(If ye twain turn unto Allah repentant, (ye have cause to do so) for your hearts desired (the ban)…) [66:4]. Abu Mansur al-Mansuri informed us> Abu’l-Hasan al-Daraqutni> al-Husayn ibn Isma‘il> ‘Abd Allah ibn Shabib> Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn ‘Abd al-‘Aziz> his father> al-Zuhri> ‘Ubayd Allah ibn ‘Abd Allah> Ibn ‘Abbas who said: “Hafsah found the Messenger of Allah, Allah bless him and give him peace, with Umm Ibrahim when it was ‘A’ishah’s turn. She said to him: ‘I will definitely inform her!’ The Messenger of Allah, Allah bless him and give him peace, said: ‘She is forbidden for me if I touch her again’. Hafsah went ahead and informed ‘A’ishah. Allah informed His Messenger of this and he let Hafsah know some of the things she said. She asked him: ‘Who informed you of this?’ He said: ‘(The Knower, the Aware hath told me) [66:3]’. The Messenger of Allah, Allah bless him and give him peace, stayed away from his wives for a month and then Allah, glorious and exalted is He, revealed: (If ye twain turn unto Allah repentant, (ye have cause to do so) for your hearts desired (the ban)…)”.
Asbab Al-Nuzul by Al-Wahidi , trans. Mokrane Guezzou
