Hadith 3280

Muwatta Malik

موطأ مالك

110
وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ ضَمْرَةَ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ الْمَازِنِيِّ، عَنِ الْحَجَّاجِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ غَزِيَّةَ، أَنَّهُ كَانَ جَالِسًا عِنْدَ زَيْدِ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ فَجَاءَهُ ابْنُ قَهْدٍ - رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْيَمَنِ - فَقَالَ يَا أَبَا سَعِيدٍ إِنَّ عِنْدِي جَوَارِيَ لِي لَيْسَ نِسَائِي اللاَّتِي أُكِنُّ بِأَعْجَبَ إِلَىَّ مِنْهُنَّ وَلَيْسَ كُلُّهُنَّ يُعْجِبُنِي أَنْ تَحْمِلَ مِنِّي أَفَأَعْزِلُ فَقَالَ زَيْدُ بْنُ ثَابِتٍ أَفْتِهِ يَا حَجَّاجُ . قَالَ فَقُلْتُ يَغْفِرُ اللَّهُ لَكَ إِنَّمَا نَجْلِسُ عِنْدَكَ لِنَتَعَلَّمَ مِنْكَ . قَالَ أَفْتِهِ . قَالَ فَقُلْتُ هُوَ حَرْثُكَ إِنْ شِئْتَ سَقَيْتَهُ وَإِنْ شِئْتَ أَعْطَشْتَهُ . قَالَ وَكُنْتُ أَسْمَعُ ذَلِكَ مِنْ زَيْدٍ فَقَالَ زَيْدٌ صَدَقَ .


Yahya related to me from Malik from Damra ibn Said al-Mazini fromal-Hajjaj ibn Amr ibn Ghaziya that he was sitting with Zayd ibn Thabitwhen Ibn Fahd came to him. He was from the Yemen. He said, "Abu Said!I have slave-girls. None of the wives in my keep are more pleasing tome than them, and not all of them please me so much that I want achild by them, shall I then practise coitus interruptus?" Zayd ibnThabit said, "Give an opinion, Hajjaj!" "I said, 'May Allah forgiveyou! We sit with you in order to learn from you!' He said, 'Give anopinion! 'I said, 'She is your field, if you wish, water it, and ifyou wish, leave it thirsty. I heard that from Zayd.' Zayd said, 'Hehas spoken the truth.' "

USC-MSA web (English) reference: Book 29, Hadith 99

Arabic reference: Book 29, Hadith 1264