السنن الكبرى للبيهقي
Sunan al-Kubra al-Bayhaqi
كتاب البيوع
Book of Sales
باب: الرجل يريد شراء جارية فينظر إلى ما ليس منها بعورة
A man who wishes to buy a slave woman looks at what is not her awrah
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أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحُسَيْنِ بْنُ بِشْرَانَ الْعَدْلُ، بِبَغْدَادَ، أنا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الصَّفَّارُ، ثنا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ عَفَّانَ، ثنا ابْنُ نُمَيْرٍ، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ، " أَنَّهُ كَانَ إِذَا اشْتَرَى جَارِيَةً كَشَفَ عَنْ سَاقِهَا وَوَضَعَ يَدَهُ بَيْنَ ثَدْيَيْهَا، وَعَلَى عَجُزِهَا " وَكَأَنَّهُ كَانَ يَضَعُهَا عَلَيْهَا مِنْ وَرَاءِ الثَّوْبِ.
Nafi' (may Allah have mercy on him) says that whenever Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) bought a slave-girl, he would remove the cloth from her shin and place his hand between her breasts and on her buttocks, and this was over the garment.
أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو سَعْدٍ الْمَالِينِيُّ، أنا أَبُو أَحْمَدَ بْنُ عَدِيٍّ الْحَافِظُ، أنا عُمَرُ بْنُ سِنَانٍ، ثنا عَبَّاسٌ الْخَلَّالُ، ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ صَالِحٍ، ثنا حَفْصُ بْنُ عُمَرَ، ثنا صَالِحُ بْنُ حَسَّانَ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ كَعْبٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، قَالَ: قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: " لَا بَأْسَ أَنْ يُقَلِّبَ الرَّجُلُ الْجَارِيَةَ إِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَشْتَرِيَهَا، وَيَنْظُرَ إِلَيْهَا مَا خَلَا عَوْرَتَهَا، وَعَوْرَتُهَا مَا بَيْنَ رُكْبَتِهَا إِلَى مَعْقِدِ إزَارِهَا " ⦗٥٣٨⦘ تَفَرَّدَ بِهِ حَفْصُ بْنُ عُمَرَ قَاضِي حَلَبَ، عَنْ صَالِحِ بْنِ حَسَّانَ وَرَوَيْنَاهُ فِي كِتَابِ الصَّلَاةِ مِنْ حَدِيثِ عِيسَى بْنِ مَيْمُونٍ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ كَعْبٍ وَالْإِسْنَادَانِ جَمِيعًا ضِعِيفَانِ وَاللهُ أَعْلَمُ.
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "There is no harm in a man having a slave-girl walk about and examining her when he wishes to buy her, and he may look at her other than her 'awrah (the part to be covered); her 'awrah is from the knees up to where the waist-wrap is tied."
Only Hafs bin Umar, the judge of Aleppo, narrated it from Salih bin Hassan; we have also narrated it in the Book of Prayer through Isa bin Maymun from Muhammad bin Ka'b, and both chains are weak. And Allah knows best.
Only Hafs bin Umar, the judge of Aleppo, narrated it from Salih bin Hassan; we have also narrated it in the Book of Prayer through Isa bin Maymun from Muhammad bin Ka'b, and both chains are weak. And Allah knows best.
