وَعَنْ سَلَمَةَ بْنِ صَخْرٍ
قَالَ: «دَخَلَ رَمَضَانُ، فَخِفْتُ أَنْ أُصِيبَ اِمْرَأَتِي، فَظَاهَرْتُ مِنْهَا، فَانْكَشَفَ لِي مِنْهَا شَيْءٌ لَيْلَةً، فَوَقَعَتْ عَلَيْهَا، فَقَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اَللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ -«حَرِّرْ رَقَبَةً«قُلْتُ: مَا أَمْلِكُ إِلَّا رَقَبَتِي.
قَالَ: «فَصُمْ شَهْرَيْنِ مُتَتَابِعَيْنِ«, قُلْتُ: وَهَلْ أَصَبْتُ اَلَّذِي أَصَبْتُ إِلَّا مِنْ اَلصِّيَامِ? قَالَ: «أَطْعِمْ عِرْقًا مِنْ تَمْرٍ بَيْنَ سِتِّينَ مِسْكِينًا»
When the month of Ramadan came, I feared lest I would have intercourse with my wife. So, I vowed az-Zihar (the she was like my mother). Then, one night something of her was uncovered to me and I had intercourse with her. The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) afterwards said to me, “Set a slave free,” and I replied, “I do not possess one (that I can free).”
He said, “Then fast two consecutive months.” I replied, “Have I fallen into that which I have fallen into except due to fasting!?” He said, “Feed sixty poor people with an ‘Araq (basket) of dates.’.”