‘Your wives are a place of cultivation for you, so come to your cultivation however you wish.’ (Al-Baqarah 2:223)
Ibn Umar narrated regarding this verse that it was revealed concerning coming to women from behind (anal intercourse).
In Sahih Bukhari, Book of Tafsir: Ibn Umar would not speak when reading Quran until he finished. One day I took the Quran from him and he read Surah al-Baqarah until he reached a place and said: ‘Do you know why this verse was revealed?’ I said no. He said: ‘It was revealed concerning such and such (anal intercourse).’
In another narration from Ibn Umar: The verse ‘so come to your cultivation however you wish’ – he said: ‘He may come to her from behind.’
There is extensive scholarly debate on this issue. Some scholars like Ibn Umar permitted anal intercourse based on this verse. Others prohibited it based on other hadiths. The matter was disputed among early scholars.
See: Fath al-Bari commentary on Sahih Bukhari – Book of Tafsir
