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- Ibn ʿAbbās (may Allah be pleased with him) said:
“ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said, ‘Messenger of Allah, I am ruined!’ He asked, ‘What has ruined you?’ ʿUmar replied, ‘I turned my saddle last night1.’ The Prophet offered no response until the verse was revealed: ‘Your wives are your place of cultivation; so approach your place of cultivation however you wish’ (Qur’an 2:223). He then explained, ‘From the front or from the back, but avoid the anus and intercourse during menstruation.’2
(1) The expression “his saddle” (rahil) is a euphemism for his wife, indicating intercourse in her front while approaching her from the rear. Normally the man “mounts” the woman from the side of her face; when he approaches her from the back they said he “shifted his saddle.” The phrase may refer to his dwelling-place or to the actual camel saddle (known as the kur). See al-Nihaya.
(2) Reported by al-Nasai, al-‘Asharah, 2:76; al-Tirmidhi, 2:162 (Bulaq ed.), Ibn Abi Hatim, 1:39; al-Tabarani, 3:156; and al-Wahidi, p. 53, all with a hasan chain; al-Tirmidhi likewise judged it hasan.
الثاني: عن ابن عباس ﵁ قال:
"جاء عمر بن الخطاب إلى رسول الله ﷺ فقال: يا رسول الله! هلكت. قال: "وما الذي أهلكك؟ " قال: حولت رحلي الليلة١ فلم يرد عليه شيئا فأوحي إلى رسول الله ﷺ هذه الآية: ﴿نِسَاؤُكُمْ حَرْثٌ لَكُمْ فَأْتُوا حَرْثَكُمْ أَنَّى شِئْتُمْ﴾ يقول: "أقبل وأدبر واتق الدبر والحيضة" ٢.
١ كنى برحله عن زوجته أراد بها غشيانها في قبلها من جهة ظهرها لأن المجماع يعلو المرأة ويركبها مما يلي وجهها فحيث ركبها من جهة ظهرها كنا عنه بتحويل رحله إما أن يريد به المنزل والمأوى وإما أن يريد به الرحل الذي تركب عليه الإبل وهو الكور. "نهاية"
٢ رواه النسائي في "العشرة" ٧٦/٢ والترمذي ٢/١٦٢- بولاق وابن أبي حاتم ٣٩/١ والطبراني ٣/١٥٦/٢ والواحدي ص ٥٣ بسند حسن. وحسنه الترمذي.