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Sunan of
Abu-Dawood Hadith 4092 Narrated by Aisha, Ummul Mu'minin
Asma, daughter of Abu Bakr, entered upon the Apostle of Allah (peace be
upon him) wearing thin clothes. The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him)
turned his attention from her. He said: O Asma', when a woman reaches
the age of menstruation, it does not suit her that she displays her
parts of body except this and this, and he pointed to her face and
hands.
I would like to say that "cover everything except hands, face"
is from a weak hadith tradition and many strong hadith contradict it.
And there is not really any hadith that supports it. Many scholars
classify it as weak including Abu Dawood himself who stated that it is
unreliable because it is mursal hadith.
First thing to note is that it is from Sunan of Abu Dawood, which is
known to have many weak traditions by all scholars. His traditions are
no-where comparable to imam Bukhari which has been authenticated by the
leading scholars in his time.
Secondly, the thing that proves this hadith as weak is how can the
daughter of Abu Bakr, also the Sister of umm-ul-momineen would not know
the basic fundamentals of Islam and come to Prophet's (S) house without
following the guidelines of Hijab? If you read the hadith from Bukhari
that...
Sahih Al-Bukhari Hadith 6.282 Narrated by Safiya bint Shaiba
'Aisha used to say: "When (the Verse): 'They should draw their
veils over their necks and bosoms,' was revealed, the ladies cut their
waist sheets at the edges and covered their faces with the cut
pieces."
We see many things from this hadith but what I also see is that all the
Muslim women had the news spread to them and they all did it. So how can
the sister of Aisha and the daughter of Abu Bakr be left out?
Another hadith collection "Al-Muwatta", also proves the abu
dawood hadith as weak because....
Al-Muwatta Hadith 20.16
Yahya related to me from Malik from Hisham ibn Urwa that Fatima bint al-Mundhir
said, "We used to veil our faces when we were in ihram in the
company of ASMA BINT ABI BAKR AS-SIDDIQ."
Also, the other correction I would like to make on showing the face and
hands is that we cannot imitate disbelievers. So how come the women who
wear scarf etc imitate Christian women of few centuries ago and as well
as NUNS of today?
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