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ahmad:26950 – ʿAffān > Wuhayb > al-Nuʿmān b. Rāshid > Akhī al-Zuhrī > a freed slave of Liʾasmāʾ b. Abū Bakr > Asmāʾ

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "O women, whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day should not raise her head until the men raise their heads." She said, "That is because their garments are shorter and they fear that their private parts may be exposed when they prostrate."  

أحمد:٢٦٩٥٠ – حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا وُهَيْبٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي النُّعْمَانُ بْنُ رَاشِدٍ عَنِ أَخِي الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ مَوْلًى لِأَسْمَاءَ بِنْتِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ عَنْ أَسْمَاءَ قَالَتْ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَا مَعْشَرَ النِّسَاءِ مَنْ كَانَ يُؤْمِنُ بِاللهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ فَلَا تَرْفَعْ رَأْسَهَا حَتَّى يَرْفَعَ الرِّجَالُ رُءُوسَهُمْ قَالَتْ وَذَلِكَ أَنَّ أُزُرَهُمْ كَانَتْ قَصِيرَةً مَخَافَةَ أَنْ تَنْكَشِفَ عَوْرَاتُهُمْ إِذَا سَجَدُوا  

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abudawud:851 – Muḥammad b. al-Mutawakkil al-ʿAsqalānī > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > ʿAbdullāh b. Muslim Akhī al-Zuhrī > a freed slave of Lʾasmāʾ Āb.ah Abū Bakr > Asmāʾ b. Abū Bakr

I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: One of you who believes in Allah and in the Last Day should not raise her head until the men raise their heads (after prostration) lest they should see the private parts of men.  

أبو داود:٨٥١ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُتَوَكِّلِ الْعَسْقَلاَنِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ أَنْبَأَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ أَخِي الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ مَوْلًى لأَسْمَاءَ ابْنَةِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ عَنْ أَسْمَاءَ بِنْتِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ قَالَتْ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ مَنْ كَانَ مِنْكُنَّ يُؤْمِنُ بِاللَّهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الآخِرِ فَلاَ تَرْفَعْ رَأْسَهَا حَتَّى يَرْفَعَ الرِّجَالُ رُءُوسَهُمْ كَرَاهَةَ أَنْ يَرَيْنَ مِنْ عَوْرَاتِ الرِّجَالِ  

ahmad:26951 – Surayj b. al-Nuʿmān > Sufyān b. ʿUyaynah > al-Zuhrī > ʿUrwah > Asmāʾ b. Abū Bakr

[Machine] The Prophet of Allah ﷺ said, "O women! Whoever among you believes in Allah and the Last Day, should not raise her head until the Imam raises his head from the constriction of the men's clothing."  

أحمد:٢٦٩٥١ – حَدَّثَنَا سُرَيْجُ بْنُ النُّعْمَانِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ أَسْمَاءَ بِنْتِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ قَالَتْ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَا مَعْشَرَ النِّسَاءِ مَنْ كَانَ مِنْكُنَّ يُؤْمِنُ بِاللهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ فَلَا تَرْفَعْرَأْسَهَا حَتَّى يَرْفَعَ الْإِمَامُ رَأْسَهُ مِنْ ضِيقِ ثِيَابِ الرِّجَالِ  

tabarani:20726 – Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm al-Dabarī > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > ʿAbdullāh b. Muslim Akhū al-Zuhrī > a freed slave of Liʾasmāʾ b. Abū Bakr > Asmāʾ

[Machine] "I heard the Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , saying, 'Whoever among you believes in Allah and the Last Day, let her not raise her head until we raise our heads, in order to see the private parts of the men due to their short garments, as they used to tuck this cloth.'"  

الطبراني:٢٠٧٢٦ – حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الدَّبَرِيُّ أَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ أَنَا مَعْمَرٌ ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ أَخُو الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ مَوْلًى لِأَسْمَاءَ بِنْتِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ عَنْ أَسْمَاءَ قَالَتْ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «مَنْ كَانَ يُؤْمِنُ مِنْكُنَّ بِاللهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ فَلَا تَرْفَعْ رَأْسَهَا حَتَّى نَرْفَعَ رُءُوسَنَا» أَنْ يَرَيْنَ عَوْرَاتِ الرِّجَالِ لِقِصَرِ أُزُرِهِمْ وَكَانُوا إِذْ ذَاكَ يَأْتَزِرْنَ هَذِهِ النَّمِرَةَ  

tabarani:20727 – Muḥammad b. al-ʿAbbās al-Muʾaddib > ʿAffān b. Muslim > Wuhayb b. Khālid > al-Nuʿmān b. Rāshid > ʿAbdullāh b. Muslim > a freed slave of Liʾasmāʾ b. Abū Bakr

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "O women, whoever among you believes in Allah and the Last Day should not raise her head until the men have raised their heads." This is because their garment is shorter and they fear their private parts being exposed.  

الطبراني:٢٠٧٢٧ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْعَبَّاسِ الْمُؤَدِّبُ ثنا عَفَّانُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ ثنا وُهَيْبُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ عَنِ النُّعْمَانِ بْنِ رَاشِدٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ عَنْ مَوْلًى لِأَسْمَاءَ بِنْتِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ قَالَتْ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «يَا مَعْشَرَ النِّسَاءِ مَنْ كَانَ مِنْكُنَّ تُؤْمِنُ بِاللهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ فَلَا تَرْفَعِ امْرَأَةٌ رَأْسَهَا حَتَّى يَرْفَعَ الرِّجَالُ رُءُوسَهُمْ» وَذَلِكَ أَنَّ أُزُرَهُمْ كَانَتْ قَصِيرَةً مَخَافَةَ أَنْ تَنْكَشِفَ عَوْرَاتُهُمْ  

tabarani:20729 – ʿAbdullāh b. Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal > Muḥammad b. Abū Bakr al-Muqaddamī > Wahbb. Jarīr from my father > al-Nuʿmān b. Rāshid > al-Zuhrī > a freed slave of Liʾasmāʾ b. Abū Bakr > Asmāʾ

[Machine] She heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying to the women on the pulpit, "Whoever among you believes in Allah and the Last Day, let her not raise her head until the men raise their heads." She said, "Because there was mutual hostility between them, so they would wear clothes that would cover their bodies and uncover their private parts."  

الطبراني:٢٠٧٢٩ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ حَنْبَلٍ حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ الْمُقَدَّمِيُّ ثنا وَهْبُ بْنُ جَرِيرٍ ثنا أَبِي قَالَ سَمِعْتُ النُّعْمَانَ بْنَ رَاشِدٍ يُحَدِّثُ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ مَوْلًى لِأَسْمَاءَ بِنْتِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ عَنْ أَسْمَاءَ

أَنَّهَا سَمِعَتْ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ لِلنِّسَاءِ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ «مَنْ كَانَتْ مِنْكُنَّ تُؤْمِنُ بِاللهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ فَلَا تَرْفَعْ رَأْسَهَا حَتَّى يَرْفَعَ الرِّجَالُ رُءُوسَهُمْ» قَالَتْ «لِأَنَّهُ كَانَتْ بَيْنَهُمْ حَادَّةٌ فَيَلْبَسُونَ ثِيَابًا تَقْصُرُ عَنْهُمْ فَتَبْدُو عَوْرَاتُهُمْ»  

bayhaqi:3302 – Abū ʿAlī al-Rūdhbārī > Muḥammad b. Bakr > Abū Dāwud > Muḥammad b. al-Mutawakkil al-ʿAsqalānī > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > ʿAbdullāh b. Muslim Akhī al-Zuhrī > a freed slave of Liʾasmāʾ b. Abū Bakr > Asmāʾ b. Abū Bakr

I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: One of you who believes in Allah and in the Last Day should not raise her head until the men raise their heads (after prostration) lest they should see the private parts of men. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 851)   

البيهقي:٣٣٠٢ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الرُّوذْبَارِيُّ أنبأ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَكْرٍ ثنا أَبُو دَاوُدَ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُتَوَكِّلِ الْعَسْقَلَانِيُّ ثنا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ أنبأ مَعْمَرٌ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ أَخِي الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ مَوْلًى لِأَسْمَاءَ بِنْتِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ عَنْ أَسْمَاءَ بِنْتِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ ؓ قَالَتْ سَمِعْتُ

رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ مَنْ كَانَتْ مِنْكُنَّ تُؤْمِنُ بِاللهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْآخَرِ فَلَا تَرْفَعْ رَأْسَهَا حَتَّى يَرْفَعَ الرِّجَالُ رُءُوسَهُمْ كَرَاهِيَةَ أَنْ يَرَيْنَ مِنْ عَوْرَاتِ الرِّجَالِ