Is this hadith authentic: (If a woman reaches the age of menstruation, nothing of her should be visible except this, and he pointed to the face and the hands)?
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Question:
May Allah reward you with good and do you well. A listener who identified herself with the letter M asks and says: Please preserve the meaning of the hadith that Asma' entered upon the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) in transparent clothes, and he said to her: If a woman reaches the age of menstruation, nothing of her should be visible except this, and he pointed to the face and the hands. Is this hadith authentic? And if it is not, what is the response to it? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
This hadith is not authentic from two aspects. The first aspect is from the perspective of its chain of narration, as the scholars have stated that it is a very weak hadith. The second aspect is from the perspective of its text, as it is not fitting for Asma' bint Abi Bakr al-Siddiq, the sister of Aisha, the Mother of the Believers. This description mentioned in the hadith is not fitting for her, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in clothes that do not cover, this is not fitting for a noble Companion, especially a Companion from the household of Abi Bakr al-Siddiq, and the sister of the wife of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and her virtue and knowledge are well known (may Allah be pleased with her). How could she enter upon the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) with this description? So this meaning also weakens the hadith. Yes.
May Allah reward you with good and do you well. A listener who identified herself with the letter M asks and says: Please preserve the meaning of the hadith that Asma' entered upon the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) in transparent clothes, and he said to her: If a woman reaches the age of menstruation, nothing of her should be visible except this, and he pointed to the face and the hands. Is this hadith authentic? And if it is not, what is the response to it? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
This hadith is not authentic from two aspects. The first aspect is from the perspective of its chain of narration, as the scholars have stated that it is a very weak hadith. The second aspect is from the perspective of its text, as it is not fitting for Asma' bint Abi Bakr al-Siddiq, the sister of Aisha, the Mother of the Believers. This description mentioned in the hadith is not fitting for her,
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Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل هذا الحديث صحيح: (إن المرأة إذا بلغت المحيض لا يظهر منها إلا هذا، وأشار إلى الوجه والكفين)؟ — youtube.com
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