Narrated Nafi`: Whenever Ibn `Umar recited the Qur'an, he would not speak to anyone till he had finished his recitation. Once I held the Qur'an and he recited Surat-al-Baqara from his memory and then stopped at a certain Verse and said, Do you know in what connection this Verse was revealed? I replied, No. He said, It was revealed in such-and-such connection. Ibn `Umar then resumed his recitation. Nafi` added regarding the Verse:-- So go to your tilth when or how you will Ibn `Umar said, It means one should approach his wife in ..
Read More..Narrated Jabir: Jews used to say: If one has sexual intercourse with his wife from the back, then she will deliver a squint-eyed child. So this Verse was revealed:-- Your wives are a tilth unto you; so go to your tilth when or how you will. (2.223)
Read More..Narrated Al-Hasan: The sister of Ma'qal bin Yasar was divorced by her husband who left her till she had fulfilled her term of 'Iddat (i.e. the period which should elapse before she can Remarry) and then he wanted to remarry her but Maqal refused, so this Verse was revealed:-- Do not prevent them from marrying their (former) husbands. (2.232)
Read More..Narrated Ibn Az-Zubair: I said to `Uthman bin `Affan (while he was collecting the Qur'an) regarding the Verse:-- Those of you who die and leave wives ... (2.240) This Verse was abrogated by an other Verse. So why should you write it? (Or leave it in the Qur'an)? `Uthman said. O son of my brother! I will not shift anything of it from its place.
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