(16) باب تَأْوِيلِ قَوْلِهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ { يَا أَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ لِمَ تُحَرِّمُ مَا أَحَلَّ اللَّهُ لَكَ } .
It was narrated that Ibn 'Abbas said:
"A man came to him and said: 'I have made my wife forbidden to myself.' He said: 'You are lying, she is not forbidden to you.' Then he recited this Verse: 'O Prophet! Why do you forbid (for yourself) that which Allah has allowed to you.' (And he said): 'You have to offer the severest form of expiation: Freeing a slave.'" (AR)
Reference (AR): Sunan an-Nasa'i 3420 (AR)
In-book reference (AR): Book 27, Hadith 32 (AR)
English translation (AR): Vol. 4, Book 27, Hadith 3449 (AR)