Hadith 2778

What Has Been Related About Women Veiling From Men

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Darussalam · Volume 5

41. The Chapters On Manners From The Messenger Of Allāh ﷺ

Jami at-Tirmidhi Darussalam English translation

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Shamela Arabic edition

الجزء: 4 ¦ الصفحة: 481

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ضعيف، المشكاة (٣١١٦) ، الإرواء (١٨٠٦) //، ضعيف أبي داود (٨٨٧ / ٤١١٢) //

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English translation

2878. Nabhān the freed slave of Umm Salamah, narrated to Ibn Shihāb, that Umm Salamah narrated to him, that she and Maimūnah were with the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ, she said: "So when we were with him, Ibn Umm Maktūm came, and he entered upon him, and that was after veiling had been ordered for us. So the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: 'Veil yourselves from him.' So I said: 'O Messenger of Allāh! Is he not blind such that he can not see us nor recognize us?' So the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: 'Are you two blind such that you can not see him?'" (Hasan) [Abū 'Eisā said:] This Hadīth is Hasan Saḥīh.

Arabic text

٢٧٧٨ - حَدَّثَنَا ‌سُوَيْدٌ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا ‌عَبْدُ اللهِ، قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنَا ‌يُونُسُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ، عَنِ ‌ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ ‌نَبْهَانَ مَوْلَى أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ ، أَنَّهُ حَدَّثَهُ، أَنَّ ‌أُمَّ سَلَمَةَ حَدَّثَتْهُ «أَنَّهَا كَانَتْ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَمَيْمُونَةَ» قَالَتْ: فَبَيْنَا نَحْنُ عِنْدَهُ أَقْبَلَ ابْنُ أُمِّ مَكْتُومٍ فَدَخَلَ عَلَيْهِ، وَذَلِكَ بَعْدَ مَا أُمِرْنَا بِالْحِجَابِ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: احْتَجِبَا مِنْهُ. فَقُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، أَلَيْسَ هُوَ أَعْمَى لَا يُبْصِرُنَا وَلَا يَعْرِفُنَا؟ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: أَفَعَمْيَاوَانِ أَنْتُمَا أَلَسْتُمَا تُبْصِرَانِهِ. هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ.

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This Hadīth proves that it is not allowed for women to look at men's beauty and to have a thorough look, just as men are not allowed to look at women, therefore both are commanded to lower their gaze alike.