say, when he was at the door, but I was afraid of you.' When the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ drew close, she said: 'O Messenger of Allâh, have you eaten Maghâfir?' He said: 'No.' She said: 'Then what is this smell?' He said: 'Hafsah poured me a drink of honey.' She said: 'The bees must have sipped the nectar of Al-Urfut.' When he entered upon me, I said the same thing, then he entered upon Ṣafiyyah and she said the same thing. When he entered upon Hafṣah she said: 'O Messenger of Allāh, shall I pour you some?' He said: 'I have no need of it.'" "Sawdah said: 'Subḥân-Allāh, we have deprived him of it.' I said to her: 'Be quiet!'"