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السنن الكبرى للبيهقي
Sunan al-Kubra al-Bayhaqi
كتاب الصلاة
Book of Prayer
باب: عورة الأمة
Chapter: The awrah of a slave woman
Bayhaqi 3220 — The awrah of a slave woman
اُردوEn
وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَلِيٍّ، أنبأ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَكْرٍ، ثنا أَبُو دَاوُدَ، ثنا زُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ، ثنا وَكِيعٌ، ثنا دَاوُدُ بْنُ سَوَّارٍ الْمُزَنِيُّ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنُ شُعَيْبٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ جَدِّهِ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: " إِذَا زَوَّجَ أَحَدُكُمْ خَادِمَهُ عَبْدَهُ أَوْ أَجِيرَهُ فَلَا يَنْظُرَنَّ إِلَى مَا دُونَ السُّرَّةِ وَفَوْقَ الرُّكْبَةِ " قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ: صَوَابُهُ سِوَارُ بْنُ دَاوُدَ قَالَ الشَّيْخُ: وَهَذِهِ الرِّوَايَةُ إِذَا قُرِنَتْ بِرِوَايَةِ الْأَوْزَاعِيِّ دَلَّنَا عَلَى أَنَّ الْمُرَادَ بِالْحَدِيثِ نَهْيُ السَّيِّدِ عَنِ النَّظَرِ إِلَى عَوْرَتِهَا إِذَا زَوَّجَهَا وَأَنَّ عَوْرَةَ الْأَمَةِ مَا بَيْنَ السُّرَّةِ وَالرُّكْبَةِ، وَسَائِرُ طُرُقِ هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ يَدُلُّ وَبَعْضُهَا يَنُصُّ عَلَى أَنَّ الْمُرَادَ بِهِ نُهِيُ الْأَمَةِ عَنِ النَّظَرِ إِلَى عَوْرَةِ السَّيِّدِ بَعْدَ مَا زُوِّجَتْ أَوْ نُهِيُ الْخَادِمِ مِنَ الْعَبْدِ أو الْأَجِيرِ عَنِ النَّظَرِ إِلَى عَوْرَةِ السَّيِّدِ بَعْدَ مَا بَلَغَا النِّكَاحَ، فَيَكُونُ الْخَبَرُ وَارِدًا فِي بَيَانِ مِقْدَارِ الْعَوْرَةِ مِنَ الرَّجُلِ لَا فِي بَيَانِ مِقْدَارِهَا مِنَ الْأَمَةِ وَسَنَأْتِي عَلَى ذِكْرِهَا فِي الْبَابِ الَّذِي يَلِيهِ إِنْ شَاءَ اللهُ تَعَالَى.
Amr bin Shu'ayb narrates from his father, and he from his grandfather (may Allah be pleased with him), that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When one of you marries his slave-girl to his slave or servant, then let him never look at her awrah, from below the navel to above the knees."
Imam al-Bayhaqi (may Allah have mercy on him) said: When this narration is compared with the narration of al-Awza'i, the meaning is that when the master marries his slave-girl to someone, he should not look at her awrah; and the second point obtained is that the awrah of a slave-girl is between the navel and the knee.
All the chains of this hadith indicate, and some of them state explicitly, that what is meant is the prohibition of the slave-girl from looking at her master's awrah after she has been married, or the prohibition of the servant, whether a slave or a hired worker, from looking at the master's awrah after they have reached the age of marriage. So this hadith is about the extent of a man's awrah, not the extent of a slave-girl's awrah. If Allah wills, we will mention this in the next chapter.
Imam al-Bayhaqi (may Allah have mercy on him) said: When this narration is compared with the narration of al-Awza'i, the meaning is that when the master marries his slave-girl to someone, he should not look at her awrah; and the second point obtained is that the awrah of a slave-girl is between the navel and the knee.
All the chains of this hadith indicate, and some of them state explicitly, that what is meant is the prohibition of the slave-girl from looking at her master's awrah after she has been married, or the prohibition of the servant, whether a slave or a hired worker, from looking at the master's awrah after they have reached the age of marriage. So this hadith is about the extent of a man's awrah, not the extent of a slave-girl's awrah. If Allah wills, we will mention this in the next chapter.
