Sahih al-Bukhari 324

Hadith text

Narrated Aiyub:Hafsa said, 'We used to forbid our young women to go out for the two `Id prayers. A woman came and stayed at the palace of Bani Khalaf and she narrated about her sister whose husband took part in twelve holy battles along with the Prophet (ﷺ) and her sister was with her husband in six (out of these twelve). She (the woman's sister) said, "We used to treat the wounded, look after the patients and once I asked the Prophet, 'Is there any harm for any of us to stay at home if she doesn't have a veil?' He said, 'She should cover herself with the veil of her companion and should participate in the good deeds and in the religious gathering of the Muslims.' When Um `Atiya came I asked her whether she had heard it from the Prophet. She replied, "Yes. May my father be sacrificed for him (the Prophet)! (Whenever she mentioned the Prophet (ﷺ) she used to say, 'May my father be sacrificed for him) I have heard the Prophet (ﷺ) saying, 'The unmarried young virgins and the mature girl who stay often screened or the young unmarried virgins who often stay screened and the menstruating women should come out and participate in the good deeds as well as the religious gathering of the faithful believers but the menstruating women should keep away from the Musalla (praying place).' " Hafsa asked Um `Atiya surprisingly, "Do you say the menstruating women?" She replied, "Doesn't a menstruating woman attend `Arafat (Hajj) and such and such (other deeds)?

Aiyub bataate hain ke Hafsa ne kaha: "Hum apni jawan aurton ko dono Eid ki namazon ke liye jaane se rokte the. Ek aurat aayi aur Bani Khalaf ke mahal mein thehri, usne apni behn ke baare mein bataya jiske shohar ne Nabi ke saath baarah jungein ladi thin, aur woh unme se chhe mein apne shohar ke saath thi. Usne kaha: 'Hum zakhmiyon ka ilaaj karte, bimaron ki dekhbhaal karte, aur ek baar maine Nabi se pucha: kya kisi ke liye ghar rehna theek hai agar uske paas parda (chadar) na ho?' Aap ne farmaya: 'Woh apni sathi ki chadar odh le aur nekiyon aur Musalmanon ki majlison mein shareek ho.'" Jab Um Atiya aayi, maine unse pucha kya unhone yeh Nabi se suna hai. Unhone kaha: "Haan. Mere baap unpar qurban hon! (Jab bhi woh Nabi ka zikar karti, kehti 'mere baap unpar qurban hon') Maine Nabi ko farmate suna: 'Kunwari, jawan, aur mahfooz rehne wali ladkiyan, aur haiz wali aurtein bhi baahar aayen aur nekiyon aur Musalmanon ki majlison mein shareek hon, magar haiz wali Musalla (namaz ki jagah) se door rahen.'" Hafsa ne hairat se pucha: "Kya tum haiz wali aurton ki baat kar rahi ho?" Unhone jawab diya: "Kya haiz wali aurat Arafat (Hajj) mein aur falaan-falaan kaam mein shareek nahi hoti?"

Sahih al-Bukhari 324 · Book 6, Hadith 29