Narrated Nafi`:
Whenever Ibn `Umar recited the Qur'an, he would not speak to anyone till he had finished his recitation. Once I held the Qur'an and he recited Surat-al-Baqara from his memory and then stopped at a certain Verse and said, "Do you know in what connection this Verse was revealed? " I replied, "No." He said, "It was revealed in such-and-such connection." Ibn `Umar then resumed his recitation. Nafi` added regarding the Verse:--"So go to your tilth when or how you will" Ibn `Umar said, "It means one should approach his wife in .."
Reference | : Sahih al-Bukhari 4526, 4527 |
In-book reference | : Book 65, Hadith 50 |
USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Vol. 6, Book 60, Hadith 50 |
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