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مشكوة المصابيح
Mishkat al-Masabih
كتاب الآداب
The Book of Manners
(أَمْرُ النِّسَاءِ بِالْمَشْيِ خَلْفَ الرِّجَالِ)
(The command for women to walk behind men)
Mishkat al-Masabih 4727 — The command for women to walk behind men
وَعَن أبي أُسيد الأنصاريِّ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ وَهُوَ خَارِجٌ مِنَ الْمَسْجِدِ فَاخْتَلَطَ الرجالُ مَعَ النِّسَاء فِي الطَّرِيق فَقَالَ النِّسَاء: «اسْتَأْخِرْنَ فَإِنَّهُ لَيْسَ لَكُنَّ أَنْ تُحْقِقْنَ الطَّرِيقَ عَلَيْكُنَّ بِحَافَاتِ الطَّرِيقِ» . فَكَانَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ تَلْصَقُ بِالْجِدَارِ حَتَّى إِنَّ ثَوْبَهَا لَيَتَعَلَّقُ بِالْجِدَارِ. رَوَاهُ أَبُو دَاوُدَ وَالْبَيْهَقِيُّ فِي «شُعَبِ الْإِيمَانِ»
It is narrated from Abu Saeed Al-Ansari, may Allah be pleased with him, that he heard the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, saying as he was coming out of the mosque, and on the way men mixed with women. The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said to the women: "Walk on the side of the road, you have no right to walk in the middle of the road, therefore walk on the edges of the road." So (upon hearing this command) the woman would walk so close to the wall that her garment would cling to the wall. Its chain of narration is weak, narrated by Abu Dawood and Al-Bayhaqi in Shu'ab al-Iman.
