Arabic (Original)
أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحَسَنِ عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْمُقْرِئُ أنبأ الْحَسَنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ الْإِسْفَرَايِينِيُّ ثنا يُوسُفُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ الْقَاضِي ثنا أَبُو الرَّبِيعِ ثنا جَرِيرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْحَمِيدِ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ إِنَّ الْآخَرَ وَقَعَ عَلَى امْرَأَتِهِ فِي رَمَضَانَ فَقَالَ لَهُ أَتَجِدُ مَا تُحَرِّرُ رَقَبَةً؟ قَالَ لَا قَالَ فَهَلْ تَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ تَصُومَ شَهْرَيْنِ مُتَتَابِعَيْنِ؟ قَالَ لَا قَالَ فَهَلْ تَجِدُ مَا تُطْعِمُ سِتِّينَ مِسْكِينًا؟ قَالَ لَا قَالَ فَأُتِيَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِعَرَقٍ فِيهِ تَمْرٌ وَهُوَ الزِّنْبِيلُ فَقَالَ أَطْعِمْ هَذَا عَنْكَ فَقَالَ مَا بَيْنَ لَابَتَيْهَا أَهْلُ بَيْتٍ أَحْوَجُ مِنَّا قَالَ أَطْعِمْهُ أَهْلَكَ قَالَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ إِنَّمَا كَانَتْ رُخْصَةً لِهَذَا فَمَنْ أَصَابَ مِثْلَ مَا أَصَابَ فَلْيَصْنَعْ مَا أُمِرَ بِهِ
English Translation
A man came to the Prophet (peace be upon him) and said: 'Such-and-such a person had relations with his wife during Ramadan.' He asked him: 'Can you free a slave?' He said: 'No.' He said: 'Can you fast two consecutive months?' He said: 'No.' He said: 'Can you feed sixty poor people?' He said: 'No.' Then the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) was brought a basket containing dates — which is the large basket — and he said: 'Give this in charity on your behalf.' The man said: 'There is no household between its two lava fields more in need than us.' He said: 'Feed your family with it.' Muhammad ibn Muslim (al-Zuhri) said: 'This was a concession for this man only. If anyone else were to do what he did, he must expiate.'