Maʿānī al-ʾAkhbār


Book 1, Chapter 224

The meaning of laughing
1 Ḥadīth

أبي - رحمه الله - قال: حدثنا سعد بن عبد الله، عن يعقوب بن يزيد، عن ابن أبي عمير، عن عبد الرحمن بن الحجاج، عن أبي عبد الله عليه السلام في قول الله عز وجل: " فضحكت فبشرناها بإسحاق " قال: حاضت.


1. My father, may Allah grant him mercy, said: We were told by Sa’d bin Abdullah, from Ya’qoub bin Yazid, from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr, from Abdul-Rahman bin Hajjaj, from Abu Abdillah, peace be upon him, with regards to the saying of Allah, Exalted and Glorious is He: «Then she laughed, and we gave her a glad tiding with Ishaq.» (11:71) He said: She menstruated.