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ahmad:24096Sufyān > al-Zuhrī > ʿUrwah > ʿĀʾishah

"The women used to pray Subh with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, wrapped in their wrappers, then they would return, and no one would recognize them because of the darkness." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 546)   

أحمد:٢٤٠٩٦حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

أَنَّ نِسَاءً مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنَاتِ كُنَّ يُصَلِّينَ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ الصُّبْحَ مُتَلَفِّعَاتٍ بِمُرُوطِهِنَّ ثُمَّ يَرْجِعْنَ إِلَى أَهْلِهِنَّ وَمَا يَعْرِفُهُنَّ أَحَدٌ مِنَ الْغَلَسِ  


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bukhari:372Abū al-Yamān > Shuʿayb > al-Zuhrī > ʿUrwah > ʿĀʾishah

Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to offer the Fajr prayer and some believing women covered with their veiling sheets used to attend the Fajr prayer with him and then they would return to their homes unrecognized .  

البخاري:٣٧٢حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْيَمَانِ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا شُعَيْبٌ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي عُرْوَةُ أَنَّ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

لَقَدْ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي الْفَجْرَ فَيَشْهَدُ مَعَهُ نِسَاءٌ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنَاتِ مُتَلَفِّعَاتٍ فِي مُرُوطِهِنَّ ثُمَّ يَرْجِعْنَ إِلَى بُيُوتِهِنَّ مَا يَعْرِفُهُنَّ أَحَدٌ  

bukhari:578Yaḥyá b. Bukayr > al-Layth > ʿUqayl > Ibn Shihāb > ʿUrwah b. al-Zubayr > ʿĀʾishah

The believing women covered with their veiling sheets used to attend the Fajr prayer with Allah's Apostle, and after finishing the prayer they would return to their home and nobody could recognize them because of darkness.  

البخاري:٥٧٨حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ بُكَيْرٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا اللَّيْثُ عَنْ عُقَيْلٍ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي عُرْوَةُ بْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ أَنَّ عَائِشَةَ أَخْبَرَتْهُ قَالَتْ

كُنَّ نِسَاءُ الْمُؤْمِنَاتِ يَشْهَدْنَ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ صَلاَةَ الْفَجْرِ مُتَلَفِّعَاتٍ بِمُرُوطِهِنَّ ثُمَّ يَنْقَلِبْنَ إِلَى بُيُوتِهِنَّ حِينَ يَقْضِينَ الصَّلاَةَ لاَ يَعْرِفُهُنَّ أَحَدٌ مِنَ الْغَلَسِ  

muslim:645aAbū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah And ʿAmrw al-Nāqid Wazuhayr b. Ḥarb > Sufyān b. ʿUyaynah > ʿAmr > Sufyān b. ʿUyaynah > al-Zuhrī > ʿUrwah > ʿĀʾishah

The believing women used to pray the morning prayer with the Messenger of Allah and then return wrapped in their mantles. No one could recognise them.  

مسلم:٦٤٥aحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ وَعَمْرٌو النَّاقِدُ وَزُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ كُلُّهُمْ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ بْنِ عُيَيْنَةَ قَالَ عَمْرٌو حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

أَنَّ نِسَاءَ الْمُؤْمِنَاتِ كُنَّ يُصَلِّينَ الصُّبْحَ مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ ثُمَّ يَرْجِعْنَ مُتَلَفِّعَاتٍ بِمُرُوطِهِنَّ لاَ يَعْرِفُهُنَّ أَحَدٌ  

nasai:546Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > Sufyān > al-Zuhrī > ʿUrwah > ʿĀʾishah

"The women used to pray Subh with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, wrapped in their wrappers, then they would return, and no one would recognize them because of the darkness."  

النسائي:٥٤٦أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

كُنَّ النِّسَاءُ يُصَلِّينَ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ الصُّبْحَ مُتَلَفِّعَاتٍ بِمُرُوطِهِنَّ فَيَرْجِعْنَ فَمَا يَعْرِفْهُنَّ أَحَدٌ مِنَ الْغَلَسِ  

ibnmajah:669Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Sufyān b. ʿUyaynah > al-Zuhrī > ʿUrwah > ʿĀʾishah

"The believing women used to perform the Subh prayer with the Prophet, then they would go back to their families and no one would recognize them," meaning of the darkness.  

ابن ماجة:٦٦٩حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

كُنَّ نِسَاءُ الْمُؤْمِنَاتِ يُصَلِّينَ مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ صَلاَةَ الصُّبْحِ ثُمَّ يَرْجِعْنَ إِلَى أَهْلِهِنَّ فَلاَ يَعْرِفُهُنَّ أَحَدٌ تَعْنِي مِنَ الْغَلَسِ  

malik:1-4Yaḥyá > Mālik > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > ʿAmrah Bint ʿAbd al-Raḥman > ʿĀʾishah

Yahya related to me from Malik from Yahya ibn Said from Amra bint Abd ar-Rahman that A'isha, the wife of the Prophet ﷺ said, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to pray subh and the women would leave wrapped in their garments and they could not yet be recognised in the darkness."  

مالك:١-٤وَحَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ عَمْرَةَ بِنْتِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ زَوْجِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّهَا قَالَتْ

إِنْ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لَيُصَلِّي الصُّبْحَ فَيَنْصَرِفُ النِّسَاءُ مُتَلَفِّعَاتٍ بِمُرُوطِهِنَّ مَا يُعْرَفْنَ مِنَ الْغَلَسِ  

ahmad:26222Yūnus And Surayj > Fulayḥ > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. al-Qāsim > al-Qāsim b. Muḥammad > ʿĀʾishah

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ used to pray Fajr (morning prayer) and then the believing women would leave wrapped in their outer garments, concealing themselves with what is known as a "ghalas" or, some of them do not recognize others.  

أحمد:٢٦٢٢٢حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ وَسُرَيْجٌ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا فُلَيْحٌ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ الْقَاسِمِ عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي الصُّبْحَ فَيَنْصَرِفُ نِسَاءُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ مُتَلَفِّعَاتٍ بِمُرُوطِهِنَّ مَا يُعْرَفْنَ مِنَ الْغَلَسِ أَوْ قَالَ لَا يَعْرِفُ بَعْضُهُنَّ بَعْضًا  

ahmad:26110ʿUthmān b. ʿUmar > Yūnus > al-Zuhrī > ʿUrwah > ʿĀʾishah

[Machine] "Indeed, there were women from among the believers who used to witness with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ the Fajr (morning) prayer, and then they would return to their homes wrapped in their cloaks, with their faces covered, so as not to be recognized."  

أحمد:٢٦١١٠حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عُمَرَ حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

أَنَّ نِسَاءً مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنَاتِ كُنَّ يَشْهَدْنَ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ الصُّبْحَ ثُمَّ يَنْقَلِبْنَ مُتَلَفِّعَاتٍ بِمُرُوطِهِنَّ إِلَى بُيُوتِهِنَّ مَا يُعْرَفْنَ مِنَ الْغَلَسِ  

ذِكْرُ وَصْفِ صَلَاةِ الْغَدَاةِ الَّتِي كَانَ الْمُصْطَفَى ﷺ يُصَلِّي بِأُمَّتِهِ

ibnhibban:1498al-Ḥusayn b. Idrīs al-Anṣārī > Aḥmad b. Abū Bakr > Mālik > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > ʿAmrah > ʿĀʾishah

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ would say the Fajr prayer after which the women would depart wrapped up their woolen garments, being unrecognizable because of the darkness before dawn. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 423)  

ابن حبّان:١٤٩٨أَخْبَرَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ إِدْرِيسَ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ عَمْرَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

«إِنْ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لَيُصَلِّي الصُّبْحَ فَيَنْصَرِفُ النِّسَاءُ مُتَلَفِّعَاتٍ بِمُرُوطِهِنَّ مَا يُعْرَفْنَ مِنَ الْغَلَسِ»  

ذِكْرُ وَصْفِ صَلَاةِ الْغَدَاةِ الَّتِي كَانَ يُصَلِّيهَا الْمُصْطَفَى ﷺ بِأُمَّتِهِ

ibnhibban:1499Yūsuf b. Yaʿqūb al-Muqriʾ Biwāsiṭ > Muḥammad b. Khālid b. ʿAbdullāh > Ibrāhīm b. Saʿd > al-Zuhrī > ʿUrwah > ʿĀʾishah

[Machine] She said, "There were indeed women among the believers who used to pray with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, covered in their outer garments, during the Fajr (dawn) prayer. Then they would return to their homes without being recognized due to their simplicity."  

ابن حبّان:١٤٩٩أَخْبَرَنَا يُوسُفُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ الْمُقْرِئُ بِوَاسِطَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ خَالِدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

أَنَّهَا قَالَتْ «قَدْ كُنَّ نِسَاءٌ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنَاتِ يُصَلِّينَ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ مُتَلَفِّعَاتٍ بِمُرُوطِهِنَّ فِي صَلَاةِ الْفَجْرِ ثُمَّ يَرْجِعْنَ إِلَى بُيُوتِهِنَّ مَا يُعْرَفْنَ مِنَ الْغَلَسِ»  

ذِكْرُ خَبَرٍ ثَانٍ يُصَرِّحُ بِصِحَّةِ مَا ذَكَرْنَاهُ

ibnhibban:1500ʿAbdullāh b. Maḥmūd b. Sulaymān al-Saʿdī > al-Ḥasan b. ʿAlī al-Ḥulwānī > Abū Usāmah > Muḥammad b. ʿAmr > al-Zuhrī > ʿUrwah > ʿĀʾishah

[Machine] "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to pray the Fajr prayer, and then the believing women would exit covered in their veils, and it could not be recognized who they were due to the darkness."  

ابن حبّان:١٥٠٠أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مَحْمُودِ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ السَّعْدِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الْحُلْوَانِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الزُّهْرِيُّ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

«كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي صَلَاةَ الصُّبْحِ ثُمَّ تَخْرُجُ نِسَاءُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ بِمُرُوطِهِنَّ لَا يُعْرَفْنَ مِنَ الْغَلَسِ»  

nasai-kubra:1539Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > Sufyān > al-Zuhrī > ʿUrwah > ʿĀʾishah

"The women used to pray Subh with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, wrapped in their wrappers, then they would return, and no one would recognize them because of the darkness." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 546)  

الكبرى للنسائي:١٥٣٩أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

«كُنَّ نِسَاءُ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ يُصَلِّيَنَّ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ الصُّبْحَ مُتَلَفِّعَاتٍ بِمُرُوطِهِنَّ فَيَرْجِعْنَ وَمَا يَعْرِفُهُنَّ أَحَدٌ مِنَ الْغَلَسِ»  

bayhaqi:2135[Chain 1] Abū Muḥammad ʿAbdullāh b. Yūsuf > Abū Saʿīd b. al-Aʿrābī [Chain 2] Abū al-Ḥusayn b. Bishrān al-ʿAdl> Ismāʿīl b. Muḥammad al-Ṣaffār > Saʿdān b. Naṣr > Sufyān > al-Zuhrī > ʿUrwah > ʿĀʾishah

[Machine] Be women who believe, who pray along with the Messenger of Allah, wearing their designated attire, then return to their families, as no one knows them [as he does].  

البيهقي:٢١٣٥أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو مُحَمَّدٍ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ يُوسُفَ أنبأ أَبُو سَعِيدِ بْنُ الْأَعْرَابِيِّ ح وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحُسَيْنِ بْنُ بِشْرَانَ الْعَدْلُ بِبَغْدَادَ أنبأ إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الصَّفَّارُ قَالَا ثنا سَعْدَانُ بْنُ نَصْرٍ ثنا سُفْيَانُ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

كُنَّ نِسَاءٌ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنَاتِ يُصَلِّينَ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ صَلَاةَ الصُّبْحِ مُتَلَفِّعَاتٍ بِمُرُوطِهِنَّ ثُمَّ يَرْجِعْنَ إِلَى أَهْلِيهِنَّ وَمَا يَعْرِفُهُنَّ أَحَدٌ  

رَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ وَغَيْرِهِ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ