English translation
١٦١٨. Ibn Jurajj said, "Aṭā informed us that when Ibn Hishām forbade women to perform Tawāf with men he said to him, 'How do you forbid them while the wives of the Prophet ﷺ used to perform Tawāf with the men?' I said, 'Was this before decreeing the use of the veil or after it?' Aṭā took an oath and said, 'I saw it after the order of veil.' I said, 'How did they mix with the men?' ‘Aṭā’ said, ‘The women never mixed with the men, and ‘Āishah رضى الله عنها used to perform Tawāf separately and never mixed with the men(1). (Once it happened that ‘Āishah was performing the Tawāf and a woman said to her, ‘O Mother of believers! Let us touch the Black Stone.’ ‘Āishah said to her, ‘Go yourself,’ and she herself refused to do so. The wives of the Prophet ﷺ used to come out at night, in disguise and used to perform Tawāf with the men. But whenever they intended to enter the Ka’bah, they would stay outside till the men had gone out. I and ‘Ubaid bin ‘Umayr used to visit ‘Āishah while she was residing at Jaf Thabir.’ I asked, “What was her veil?” ‘Aṭā’ said, “She was wearing an old Turkish veil, and that was the only thing (veil) which was a screen between us and her. I saw a pink cover on her.”