Refuting the Claim That Men and Women All Performed Ablution
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Question:
This questioner says: Your Excellency the Shaykh, how do we respond to those who follow the ambiguous hadiths by claiming that men and women used to perform ablution together in the time of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), Abu Bakr, and for a period of 'Umar ibn al-Khattab's caliphate, and that they would uncover their faces and hands and roll up their sleeves in the presence of non-Muslims?
Answer:
This is a lie. This is a lie about the Companions. Yes, a man and his wife, just as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and 'A'ishah used to bathe from the same vessel and perform ablution from it, a man with his wife. But a man with someone other than his wife, that is not permissible. This is lying about the Messenger of Allah, his Companions, and the Muslims. So whoever said that must repent to Allah the Exalted.
This questioner says: Your Excellency the Shaykh, how do we respond to those who follow the ambiguous hadiths by claiming that men and women used to perform ablution together in the time of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), Abu Bakr, and for a period of 'Umar ibn al-Khattab's caliphate, and that they would uncover their faces and hands and roll up their sleeves in the presence of non-Muslims?
Answer:
This is a lie. This is a lie about the Companions. Yes, a man and his wife, just as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and 'A'ishah used to bathe from the same vessel and perform ablution from it, a man with his wife. But a man with someone other than his wife, that is not permissible. This is lying about the Messenger of Allah, his Companions, and the Muslims. So whoever said that must repent to Allah the Exalted.
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