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السنن الكبرى للبيهقي
Sunan al-Kubra al-Bayhaqi
كتاب الصلاة
Book of Prayer
باب: من زعم أن الفخذ ليست بعورة وما قيل في السرة والركبة
Chapter: Those who held that the thigh is not awrah, and what was said about the navel and knee
Bayhaqi 3239 — Those who held that the thigh is not awrah
اُردوEn
أَخْبَرَنَاهُ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ، أنبأ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ، ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ حَنْبَلٍ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي، ثنا إِسْمَاعِيلُ، فَذَكَرَهُ وَفِي قَوْلِهِ انْحَسَرَ أَوِ انْكَشَفَ دَلِيلٌ عَلَى أَنَّ ذَلِكَ لَمْ يَكُنْ بِقَصْدِهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، وَقَدْ يَنْكَشِفُ عَوْرَةُ الْإِنْسَانِ بِرِيحٍ أَوْ سَقْطَةٍ أَوْ غَيْرِهِمَا فَلَا يَكُونُ مَنْسُوبًا إِلَى الْكَشْفِ، وَقَوْلُهُ فِي الرِّوَايَةِ الْأُولَى: ثُمَّ حَسَرَ الْإِزَارَ عَنْ فَخِذِهِ يَحْتَمِلُ أَنْ يَكُونَ أَرَادَ حَسَرَ ضِيقَ الزِّقَاقِ الَّذِي أَجْرَى فِيهِ مَرْكُوبَهُ إِزَارَهُ عَنْ فَخِذِهِ فَيَكُونَ الْفِعْلُ لِجَدَارِ الزِّقَاقِ لَا لِلنَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَيَكُونَ مُوَافِقًا لِرِوَايَةِ غَيْرِهِ، عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ مُوَافِقًا لِمَا مَضَى مِنَ الْأَحَادِيثِ فِي كَوْنِ الْفَخِذِ عَوْرَةً غَيْرَ مُخَالِفٍ لَهَا وَبِاللهِ التَّوْفِيقُ وَرَوَاهُ حُمَيْدٌ الطَّوِيلُ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ وَقَالَ فِي إِحْدَى الرِّوَايَتَيْنِ عَنْهُ: وَإِنَّ رُكْبَتِي لَتَمَسُّ رُكْبَةَ رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَلَمْ يَذْكُرِ انْكِشَافَ الْفَخِذِ.
(b) The Companion's words "inhasara" (it slipped) or "inkashafa" (it became uncovered) prove that he (peace and blessings be upon him) did not uncover his thigh intentionally. While riding, a person's thigh or awrah may become uncovered because of the wind, a fall or some other reason, so this would not be attributed to (deliberate) uncovering.
(c) In the first narration, the Companion's words "then he moved the waist-wrapper away from his thigh" may possibly mean that the uncovering was due to the narrowness of the lanes through which he (peace and blessings be upon him) was making his mount run. In that case the action would be due to the walls of the lanes, not an act of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him); and it would agree with the other narrations transmitted from Isma'il and others, and also with the hadiths in which the thigh is called awrah.
(d) And it is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: My knee was touching the knee of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). In it, the uncovering of the thigh is not mentioned.
(c) In the first narration, the Companion's words "then he moved the waist-wrapper away from his thigh" may possibly mean that the uncovering was due to the narrowness of the lanes through which he (peace and blessings be upon him) was making his mount run. In that case the action would be due to the walls of the lanes, not an act of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him); and it would agree with the other narrations transmitted from Isma'il and others, and also with the hadiths in which the thigh is called awrah.
(d) And it is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: My knee was touching the knee of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). In it, the uncovering of the thigh is not mentioned.
