Narrated Al-Bara':
When the order of compulsory fasting of Ramadan was revealed, the people did not have sexual relations with their wives for the whole month of Ramadan, but some men cheated themselves (by violating that restriction). So Allah revealed: "Allah is aware that you were deceiving yourselves but He accepted your repentance and forgave you.." (3:187)
حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ، عَنْ إِسْرَائِيلَ، عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ، عَنِ الْبَرَاءِ، وَحَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ، حَدَّثَنَا شُرَيْحُ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ الْبَرَاءَ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ. لَمَّا نَزَلَ صَوْمُ رَمَضَانَ كَانُوا لاَ يَقْرَبُونَ النِّسَاءَ رَمَضَانَ كُلَّهُ، وَكَانَ رِجَالٌ يَخُونُونَ أَنْفُسَهُمْ، فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ {عَلِمَ اللَّهُ أَنَّكُمْ كُنْتُمْ تَخْتَانُونَ أَنْفُسَكُمْ فَتَابَ عَلَيْكُمْ وَعَفَا عَنْكُمْ}.
Isnad
10 transmitters- 1'Ubaidullah bin 'Umar bin HafsMedina · d. >140 AH
- 2Isra'il bin Yonus bin Abi IshaqHamadan,al-Kufa · d. 160 AH or after
- 3Abu Ishaq al-Sabay'ai'Hamadan,Kufa · d. ~129 AH
- 4al-Bara' bin Azib bin al-HarithMedina/Kufa · d. ~72 AH
- 5Ahmed bin 'Uthman bin Hakeemal-Kufa · d. 261 AH or before
- 6Sharih bin Maslama al-TanaquiKufa · d. 222 AH
- 7Ibrahim bin Yusuf bin Ishaqd. 198 AH
- 8Yusuf bin Ishaq bin Abi IshaqKufa · d. 157 AH
- 9Abu Ishaq al-Sabay'ai'Hamadan,Kufa · d. ~129 AH
- 10al-Bara' bin Azib bin al-HarithMedina/Kufa · d. ~72 AH
References2 variants
- In-Book Reference
- Book 65, Hadith 35
- USC-MSA web (English) reference
- Vol. 6, Book 60, Hadith 35 (deprecated numbering scheme)