The Meaning of "Tasting the Sweetness" in the Hadith Regarding Returning to the First Time
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The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, in the hadith of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)Sahih al-Bukhari 5317 is it the emission, or is mere intercourse sufficient?
The Shaykh:
The sweetness does not occur except with emission, until she emits and he emits.
The questioner:
We say, Honorable.
The Shaykh:
Mere insertion without emission does not result in [the sweetness]. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, in the hadith of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)
No (you cannot remarry your first husband) till you taste the second husband and he tastes you (i.e. till he consummates his marriage with you).
لا حتى تذوقي عسيلته ويذوق عسيلتكThe Shaykh:
The sweetness does not occur except with emission, until she emits and he emits.
The questioner:
We say, Honorable.
The Shaykh:
Mere insertion without emission does not result in [the sweetness]. Yes.
Source
الفوزان -أشرطة- شرح زاد المستقنع مع الأسئلة - 081-باب الشك في الطلاق - باب الرجعة - 16-2-25 هـ — archive.org (25:47)
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