Narrated Hafsa:(On `Id) We used to forbid our virgins to go out (for `Id prayer). A lady came and stayed at the fortress of Bani Khalaf. She mentioned that her sister was married to one of the companions of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) who participated in twelve Ghazawats along with Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and her sister was with him in six of them. She said, "We used to dress the wounded and look after the patients." She (her sister) asked Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) , "Is there any harm for a woman to stay at home if she doesn't have a veil?" He said, "She should cover herself with the veil of her companion and she should take part in the good deeds and in the religious gatherings of the believers." When Um 'Atiyya came, I asked her. "Did you hear anything about that?" Um 'Atiyya said, "Bi Abi" and she never mentioned the name of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) without saying "Bi Abi" (i.e. 'Let my father be sacrificed for you'). We asked her, "Have you heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) saying so and so (about women)?" She replied in the affirmative and said, "Let my father be sacrificed for him. He told us that unmarried mature virgins who stay often screened or unmarried young virgins and mature girls who stay often screened should come out and take part in the good deeds and in the religious gatherings of the believers. But the menstruating women should keep away from the Musalla (praying place)." I asked her, "The menstruating women?" She replied, "Don't they present themselves at `Arafat and at such and such places?"
Reference
Sahih al-Bukhari 1652
In-book reference
Book 25, Hadith 133
USC-MSA web (English)
Vol. 2, Book 26, Hadith 714
Translation by Dr. M. Muhsin Khan · Language: EN
Sahih
It is related from Ayyub that Hafsa said, "We used to keep our young women from going out for the two 'Ids. A woman came and stayed at the fortress of the Banu Khalaf and she related that her sister, whose husband had been one of the Companions of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and had been on twelve expeditions with the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and who had herself gone with him on six of them, said, 'We used to treat the wounded and care for the sick.' 'My sister asked the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, "Is there any harm in one of us going out if she does not have an outer covering garment?" He said, "Her companion should let her share her outer covering garment and take part in the good actions and gatherings of the believers." When Umm 'Atiyya came, I asked her (or he said, "We asked her"), and she never mentioned the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, without saying, 'By my father', and we said, "Did you hear the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, say such-and-such?" and she said, "Yes, by my father! I heard the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, say, 'Young unmarried women, women who seclude themselves - or young girls who seclude themselves - and menstruating women also should go out and take part in the good actions and meetings of the believers, but menstruating women should stay away from the place of prayer.' " ' " [Hafsa said,] "I said, 'Menstruating women?' She said, 'Do they not attend 'Arafa, and so on and so on.' "
Reference
Sahih al-Bukhari 1652
In-book reference
Book 25, Hadith 133
USC-MSA web (English)
Vol. 2, Book 26, Hadith 714
Translation by Aisha Bewley · Language: EN
Sahih
