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4112. It was narrated that Umm Salamah said: "I was with the Prophet oti, and MaimUnah was with him. Ibn Umm MaktUm came, and that was after Hijãb had been enjoined upon us. The Prophet said: 'Observe I-Iijab before him.' We said: '0 Messenger of Allah, is he not blind and cannot see us nor recognize us?' The Prophet said: 'Are you blind? Do you not see him?" (Hasan) AbU Dãwud said: This ruling applied only to the wives of the Prophet . Do you not see that when Fãtimah bint Qais observed
