[Machine] Asmaa, may Allah be pleased with her, said, "Oh Asmaa, I find the actions of women to be disgraceful. They throw a sheet over themselves and describe themselves to men." Asmaa said, "Oh daughter of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, should I not show you something I saw in Abyssinia?" So she called for wet newspapers and softened them, then threw a sheet over herself. Fatimah, may Allah be pleased with her, said, "How beautiful and attractive this is. It distinguishes a man from a woman. When I die, you and Ali wash me, and do not let anyone enter upon me." When she died, Aisha entered and Asmaa said, "Do not enter." Abubakr became suspicious and Asmaa said, "This Khuthaamite woman is causing a barrier between me and the daughter of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. She even made something like the Awrah for her. Then Abu Bakr stood at the door and said, "Oh Asmaa, what made you stop the wives of the Prophet ﷺ from entering upon the daughter of the Prophet ﷺ, and you made something like the Awrah for her?" Asmaa said, "She ordered me not to let anyone enter upon her, and I showed her what I did while she was alive. She then ordered me to do the same for her." Abu Bakr said, "Do what she ordered you to do." Then he left and Ali and Asmaa washed her.  

ﷺ قَالَتْ يَا أَسْمَاءُ إِنِّي قَدِ اسْتَقْبَحْتُ مَا يُصْنَعُ بِالنِّسَاءِ إِنَّهُ يُطْرَحُ عَلَى الْمَرْأَةِ الثَّوْبُ فَيَصِفُهَا فَقَالَتْ أَسْمَاءُ يَا بِنْتَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أَلَا أُرِيكِ شَيْئًا رَأَيْتُهُ بِأَرْضِ الْحَبَشَةِ فَدَعَتْ بِجَرَائِدَ رَطْبَةٍ فَحَنَّتْهَا ثُمَّ طَرَحَتْ عَلَيْهَا ثَوْبًا فَقَالَتْ فَاطِمَةُ ؓ مَا أَحْسَنَ هَذَا وَأَجْمَلَهُ يُعْرَفُ بِهِ الرَّجُلُ مِنَ الْمَرْأَةِ فَإِذَا أَنَا مِتُّ فَاغْسِلِينِي أَنْتِ وَعَلِيٌّ ؓ وَلَا تُدْخِلِي عَلَيَّ أَحَدًا فَلَمَّا تُوُفِّيَتْ ؓ جَاءَتْ عَائِشَةُ ؓ تَدْخُلُ فَقَالَتْ أَسْمَاءُ لَا تَدْخُلِي فَشَكَتْ أَبَا بَكْرٍ فَقَالَتْ إِنَّ هَذِهِ الْخَثْعَمِيَّةَ تَحُولُ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَ ابْنَةِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَقَدْ جَعَلَتْ لَهَا مِثْلَ هَوْدَجِ الْعَرُوسِ فَجَاءَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ ؓ فَوَقَفَ عَلَى الْبَابِ وَقَالَ يَا أَسْمَاءُ مَا حَمَلَكِ أَنْ مَنَعْتِ أَزْوَاجَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ يَدْخُلْنَ عَلَى ابْنَةِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَجَعَلْتِ لَهَا مِثْلَ هَوْدَجِ الْعَرُوسِ فَقَالَتْ أَمَرَتْنِي أَنْ لَا تُدْخِلِي عَلَيَّ أَحَدًا وَأَرَيْتُهَا هَذَا الَّذِي صَنَعْتُ وَهِيَ حَيَّةٌ فَأَمَرَتْنِي أَنْ أَصْنَعَ ذَلِكَ لَهَا فَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ ؓ فَاصْنَعِي مَا أَمَرَتْكِ ثُمَّ انْصَرَفَ وَغَسَّلَهَا عَلِيٌّ وَأَسْمَاءُ ؓ