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100. Abû 'Abdullâh Sâlim Sabalân said: "Aîshah liked my honesty and hired me, and she showed me how the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ used to perform Wudû. She rinsed her mouth, sniffed water into her nose and blew it out three times, and washed her face three times. Then she washed her right hand three times and her left hand three times. Then she put her hand on the front of her head and wiped her head once, front to back. Then she rubbed her ears with her hands, then she passed her hands over her cheeks."
Sâlim said: "I came to her as a slave with a contract of manumission, and she did not hide herself from me. She would sit before me and talk to me, until I came to her one day and said: 'Pray for blessing for me, O Mother of the Believers.' She said: 'Why is that?' I said: 'Allâh has set
me free.' She said: 'May Allāh bless you.' Then she lowered the Hijāb before me, and I never saw her again after that day." (Hasan)
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"Mukātab" is a slave who makes a written contract with his master to purchase his emancipation. A Mukātab slave would have a payment plan that he would agree to follow, and he would earn his freedom when the entire amount owed to his master was paid off. Since Sālim was the slave of one of 'Āishah's relatives, and since, according to her, a slave could enter upon his master and near kith and kin, 'Āishah's conversations with Salim without the barrier of a veil was not a blameworthy act. (Similarly it is not compulsory on female slaves to cover themselves up in the presence of their masters). Furthermore, no sooner did Sālim earn his freedom than 'Āishah veiled herself before him.
