No. 3354

'A'isha (Allaah he pleased with her) reported: There came the wife of Rifa'a to Allaah's Prophet (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) and said: I was married to Rifa'a but he divorced me, making may divorce irrevocable. Afterwards I married Abd al-Rahman b. al-Zubair, but all he possesses is like the fringe of a garment (i. e. he is sexually weak). Thereupon Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) smiled, and said: Do you wish to return to Rifa'a. (You) cannot (do it) until you have tasted his sweetness and he ('Abd al-Rahman) has tasted your sweetness. Abu Bakr was at that time near him (the Prophet) and Khalid (b. Sa'id) was at the door waiting for the permission to be granted to him to enter), He (Khalid) said; Abu Bakr, do you hear what she is saying loudly in the presence of Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam)?

No. 3355

'A'isha (Allaah be pleased with her), the wife of Allaah's Prophet (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam), reported that Rifa'a al-Quraid (Allaah be pleased with him) divorced his wife, making her divorce irrevocable. Afterwards she married Abd at-Rahman b. al-Zubair (Allaah be pleased with him), She came to Allaah'sProphet (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam and said to Allaah's messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) that she had been the wife of Rifa'a (Allaah be pleased with him) and he had divorced her by three pronouncements and afterwards she married 'Abd al-Rahman b. al-Zubair. By Allaah, all he possesses is like the fringe of a garment, and she took hold of the fringe of her garment. Thereupon Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) laughed and said: Perhaps you wish to return to Rifa'a, (but you) cannot (do it) until he has tasted your sweetness and you have tasted his sweetness. Abu Bakr al-siddiq (Allaah be pleased with him) was sitting at that time with Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) and Khalid b. Sa'id b. al-'As (Allaah be pleased with him) was sitting at the door of his apartment and he was not permitted to (enter the room), and Kbalid called loudly saying: Abu Bakr, why don't you scold her for what she is saying loudly in the presence of Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam)?

No. 3356

'A'isha (Allaah bjpl'eased with her) reported that Rifa'a al Qurazi divorced his wife and afterwards Abd al-Rahman b. al-Zubair married her. She came to Allaah's Prophet (may peace he upon him) and said: Messenger of Allaah, Rifa'a has divorced me by three pronouncements. (The rest of the hadith is the same.)

No. 3357

'A'isha (Allaah be pleased with her) reported that Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) was asked about a woman whom a man married and then divorced her, and then she married (another) person, and she was divorced before sexual intercourse with her, whether it was lawful for her first husband (to marry her in this state). He (the Prophet) said: No, until he has tasted her sweetness.

No. 3358

A hadith like this has been narrated on the authority of Hisham with the same chain of transmitters.

No. 3359

'A'Asha (Allaah be pleased with her) reported: A person divorced his wife by three pronouncements; then another person married her and he also divorced her without having sexual intercourse with her. Then the first husband of her intended to remarry her. It was about such a case that Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) was asked, whereupon he said: No, until the second one has tasted her sweetness as the first one had tasted.

No. 3360

A hadith like this has been narrated on the same chain of transmitters by 'A'isha (Allaah be pleased with her).