It was narrated from Ibn 'Abbas that a man came to the Prophet who had declared Zihar from his wife, then he had intercourse with her. He said:
O Messenger of Allah, I declared Zihar on my wife, then I had intercourse with her before I offered the expiation. He said: What made you do that, may Allah have mercy on you? He said: I saw her anklets in the light of the moon. He said: Do not approach her until you have done that which Allah, the Mighty and Sublime, has commanded.