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سنن ترمذي
Tirmidhi
كتاب الأدب عن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلمChapters on Manners
باب مَا جَاءَ فِي احْتِجَابِ النِّسَاءِ مِنَ الرِّجَالِChapter: Women Should Observe Purdah from Men
Hadith 2778
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا سُوَيْدٌ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ، أَخْبَرَنَا يُونُسُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ نَبْهَانَ مَوْلَى أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ، أَنَّهُ حَدَّثَهُ ، أَنَّ أُمَّ سَلَمَةَ حَدَّثَتْهُ ، أَنَّهَا كَانَتْ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، وَمَيْمُونَةَ ، قَالَتْ : فَبَيْنَا نَحْنُ عِنْدَهُ أَقْبَلَ ابْنُ أُمِّ مَكْتُومٍ فَدَخَلَ عَلَيْهِ ، وَذَلِكَ بَعْدَ مَا أُمِرْنَا بِالْحِجَابِ ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " احْتَجِبَا مِنْهُ " ، فَقُلْتُ : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، أَلَيْسَ هُوَ أَعْمَى لَا يُبْصِرُنَا وَلَا يَعْرِفُنَا ؟ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " أَفَعَمْيَاوَانِ أَنْتُمَا أَلَسْتُمَا تُبْصِرَانِهِ " ، قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى : هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ .
´Narrated Nabhan the freed slave of Umm Salamah:` to Ibn Shihab, that Umm Salamah narrated to him, that she and Maimunah were with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), she said: "So when we were with him, Ibn Umm Maktum came, and he entered upon him, and that was after veiling had been ordered for us. So the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: 'Veil yourselves from him.' So I said: 'O Messenger of Allah! Is he not blind such that he can not see us or recognize us?' So the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: 'Are you two blind such that you can not see him?'"
Related hadith on this topic
Brief Explanation
1؎: That is, for fitnah (temptation/trial) to raise its head, it is sufficient for either a man or a woman to look at the other; now, since both of you are looking at them, therefore, in order to safeguard against fitnah, observing hijab (veil) is necessary.
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Dr. Abdur Rahman Freywai
Explanation:
1:
That is, for the trial (fitnah) to arise, it is sufficient for either the man or the woman to look at each other.
Now, since both of you are looking at them, it is necessary to observe veiling (purdah) in order to avoid fitnah.
Note:
(In the chain of narration, "Nabhan" is an unknown narrator.
Also, this hadith is contrary to the hadith of Aisha radi Allahu anha: "I kept watching the Abyssinians play..."
(al-Irwa: 1806))
1:
That is, for the trial (fitnah) to arise, it is sufficient for either the man or the woman to look at each other.
Now, since both of you are looking at them, it is necessary to observe veiling (purdah) in order to avoid fitnah.
Note:
(In the chain of narration, "Nabhan" is an unknown narrator.
Also, this hadith is contrary to the hadith of Aisha radi Allahu anha: "I kept watching the Abyssinians play..."
(al-Irwa: 1806))
Source: Sunan al-Tirmidhi – Majlis ‘Ilmi Dar al-Da‘wah, New Delhi Edition, Page: 2778
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
Benefits and Issues:
If this narration is hasan, as our esteemed researcher has stated, then the explanation given by Imam Abu Dawud rahimahullah is correct: that the command of veiling given to Ibn Umm Maktum radi Allahu anhu was specific only to the noble wives of the Prophet (azwaj mutahharat radi Allahu anhunna), and it is not obligatory for ordinary Muslim women. According to some researchers, this narration itself is weak. In any case, in both situations, this narration is not a valid proof.
If this narration is hasan, as our esteemed researcher has stated, then the explanation given by Imam Abu Dawud rahimahullah is correct: that the command of veiling given to Ibn Umm Maktum radi Allahu anhu was specific only to the noble wives of the Prophet (azwaj mutahharat radi Allahu anhunna), and it is not obligatory for ordinary Muslim women. According to some researchers, this narration itself is weak. In any case, in both situations, this narration is not a valid proof.
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 4112
