صحيح البخاري
Bukhari
كتاب الصلاةThe Book of As-Salat (The Prayer)
بَابُ نَوْمِ الْمَرْأَةِ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ:Chapter. Sleeping of a woman in the mosque (and residing in it).
Hadith 439
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ ، عَنْ هِشَامِ ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ، " أَنَّ وَلِيدَةً كَانَتْ سَوْدَاءَ لِحَيٍّ مِنْ الْعَرَبِ فَأَعْتَقُوهَا ، فَكَانَتْ مَعَهُمْ ، قَالَتْ : فَخَرَجَتْ صَبِيَّةٌ لَهُمْ عَلَيْهَا وِشَاحٌ أَحْمَرُ مِنْ سُيُورٍ ، قَالَتْ : فَوَضَعَتْهُ أَوْ وَقَعَ مِنْهَا ، فَمَرَّتْ بِهِ حُدَيَّاةٌ وَهُوَ مُلْقًى ، فَحَسِبَتْهُ لَحْمًا فَخَطِفَتْهُ ، قَالَتْ : فَالْتَمَسُوهُ فَلَمْ يَجِدُوهُ ، قَالَتْ : فَاتَّهَمُونِي بِهِ ، قَالَتْ : فَطَفِقُوا يُفَتِّشُونَ حَتَّى فَتَّشُوا قُبُلَهَا ، قَالَتْ : وَاللَّهِ إِنِّي لَقَائِمَةٌ مَعَهُمْ إِذْ مَرَّتِ الْحُدَيَّاةُ فَأَلْقَتْهُ ، قَالَتْ : فَوَقَعَ بَيْنَهُمْ ، قَالَتْ : فَقُلْتُ : هَذَا الَّذِي اتَّهَمْتُمُونِي بِهِ ، زَعَمْتُمْ وَأَنَا مِنْهُ بَرِيئَةٌ وَهُوَ ذَا هُوَ ، قَالَتْ : فَجَاءَتْ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَأَسْلَمَتْ ، قَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ : فَكَانَ لَهَا خِبَاءٌ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ أَوْ حِفْشٌ ، قَالَتْ : فَكَانَتْ تَأْتِينِي فَتَحَدَّثُ عِنْدِي ، قَالَتْ : فَلَا تَجْلِسُ عِنْدِي مَجْلِسًا إِلَّا قَالَتْ : وَيَوْمَ الْوِشَاحِ مِنْ أَعَاجِيبِ رَبِّنَا أَلَا إِنَّهُ مِنْ بَلْدَةِ الْكُفْرِ أَنْجَانِي قَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ : فَقُلْتُ لَهَا : مَا شَأْنُكِ لَا تَقْعُدِينَ مَعِي مَقْعَدًا إِلَّا قُلْتِ هَذَا ؟ قَالَتْ : فَحَدَّثَتْنِي بِهَذَا الْحَدِيثِ " .
Narrated `Aisha: There was a black slave girl belonging to an 'Arab tribe and they manumitted her but she remained with them. The slave girl said, "Once one of their girls (of that tribe) came out wearing a red leather scarf decorated with precious stones. It fell from her or she placed it somewhere. A kite passed by that place, saw it Lying there and mistaking it for a piece of meat, flew away with it. Those people searched for it but they did not find it. So they accused me of stealing it and started searching me and even searched my private parts." The slave girl further said, "By Allah! while I was standing (in that state) with those people, the same kite passed by them and dropped the red scarf and it fell amongst them. I told them, 'This is what you accused me of and I was innocent and now this is it.' " `Aisha added: That slave girl came to Allah's Apostle and embraced Islam. She had a tent or a small room with a low roof in the mosque. Whenever she called on me, she had a talk with me and whenever she sat with me, she would recite the following: "The day of the scarf (band) was one of the wonders of our Lord, verily He rescued me from the disbelievers' town. `Aisha added: "Once I asked her, 'What is the matter with you? Whenever you sit with me, you always recite these poetic verses.' On that she told me the whole story. "
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Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Abdul Sattar al-Hammad
Hadith Commentary:
1.
Imam Bukhari rahimahullah has established two chapters one after the other: (1) A woman sleeping in the mosque, (2) A man sleeping in the mosque. The purpose of this is to clarify permissibility, as is evident from the narrations. However, Imam Bukhari rahimahullah gave precedence to "a woman sleeping" because a woman is a source of temptation (fitnah). For this reason, according to some of the esteemed Imams, it is absolutely prohibited for a woman to sleep in the mosque, even if she is elderly, as is transmitted from Imam Malik rahimahullah. In view of this misconception, he gave it precedence in order to clarify the permissibility. And this permission is due to an emergency necessity. Shah Waliullah Muhaddith Dehlawi rahimahullah states:
"It is permissible for a woman to sleep in the mosque, even if there is a possibility that she may begin menstruating (hayd), but when she actually begins menstruating, she should leave the mosque. Before that, her sleeping in the mosque is not prohibited."
(Sharh Tarajim Bukhari: )
2.
Hafiz Ibn Hajar rahimahullah has derived the following rulings from this hadith:
➊ Any Muslim man or woman who has no place to stay may take shelter in the mosque, provided there is no fear or danger there.
➋ It is permissible to arrange a tent or some other form of shade in the mosque.
➌ If someone fears moral or religious corruption in a country, it is permissible to migrate to another country.
➍ The virtue of migrating from the land of disbelief (dar al-kufr) is evident.
➎ The supplication of the oppressed is certainly accepted, even if the oppressed is a disbeliever.
(Fath al-Bari: 1/692)
3.
It should be noted that the tent of this newly converted slave woman was set up in the northern part of the Prophet’s Mosque (Masjid Nabawi), a section of which was reserved for the People of the Bench (Ashab al-Suffah), and after the change of the qiblah, it was used as the courtyard of the mosque. At most, such incidents can be considered as concessions (rukhsah).
And Allah knows best.
1.
Imam Bukhari rahimahullah has established two chapters one after the other: (1) A woman sleeping in the mosque, (2) A man sleeping in the mosque. The purpose of this is to clarify permissibility, as is evident from the narrations. However, Imam Bukhari rahimahullah gave precedence to "a woman sleeping" because a woman is a source of temptation (fitnah). For this reason, according to some of the esteemed Imams, it is absolutely prohibited for a woman to sleep in the mosque, even if she is elderly, as is transmitted from Imam Malik rahimahullah. In view of this misconception, he gave it precedence in order to clarify the permissibility. And this permission is due to an emergency necessity. Shah Waliullah Muhaddith Dehlawi rahimahullah states:
"It is permissible for a woman to sleep in the mosque, even if there is a possibility that she may begin menstruating (hayd), but when she actually begins menstruating, she should leave the mosque. Before that, her sleeping in the mosque is not prohibited."
(Sharh Tarajim Bukhari: )
2.
Hafiz Ibn Hajar rahimahullah has derived the following rulings from this hadith:
➊ Any Muslim man or woman who has no place to stay may take shelter in the mosque, provided there is no fear or danger there.
➋ It is permissible to arrange a tent or some other form of shade in the mosque.
➌ If someone fears moral or religious corruption in a country, it is permissible to migrate to another country.
➍ The virtue of migrating from the land of disbelief (dar al-kufr) is evident.
➎ The supplication of the oppressed is certainly accepted, even if the oppressed is a disbeliever.
(Fath al-Bari: 1/692)
3.
It should be noted that the tent of this newly converted slave woman was set up in the northern part of the Prophet’s Mosque (Masjid Nabawi), a section of which was reserved for the People of the Bench (Ashab al-Suffah), and after the change of the qiblah, it was used as the courtyard of the mosque. At most, such incidents can be considered as concessions (rukhsah).
And Allah knows best.
Source: Hidayat al-Qari: Commentary on Sahih Bukhari, Urdu, Page: 439
Shaykh Safi ur-Rahman Mubarakpuri
204 Lexical Explanation:
«وَلِيدَةً »: Slave-girl.
«خِبَاءٌ»: The letter "kha" has a kasrah underneath, and the "ba" is in its light (mukhaffaf) form. It is used in the meaning of "tent."
«فَتَحَدَّثُ »: Originally, it was «تَتَحَدَّثُ». It is in the meaning of «تَتَكَلَّمُ », that is, she used to come for conversation and discussion.
It is established from the hadith that a woman can also spend the night in the mosque, provided there is no fear of fitnah (temptation or discord) or corruption, and for her, a tent can also be set up in the mosque. This is an excerpt from a lengthy hadith. The complete hadith is found in Sahih al-Bukhari.
«وَلِيدَةً »: Slave-girl.
«خِبَاءٌ»: The letter "kha" has a kasrah underneath, and the "ba" is in its light (mukhaffaf) form. It is used in the meaning of "tent."
«فَتَحَدَّثُ »: Originally, it was «تَتَحَدَّثُ». It is in the meaning of «تَتَكَلَّمُ », that is, she used to come for conversation and discussion.
It is established from the hadith that a woman can also spend the night in the mosque, provided there is no fear of fitnah (temptation or discord) or corruption, and for her, a tent can also be set up in the mosque. This is an excerpt from a lengthy hadith. The complete hadith is found in Sahih al-Bukhari.
Source: Bulugh al-Maram: Commentary by Safiur Rahman Mubarakpuri, Page: 204
