Hadith #464

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Arabic Text

أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ يُونُسَ ، حَدَّثَنَا مَالِكٌ ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْمُنْكَدِرِ ، عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ" أَنَّ الْيَهُودَ قَالُوا لِلْمُسْلِمِينَ : مَنْ أَتَى امْرَأَتَهُ وَهِيَ مُدْبِرَةٌ، جَاءَ وَلَدُهُ أَحْوَلَ، فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى : # نِسَاؤُكُمْ حَرْثٌ لَكُمْ فَأْتُوا حَرْثَكُمْ أَنَّى شِئْتُمْ سورة البقرة آية 223 # "

English Translation

It was narrated from Jabir ibn Abdullah al-Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Jews used to say that if a man approaches his wife from behind, the child would be cross-eyed. Then the Quranic verse was revealed: 'Your wives are a tilth for you, so approach your tilth as you will' — clarifying that different positions are permissible as long as intercourse is in the vagina.

Reference: Sunan al-Darimi, Book 1, Hadith 464

Sunnah.com ref: darimi 464

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