Combining the Hadith of Ayyub (peace be upon him) with the practice of covering oneself during the ritual bath
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Question:
Your Eminence the Shaykh, may Allah preserve you. The hadith of Abu Hurayrah from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in which he said:Mishkat al-Masabih 5707. This hadith, Your Eminence the Shaykh, is the hadith of Abu Hurayrah. Its apparent meaning is that Allah the Exalted did not rebuke Ayyub for bathing naked, but rather rebuked him for gathering the locusts, as Ibn Battal (may Allah have mercy on him) mentioned. How do you reconcile this with the first hadith?
Answer:
If the place is empty and there is no one there to look at the private parts, there is no harm in bathing naked, just as Musa (peace and blessings be upon him) smiled naked and placed his garment on a stone, and just as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to bathe naked in his houses. So, there is no harm in bathing naked if it is in a covered place, where no one sees him except his wife, or where no one sees him at all; there is no harm in that. And among the things that happened is what occurred to Ayyub (peace and blessings be upon him).
And his saying, "There is no need for the blessing," means that this locust is of gold, from the blessing, and the believer has no need for the blessing of Allah. Since it is locusts of gold, there is no objection to taking it and benefiting from it, because it is from the blessing of Allah. Yes.
Your Eminence the Shaykh, may Allah preserve you. The hadith of Abu Hurayrah from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in which he said:
He reported-God's messenger as saying, "While Job was naked having a bath some golden locusts alighted on him and Job began to gather them in his garment. His Lord called to him, `Job, have I not enriched you from what you see?' and he replied, 'Certainly, by Thy might, but I cannot dispense with Thy blessing'." Bukhari transmitted it.
بينما أيوب عليه السلام يغتسل عريانا، فخر عليه جراد من ذهب، فجعل أيوب يحثي في ثوبه، فناداه ربه تبارك وتعالى يا أيوب، ألم أكن أغنيتك عما ترى؟ قال بلى، وعزتك، ولكن لا غنى بي عن بركتكAnswer:
If the place is empty and there is no one there to look at the private parts, there is no harm in bathing naked, just as Musa (peace and blessings be upon him) smiled naked and placed his garment on a stone, and just as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to bathe naked in his houses. So, there is no harm in bathing naked if it is in a covered place, where no one sees him except his wife, or where no one sees him at all; there is no harm in that. And among the things that happened is what occurred to Ayyub (peace and blessings be upon him).
And his saying, "There is no need for the blessing," means that this locust is of gold, from the blessing, and the believer has no need for the blessing of Allah. Since it is locusts of gold, there is no objection to taking it and benefiting from it, because it is from the blessing of Allah. Yes.
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم [ برنامج إذاعي ]، بداية من أسئلة في باب الاستتار عن الأعين للمغتسل وجواز تجرده في الخلوة — islamhouse.com (3:10)
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