The Meaning of "A Woman Should Not Have Direct Contact with a Woman" in the Hadith
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Question:
Sahih al-Bukhari 5240, what is the meaning of "direct contact" here?
Answer:
It means she describes her skin and describes her features as if he were looking at her. It does not mean that she merges with her or gathers with her under one garment. No, the intended meaning is that she has direct contact with her through description, meaning "her feature is such and such, and her feature is such and such."
Q: It is well known that a woman is jealous, so she does not describe women. If he were to mention women, would she become angry?
The Shaykh: This involves corruption for everyone. It may harm her and harm her husband. What did the commentator say regarding "do not have direct contact"?
The student: His statementSahih al-Bukhari 5240 Al-Nasa'i added in his narration: , his statement: Sahih al-Bukhari 5240 Al-Qabisi said: This is the basis for Malik in blocking the means to harm, for the wisdom in this prohibition is the fear that the described features may please the husband, leading to the divorce of the describer or the temptation with the described woman. And in Al-Nasa'i's narration from the route of Masruq from Ibn Mas'ud, the wording is: As-Sunan al-Kubra lil-Nasa'i 63:325 And this addition is established in the hadith of Ibn Abbas with him, and with Muslim, and the authors of the Sunan from the hadith of Abu Sa'id, with a more detailed wording, and its wording is.
A woman should not look at or touch another woman
لا تباشر المرأة المرأةAnswer:
It means she describes her skin and describes her features as if he were looking at her. It does not mean that she merges with her or gathers with her under one garment. No, the intended meaning is that she has direct contact with her through description, meaning "her feature is such and such, and her feature is such and such."
Q: It is well known that a woman is jealous, so she does not describe women. If he were to mention women, would she become angry?
The Shaykh: This involves corruption for everyone. It may harm her and harm her husband. What did the commentator say regarding "do not have direct contact"?
The student: His statement
A woman should not look at or touch another woman
لَا تُبَاشِرِ الْمَرْأَةُ الْمَرْأَةَunder one garment
فِي الثَّوْبِ الْوَاحِدِto describe her to her husband in such a way as if he was actually looking at her.
فَتَنْعَتُهَا لِزَوْجِهَا كَأَنَّهُ يَنْظُرُ إِلَيْهَاA woman should not have direct contact with a woman, nor a man with a man
لَا تُبَاشِرُ الْمَرْأَةُ الْمَرْأَةَ وَلَا الرَّجُلُ الرَّجُلَ
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