of Nun — Chapter

Muhammad bin Sirin (may Allah have mercy on him) said: Sayyidah Umm Atiyyah al-Ansariyyah (may Allah be pleased with her) narrated to us; she said: I took part in several military expeditions with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). We would attend to the wounded and treat them. I said: O Messenger of Allah, may one of us go out with the people on the day of Eid al-Fitr and the day of Eid al-Adha? I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "Let the young unmarried girls, the secluded women and the menstruating women go out too, so that they may witness the good and the supplication of the Muslims." I said: O Messenger of Allah, what if one of us has no garment? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Let her sister clothe her from her own garment."

Sayyidah Umm Atiyyah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered us that "the young unmarried girls and the secluded women should go out." It was asked: And the menstruating women? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Yes, let them too witness the good and the supplication of the Muslims." We said: O Messenger of Allah, what if one of us has no garment? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Let her sister clothe her with part of her own garment."

A similar hadith is also narrated from Sayyidah Umm Atiyyah (may Allah be pleased with her).

Sayyidah Umm Atiyyah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered us that "on the day of Eid, the young unmarried girls and the secluded women should go out." It was asked: And the menstruating women? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Let them too witness the good and the supplication of the Muslims." A woman said: O Messenger of Allah, if one of us has no garment, what should she do? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Let her companion clothe her with part of her own garment."

It is narrated from Sayyidah Umm Atiyyah (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to bring out the virgins, the young girls, the secluded women and the menstruating women on the two Eids; as for the menstruating women, they would keep away from the place of prayer, but would witness the good and the supplication of the Muslims. One of them said: What if one of us has no outer cloak (jilbab)? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Let her sister lend her one of her cloaks."

Sayyidah Umm Atiyyah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: We were ordered to go out on the two Eids, and we would bring out the menstruating women, the young unmarried girls and the secluded women as well; as for the menstruating women, they would witness the gathering of the Muslims and their supplication, but would keep away from the prayer.

Sayyidah Umm Atiyyah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: We used to be ordered to bring out the secluded women and the menstruating women on the two Eids; as for the menstruating women, they would attend the Muslims' place of Eid prayer.

Sayyidah Umm Atiyyah al-Ansariyyah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) commanded us to bring out, on the day of Eid, the young unmarried girls, the women kept in seclusion, and the menstruating women; as for the menstruating women, they would attend the prayer-ground of the Muslims.

Sayyidah Umm Atiyyah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) commanded us to bring out, on the two Eids, the women kept in seclusion and the menstruating women; they would attend the supplication and prayer of the Muslims along with them, but the menstruating women would keep away from the prayer.

Sayyidah Umm Atiyyah (may Allah be pleased with her) said that she mentioned the pledge of allegiance to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and said: Not one woman among us fulfilled it except Umm Sulaym, Umm Kulthum and the wife of Mu'adh bin Abi Sabrah.

Sayyidah Umm Atiyyah al-Ansariyyah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: Among the pledges the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) took from the women was that they would not wail (over the dead), yet none of them fulfilled it except so-and-so, so-and-so, and the mother of so-and-so.

Sayyidah Umm Atiyyah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: We were forbidden from following funeral processions, but it was not made strictly binding upon us.

Sayyidah Umm Atiyyah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: We were forbidden from following funeral processions, but it was not made strictly binding upon us.

Sayyidah Umm Atiyyah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: We used to be forbidden from following funeral processions, but it was not made strictly binding upon us.

Sayyidah Umm Atiyyah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: We were forbidden from following funeral processions, but it was not made strictly binding upon us.

Sayyidah Umm Atiyyah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "It is not permissible for a woman who believes in Allah and the Last Day to mourn for anyone who has died for more than three days, except for a husband."

Sayyidah Umm Atiyyah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: We were commanded not to wear dyed garments during mourning except 'asb (striped Yemeni cloth); we were commanded not to mourn for anyone deceased, or anyone who has died, for more than three days except for a husband; and we were commanded not to apply perfume except, at the time of purification, a little qust and azfar (fragrant herbs).

Muhammad bin Sirin said: A son of Sayyidah Umm Atiyyah (may Allah be pleased with her) died. When it was the third day, she called for a yellow perfume and rubbed it on herself, and said: We have been forbidden from mourning for anyone who has died for more than three nights, except for a husband.

Sayyidah Umm Atiyyah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: We did not consider yellowish and brownish discharge (after menstruation) to be anything.

Sayyidah Umm Atiyyah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Allah Almighty does not accept the prayer of a person whose nose does not touch the ground."