Muhammad bin Zayd al-Qurashi narrates from his mother that she asked Umm al-Mu'minin Umm Salamah (may Allah be pleased with her): In how many garments may a woman pray? She replied: She should pray in a large head-covering and a long shift that covers the tops of her feet.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الصلاة / 3250
Umm Salamah (may Allah be pleased with her) relates: I asked the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): May a woman pray in a head-covering and a shift without a waist-wrapper? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "If the shift is loose and wide enough to cover the tops of her feet, then she may pray."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الصلاة / 3251
Hadith Gradingمحدثین:منكر
Hadith Takhrij«منكر۔ اخرجه ابوداود 640، الدار قطني 2/62»
Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) relates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever lets his garment hang down and trails it out of arrogance, Allah Almighty will not look at him (with mercy) on the Day of Resurrection." Sayyidah Umm Salamah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: O Messenger of Allah! What is the ruling for women? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "A hand span." She said: Then their shins will show, or she said: their feet will show? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Let them make it a forearm's length, and not go beyond it."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الصلاة / 3252
It is narrated from Umm al-Mu'minin Sayyidah Umm Salamah (may Allah be pleased with her) that he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The lower hem of a woman's garment should be a hand span." I said: Then her feet will show? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Let them make it a forearm's length, but not exceed it."
This hadith is evidence that covering a woman's feet is obligatory.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الصلاة / 3253
It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Allah Almighty does not accept the prayer of a woman who has reached puberty without a head-covering." Sa'id bin Abi Arubah narrated this hadith from Qatadah, from al-Hasan (may Allah have mercy on him), from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الصلاة / 3254
Qatadah narrates from al-Hasan (may Allah have mercy on him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Allah Almighty does not accept the prayer of a woman who has reached puberty without a head-covering."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الصلاة / 3255
It is narrated from Ubaydullah al-Khawlani, who was an orphan brought up in the care of Sayyidah Maymunah (may Allah be pleased with her), that he said: I saw Sayyidah Maymunah (may Allah be pleased with her) praying in a long shift and a head-covering, without a waist-wrapper.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الصلاة / 3256
Hadith Gradingمحدثین:صحيح
Hadith Takhrij«صحيح۔ اخرجه الحارث 139/ زوائد الهيثمي»
(a) A similar narration is reported through another chain, saying that she used to pray in a head-covering and a shift, without a waist-wrapper.
(b) Imam Malik (may Allah have mercy on him) related that Umm al-Mu'minin Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) used to pray in a head-covering and a wrap.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الصلاة / 3257