It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that she said: May Allah Almighty have mercy on the women who were the first to emigrate. Allah Almighty revealed this blessed verse: "And let them draw their head-coverings over their bosoms" [Surah al-Nur: 31], and those women tore their wraps.
Ibn Salih said: They doubled their wraps and covered themselves with them.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الصلاة / 3258
It is narrated from Umm al-Mu'minin Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that when the verse "And let them draw their head-coverings over their bosoms" [Surah al-Nur: 31] was revealed, the women of the Ansar tore their waist-wrappers from the edges and covered themselves with them.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الصلاة / 3259
Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) relates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "There are two groups of the people of Hell whom I have not seen: (1) people who will have whips like the tails of cattle with which they will be beating people, and women who will be clothed yet naked, inclining (to evil) themselves and making others incline towards them, their heads like the humps of camels. These women will not enter Paradise nor even find its fragrance, although its fragrance can be found from such and such a distance."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الصلاة / 3260
Sayyiduna Dihyah bin Khalifah (may Allah be pleased with him) relates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) sent him to Heraclius. When he returned, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) gave him a Coptic cloth and said: "Make a shirt from half of it, and give the other half to your wife so that she can make a head-covering from it." When he set off, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) called him back and said: "Tell your wife to put another cloth beneath it so that her body does not show through."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الصلاة / 3261
Muhammad bin Usamah bin Zayd narrates from his father (Sayyiduna Usamah bin Zayd, may Allah be pleased with them both) that he said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) clothed me with a thick Coptic cloth which Dihyah al-Kalbi (may Allah be pleased with him) had given him as a gift. I gave that cloth to my wife to wear, and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Why did you not keep it for yourself?" I said: I gave it to my wife to wear. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Then tell her to wear an undergarment beneath it, for I fear it may show the shape of her bones."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الصلاة / 3262
Hadith Gradingمحدثین:صحيح لغيره
Hadith Takhrij«صحيح لغيره۔ اخرجه من طريق آخر ابن ابي شيبة 24792»
Abdullah bin Abi Salamah (may Allah be pleased with him) relates that Sayyiduna Umar bin al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) clothed the people with Coptic garments, then said: "Do not let your women make shifts from them." A man said: O Commander of the Believers! I have dressed my wife in it, and she walked about the house, but I did not see it to be see-through. Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Even if it is not see-through, it shows the shape (of the body)."
The meaning of this mursal report has a supporting witness with a connected chain.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الصلاة / 3263
Hadith Gradingمحدثین:صحيح
Hadith Takhrij«صحيح۔ اخرجه ابن منيع كما في كنزالعمال 21713»
Sayyiduna Umar bin al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "A woman should pray in three garments: a shift, a head-covering and a waist-wrapper."
It is reported from Sayyidah Umm Salamah (may Allah be pleased with her) that she prayed in a shift and a head-covering, then said: "Hand me the outer wrap."
Something similar is also reported from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her).
Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) was asked about the head-covering, and she said: "The head-covering is that which covers the skin and the hair."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الصلاة / 3264
Alqamah bin Abi Alqamah narrates from his mother that Hafsah bint Abd al-Rahman came to Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her), and Hafsah was wearing a thin head-covering. Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) tore it and clothed her in a thick head-covering.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الصلاة / 3265
Hadith Gradingمحدثین:ضعيف
Hadith Takhrij«ضعيف۔ اخرجه ابو عبيد في غريب الحديث 4/ 312»
(a) Abu Ubayd narrates from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that she used to tie a waistband or belt beneath her shift during prayer.
(b) Abu Ubayd says: "al-ihtibak" means tying the waist-wrapper firmly, that is, she used to pray with her waistband fastened tightly.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الصلاة / 3266
Hadith Gradingمحدثین:حسن لغيره
Hadith Takhrij«حسن لغيره۔ اخرجه ابوعبيد في غريب الحديث 4/ 333»
(a) Abu Ubayd narrates from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that she disliked a woman praying without any ornament, even if she were only to hang a thread around her neck.
(b) Abu Ubayd says: "'atal" refers to a woman who is without any ornament.
(c) It is reported from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) about believing women that they used to attend the prayer (with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)), wrapped in their sheets.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الصلاة / 3267