by Sameer » Wed Nov 28, 2001 12:30 am
My reply to Raghu\'s reference to Quaranic verse from Chapter 2/223:This Verse was clarified in details through the Sayings (Hadiths) of our beloved Prophet peace be upon him. Let us look at some of them:Narrated Jabir: Jews used to say: \'If one has sexual intercourse with his wife from the back [The vagina as clearly shown below], 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) (Translation of Sahih Bukhari, Volume 6, Book 60, Prophetic Commentary on the Qur\'an (Tafseer of the Prophet (peace be upon him)), Number 51)\"
\"Jabir (Allah be pleased with him) declared that the Jews used to say: When a man has intercourse with his wife through the vagina but being on her back. the child will have squint, so the verse came down:\" Your wives are your tilth; go then unto your tilth as you may desire\" (ii. 223) (Translation of Sahih Muslim, Book 8, The Book of Marriage (Kitab Al-Nikah), Number 3363)\"
\"Jabir (b. Abdullah) (Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Jews used to say that when one comes to one\'s wife through the vagina, but being on her back, and she becomes pregnant, the child has a squint. So the verse came down:\' Your wives are your ti\'Ith; go then unto your tilth, as you may desire.\' (Translation of Sahih Muslim, Book 8, The Book of Marriage (Kitab Al-Nikah), Number 3364)\"
\"This hadith has been reported on the authority of Jabir through another chain of transmitters, but in the hadith transmitted on the authority of Zuhri there is an addition (of these words): \'If he likes he may (have intercourse) being on the back or in front of her, but it should be through one opening (vagina).\' (Translation of Sahih Muslim, Book 8, The Book of Marriage (Kitab Al-Nikah), Number 3365)\"
\"Narrated Abdullah Ibn Abbas: Ibn Umar misunderstood (the Qur\'anic verse, \"So come to your tilth however you will\")--may Allah forgive him. The fact is that this clan of the Ansar, who were idolaters, lived in the company of the Jews who were the people of the Book. They (the Ansar) accepted their superiority over themselves in respect of knowledge, and they followed most of their actions. The people of the Book (i.e. the Jews) used to have intercourse with their women on one side alone (i.e. lying on their backs). This was the most concealing position for (the vagina of) the women. This clan of the Ansar adopted this practice from them. But this tribe of the Quraysh used to uncover their women completely, and seek pleasure with them from in front and behind and laying them on their backs.
When the muhajirun (the immigrants) came to Medina, a man married a woman of the Ansar. He began to do the same kind of action with her, but she disliked it, and said to him: We were approached on one side (i.e. lying on the back); do it so, otherwise keep away from me. This matter of theirs spread widely, and it reached the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him).
So Allah, the Exalted, sent down the Qur\'anic verse: \'Your wives are a tilth to you, so come to your tilth however you will,\' i.e. from in front, from behind or lying on the back. But this verse meant the place of the delivery of the child, i.e. the vagina. (Sunan Abu-Dawud, Book 11, Marriage (Kitab Al-Nikah), Number 2159)\"