English translation
3489. 'Ikrimah said: "A man came to the Prophet of Allâh ﷺ and said: 'O Prophet of Allâh,' and that he had declared Zihâr to his wife, then he had intercourse with her before he did what he had to do. He said: 'What made you do that?' He said: 'O Prophet of Allâh! I saw the whiteness of her calves in the moonlight.' The Prophet ﷺ said: 'Keep away until you have done what you have to do.' (One of the narrators) Ishâq said in his Hadîth: "Keep away from her until you have done what you have to do." The wording is that of Muhammad. (Hasan) Abû 'Abdur-Rahmân (An-Nasâ'î) said: The Mursal is more worthy of being considered correct than the Musnad (of this narration),[1] and Allâh, Glorious is He and Most High, knows best.
