Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) says that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade men and women from entering the bathhouses; then he permitted men to enter wearing waist-wrappers, and he did not grant the concession to women.
(b) In the narration of al-Rudhbari: he (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade entering the bathhouses, then men were permitted on condition that they enter wearing waist-wrappers.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب القسم والنشوز / 14802
It is narrated from Abu al-Malih al-Hudhali that some women of the people of Hims, or of the people of Syria, came to Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her), and she said: Are you the women who enter the bathhouses? I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "Any woman who takes off her clothes anywhere other than her husband's house tears apart the veil between herself and Allah."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب القسم والنشوز / 14803
Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with them both) says that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The land of the non-Arabs will be conquered, and you will find there houses called bathhouses. Men should enter them wearing a waist-wrapper, and forbid the women; only one who is sick or in postnatal bleeding (nifas) may enter."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب القسم والنشوز / 14804
Ibn Tawus narrates from his father that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Beware of the houses called bathhouses." It was said: They remove dirt and are beneficial. He said: "Whoever enters them should enter covered."
Sulayman said: Abu Nu'aym and others narrated it thus, as disconnected (maqtu'), while Ya'la bin Ubayd narrated it as connected (mawsul).
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب القسم والنشوز / 14805
Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) says that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Beware of the houses called bathhouses." They said: O Messenger of Allah! They are of benefit, and dirt is cleaned away in them. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Enter them covered."
The majority narrated it from al-Thawri as mursal; likewise Ayyub al-Sakhtiyani, Sufyan bin Uyaynah, Rawh bin al-Qasim and others narrated it from Ibn Tawus as mursal, while it was narrated from Muhammad bin Ishaq bin Yasar and others from Ibn Tawus as connected (mawsul).
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب القسم والنشوز / 14806
Abu Ayyub al-Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him) says that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day should enter the bathhouse only with a waist-wrapper, and the women who believe in Allah and the Last Day must not enter the bathhouse." The narrator says: This was conveyed to Umar bin Abd al-Aziz (may Allah have mercy on him) during his caliphate, and he wrote to Abu Bakr bin Amr bin Hazm (may Allah have mercy on him): Ask Muhammad bin Thabit (may Allah have mercy on him) about this hadith of his, for he is an acceptable (trustworthy) man. So he asked him and then wrote to Umar bin Abd al-Aziz (may Allah have mercy on him), and Umar bin Abd al-Aziz forbade women from entering the bathhouse.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب القسم والنشوز / 14807
Jubayr bin Nufayr (may Allah have mercy on him) says that Sayyiduna Abu al-Darda (may Allah be pleased with him) used to enter the bathhouse and would say: The bathhouse is an excellent house; it removes dirt and reminds one of the Fire. And he would say: The bathhouse is an evil house, because modesty departs from its people.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب القسم والنشوز / 14808
Abdullah bin Sulayman asked Nafi' (may Allah have mercy on him), the freed slave of Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both), about the bathhouse for women. He said: We do not consider it unlawful, but we forbid our women from it.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب القسم والنشوز / 14809
Abdullah bin Sulayman says: Then I asked Bukayr about it, and he said: We do not consider it unlawful, but it is better for women to keep away from them.
(b) Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) says: The bathhouse is an excellent house; it removes dirt and filth and reminds one of Hell.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب القسم والنشوز / 14810