Hadith #299
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ يَعْنِي ابْنَ صَالِحٍ عَنْ أَزْهَرَ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ الْحَرَازِيِّ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا كَبْشَةَ الْأَنْمَارِيَّ قَالَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى
اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ جَالِسًا فِي أَصْحَابِهِ فَدَخَلَ ثُمَّ خَرَجَ وَقَدْ اغْتَسَلَ فَقُلْنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَدْ كَانَ شَيْءٌ قَالَ أَجَلْ مَرَّتْ بِي فُلَانَةُ فَوَقَعَ فِي قَلْبِي شَهْوَةُ النِّسَاءِ فَأَتَيْتُ بَعْضَ أَزْوَاجِي فَأَصَبْتُهَا فَكَذَلِكَ فَافْعَلُوا فَإِنَّهُ مِنْ أَمَاثِلِ أَعْمَالِكُمْ إِتْيَانُ الْحَلَالِ
Isnad Chain
عبد الرحمن بن مهدي
معاوية ي
ابن صالح
أزهر بن سعيد الحرازي
أبا كبشة الأنماري
English Translation
ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Mahdī narrated to us, from Muʿāwiyah — meaning Ibn Ṣāliḥ — from Azhar ibn Saʿīd al-Ḥarāzī, who said: I heard Abū Kabshah al-Anmārī say: The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ was sitting among his Companions, then he went in and came out having bathed. We said: 'O Messenger of Allāh, has something happened?' He said: 'Yes. Such-and-such a woman passed by me, and desire for women fell into my heart, so I went to one of my wives and was intimate with her. So do likewise, for among the best of your deeds is approaching what is lawful.'
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Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 34, Hadith 299
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 17337
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-53727