What is the authenticity of the hadith (A woman is an 'awrah, and when she leaves her home, Satan covets her)? And what are the limits that permit her to go out?

The questioner : Regarding a woman going out, there is a hadith that says: ... .

The Shaykh: Yes.

The questioner : This hadith is authentic.

The Shaykh: Yes.

The questioner : ... .

The Shaykh: Yes.

The questioner : ... .

The Shaykh : Yes, the point of the hadith is what we mentioned earlier: that a woman should not be like a man. As long as she does not need to go out, she should not go wherever she wants. The default for a woman is to remain in her home, for when Allah (Mighty and Majestic) revealed His saying (Glorified and Exalted is He): , listen, O mother of the slave, O mother of the slave. The default, as this verse indicates, is: . But so that a woman does not understand that a woman is a servant of the house who never goes out, the hadith came: . It is permissible for a woman to leave her home to fulfill a need she has, but she should not be like a man absolutely. When the hadith comes: , do you know what "Satan covets her" means? It means "Welcome, I will receive you with a warm welcome," because he wants to entangle her and entangle men with her. Therefore, if the Muslim woman knows this legal ruling, she will be eager to stay in her home. As for the man, the opposite is true; he is eager to go out of the house, for this is the nature of men. But the opposite of that is the nature of women: before this nature is corrupted, she should stay in her home and not leave it except for a need that is necessary for her.
So the meaning of the hadith is that a woman should stay in the house and not go out except for a need, otherwise Satan will pave the way for her to stumble and for others to stumble because of her. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: . What does that mean in light of the Shari'ah? The hadith itself explains it, because when the Messenger (peace be upon him) said: , he said that the deficiency in her intellect is that her testimony is half of a man's testimony, and the deficiency in her religion is that she spends a portion of her life not praying due to the known excuse. And the meaning of this hadith seems to be drawing attention to the fact that Allah (Mighty and Majestic), by His wisdom, differentiated between men and women in intellect and in religion and in other capacities and energies, just as He differentiated, for example, between humans and jinn in strength, energy, and capability. All of this is for wisdoms that our Lord (Blessed and Exalted is He) knows. So the hadith does not contain blame, as some imagine, blame of women for having little intellect and little religion. It does not contain blame, but the truth in it is an explanation of reality. That is to say, without blame and without comparison, when our Lord (Mighty and Majestic) creates a person who is insane, with any kind of insanity, this is a deficiency without doubt, but this insane person is not held accountable, because as the scholars say: "When Allah takes back what He has given, He drops what He has made obligatory." This is a deficiency without doubt; so-and-so is insane, a deficiency, but there is no accountability on him. Similarly, the nature of a woman is that our Lord (Mighty and Majestic) created her such that every month she must be prevented from praying. This is a deficiency without doubt for men, but it is not a deficiency that results in accountability or a reduction in ranks in the Hereafter. No, it is permissible for this woman, with this deficiency that is her innate nature, to be in ranks of Paradise much higher than the ranks of many men. So this is a natural deficiency for which a woman is not blamed or held accountable. But accountability comes when, for example, a person, a man among people, commits disobedience to the legal rulings. This disobedience, where it is within the person's capacity, male or female, not to disobey but he disobeys his Lord, here responsibility comes. But a person who cannot pray, like a woman during her menses, is not held accountable, but without doubt this is a deficiency. Similarly, her testimony is half because of her preoccupation with her household and domestic affairs and the like. This is a deficiency, but she is not blamed or held accountable for it. And this is sufficient, and praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds.