3458 - Muhammad ibn Rafi' informed us, saying: 'Abd al-Razzaq narrated to us, saying: Ma'mar narrated to us, from al-Hakam ibn Aban, from 'Ikrimah, who said:

A man declared zihar upon his wife, then had intercourse with her before making expiation. He mentioned that to the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him. The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said to him: "What made you do that?" He said: "May God have mercy on you, O Messenger of God, I saw her anklet — or her calves(1) — in the light of the moon." The Messenger of God, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "Then keep away from her until you do what God, Mighty and Majestic, has commanded you."(2)

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= Also recorded by Abu Dawud (2225 m) in writing, and al-Tirmidhi (1199) from al-Husayn ibn Hurayth, with this chain of transmission. Al-Tirmidhi said: a hasan sahih gharib hadith.

There is disagreement over its being connected (wasl) or interrupted (irsal) from Ma'mar:

Al-Fadl ibn Musa narrated it as in this narration, and Muhammad ibn Ja'far Ghundar as in the "Sunan" of Ibn Majah (2065), both from Ma'mar, from al-Hakam ibn Aban, from 'Ikrimah, from Ibn 'Abbas, with it.

And 'Abd al-Razzaq narrated it as in the narration after this (3458), from Ma'mar, from al-Hakam ibn Aban, from 'Ikrimah, as interrupted (mursal).

Ma'mar was followed in the connected version:

Isma'il ibn 'Ulayyah narrated it as in the "Sunan" of Abu Dawud (2223), and Hafs ibn 'Umar al-'Adani as in al-Bayhaqi's "al-Sunan al-Kubra" 7/386, both from al-Hakam, from 'Ikrimah, from Ibn 'Abbas, with it, though Abu Dawud did not cite its full text.

He was also followed in the interrupted version:

Al-Mu'tamir ibn Sulayman narrated it, as in the following narration numbered (3459), and Sufyan ibn 'Uyaynah, as in the "Sunan" of Abu Dawud (2221) and (2222), both from al-Hakam, from 'Ikrimah, as interrupted (mursal). The author said, as will follow after (3459): The interrupted version is more correct than the connected one.

The hadith has a supporting witness from the hadith of Salamah ibn Sakhr al-Bayadi, recorded by Ahmad (16421); and see "Nasb al-Rayah" 3/246, "al-Badr al-Munir" 8/157, and "Fath al-Bari" 9/433.

(1) In (M) and the margin of (R): her calf.
(2) Its narrators are trustworthy, and it is interrupted (mursal). There is disagreement over its being connected or interrupted, as discussed in the narration before it. 'Abd al-Razzaq is Ibn Hammam, and the hadith is in "al-Sunan al-Kubra" under number (5623).