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Surah at-Tahrim ayah 1

Date: December 22, 2004 | 10 Dhu-l-Qidah 1425 Hijriah
Arabic text of ayah

Ya ayyuha an-nabiyyu li maa tuharrimu maa ahalla Allahu laka tabtaghi mardata azwajika wa Allahu ghafurun rahimun

O you, the Prophet, why do you make as forbidden what Allah has made lawful for you? You seek to please your wives. And Allah is All-Forgiving, Merciful

The following is an excerpt of commentary on this ayah, from Tafsir Ibn Kathir:

Al-Bukhari recorded that Ubayd bin Umayr said that he heard A'ishah claiming that Allah's Messenger used to stay for a period in the house of Zaynab bint Jahsh and drink honey in her house. (She said) "Hafsah and I decided that when the Prophet entered upon either of us, we would say, 'I smell Maghafir on you. Have you eaten Maghafir'. When he entered upon one of us, she said that to him. He replied (to her), 'No, but I drank honey in the house of Zaynab bint Jahsh, and I will never drink it again'." Ibrahim bin Musa said that Hisham said that it also meant his saying, 'I will not drink it anymore, I have taken an oath to that. Therefore, do not inform anybody about it.' Al-Bukhari also recorded this Hadith in the Book of Divorce; then he said, "Al-Maghafir is a type of sap, and in Ar-Rimth (a type of citrus) its taste is sweet..." Al-Jawhari said, "The Urfut is a tree of the shrub variety, which secretes Maghfur." Muslim collected this Hadith from A'ishah in the Book of Divorce in his Sahih, and his wording is the same as Al-Bukhari in the Book of Vows. In the Book of Divorce, Al-Bukhari recorded that A'ishah said, "Allah's Messenger liked sweets and honey. After performing the Asr prayer, he used to visit his wives, going close to them. So he went to Hafsah, daughter of Umar, and stayed with her more than his usual stay. I (A'ishah) became jealous and asked about that. It was said to me, 'A woman of her family sent her a small vessel of honey as a gift, and she gave a drink to Allah's Messenger made from it.' I said, 'By Allah, we will contrive a plot against him.' I said to Sawdah bint Zam'ah, 'When the Messenger visits you and draws close to you, say to him, 'Have you eaten Maghafir' And when he says to you, 'No', then ask him, 'What is this odor' He will say to you, 'Hafsah has given me a drink of honey.' Then you should say to him, 'The honeybees might have eaten from Urfut, and I will also say the same to him. Safiyyah, you should also say this.' Sawdah later said, 'It was under compulsion that I had decided to state that which you told me; soon, by Allah, he was standing at my door.' So when Allah's Messenger came near her, she said, 'O Messenger of Allah! Did you eat Maghafir' He said, 'No.' She again said, 'Then what is this odor' He said, Hafsah gave me honey to drink.' She said, 'The honeybees might have eaten from Urfut.'" A'ishah continued, "When he came to me I said the same to him. He then visited Safiyyah and she also said similar to him. When he again visited Hafsah, she said, 'O Messenger of Allah, should I not give you that (drink)' He said, 'I do not need it.' Sawdah said, 'By Allah! We have prevented him from drinking honey.' I said to her, 'Keep quiet!''' Muslim also recorded this Hadith, but this wording is from Al-Bukhari. In the narration of Muslim, A'ishah said, "The Messenger of Allah used to hate to have a bad odor coming from him". This is why they suggested to him that he ate Maghafir, because it causes a bad odor. When he said, 'No, I had some honey.' They said that the bees ate from a tree that is called Al-Urfut, which has Maghafir gum, suggesting that this is the reason behind the bad odor they claimed was coming from him

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