Abu Huraira reported: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Were is not for the children of Israel, meat would not spoil. Were it not for Eve, a wife would not betray her husband.”
Source: Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 3152, Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 1470
Grade: Muttafaqun Alayhi (authenticity agreed upon) according to Al-Bukhari and Muslim
Ibn Hajar said, “Wahb ibn Munabbih said: It is written in some divine books that had I (Allah) not decreed that meat would spoil, the rich would have hoarded it from the poor… The meaning of ‘betrayal’ here is not that she committed infidelity, certainly not! Rather, when she inclined to the desire of her soul to eat from the tree and she beautified that for Adam, it was considered a betrayal of him. As for women who came after her, the betrayal of each of them is on account of her deed (that she initiated).”
Source: Fatḥ al-Bārī 3152
عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ عَنْ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ لَوْلَا بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ لَمْ يَخْنَزْ اللَّحْمُ وَلَوْلَا حَوَّاءُ لَمْ تَخُنَّ أُنْثَى زَوْجَهَا
3152 صحيح البخاري كتاب أحاديث الأنبياء باب خلق آدم صلوات الله عليه وذريته
1470 صحيح مسلم كتاب الرضاع باب لولا حواء لم تخن أنثى زوجها الدهر
قال ابن حجر قال وهب بن منبه فِي بَعْضِ الْكُتُبِ لَوْلَا أَنِّي كَتَبْتُ الْفَسَادَ عَلَى الطَّعَامِ لَخَزَنَهُ الْأَغْنِيَاءُ عَنِ الْفُقَرَاءِ … وَلَيْسَ الْمُرَادُ بِالْخِيَانَةِ هُنَا ارْتِكَابَ الْفَوَاحِشِ حَاشَا وَكَلَّا وَلَكِنْ لَمَّا مَالَتْ إِلَى شَهْوَةِ النَّفْسِ مِنْ أَكْلِ الشَّجَرَةِ وَحَسَّنَتْ ذَلِكَ لِآدَمَ عُدَّ ذَلِكَ خِيَانَةً لَهُ وَأَمَّا مَنْ جَاءَ بَعْدَهَا مِنَ النِّسَاءِ فَخِيَانَةُ كُلِّ وَاحِدَةٍ مِنْهُنَّ بِحَسَبِهَا
3152 فتح الباري شرح صحيح البخاري