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2875. 'Aishah the wife of the Prophet ﷺ said: "When the believing women emigrated to the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ, they would be tested in accordance with Allâh's saying: 'O Prophet! When believing women come to you to give you the pledge...'"[1]
'Aishah said: "Whoever among the believing women affirmed this, passed the test. When they affirmed that, the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ would say to them: 'Go, for you have given your pledge.' No, by Allâh! The hand of the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ never touched the hand of any woman, rather he accepted their pledge in words only."
'Aishah said: "By Allâh, the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ did not demand of women (in their pledge) anything other than that which Allâh had commanded, and the hand of the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ never touched the hand
of a woman. He would say to them, when he had accepted their pledge: 'You have given your pledge,' verbally." (Sahih)
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[1] Al-Mumtahanah 60:12.
Commentary
The Prophet ﷺ used to take the covenant from women that they will not wail. It is reported in the Sunan of Abu Dâwud, on the authority of a woman who took oath of allegiance (to the Prophet): "One of the oaths which the Prophet of Allâh ﷺ, received from us about the virtue was that we would not disobey him in it (virtue), that we would not scratch the face, nor wail, nor tear the front of the garments nor pull out our hair." (Sunan Abu Dâwud: 131).
