[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ said, "When one of you marries his servant, slave, or hired worker, he should not look at what is below the navel and above the knee." Abu Dawud said that the correct interpretation is the narration of Suwar ibn Dawud. The scholar said that this narration, when combined with the narration of Al-Awza'i, indicates that the purpose of the hadith is to prohibit the master from looking at the 'awrah (private parts) of the female slave after marrying her. And the 'awrah of the female slave is what is between the navel and the knee. Various ways of interpreting this hadith lead to the conclusion that the purpose is to prohibit the female slave from looking at the 'awrah of the master after reaching the age of marriage. So the information about the extent of the 'awrah of the man is mentioned, but not the extent of the 'awrah of the female slave. We will mention this in the following chapter, if Allah wills.  

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ إِذَا زَوَّجَ أَحَدُكُمْ خَادِمَهُ عَبْدَهُ أَوْ أَجِيرَهُ فَلَا يَنْظُرَنَّ إِلَى مَا دُونَ السُّرَّةِ وَفَوْقَ الرُّكْبَةِ قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ صَوَابُهُ سِوَارُ بْنُ دَاوُدَ قَالَ الشَّيْخُ وَهَذِهِ الرِّوَايَةُ إِذَا قُرِنَتْ بِرِوَايَةِ الْأَوْزَاعِيِّ دَلَّنَا عَلَى أَنَّ الْمُرَادَ بِالْحَدِيثِ نَهْيُ السَّيِّدِ عَنِ النَّظَرِ إِلَى عَوْرَتِهَا إِذَا زَوَّجَهَا وَأَنَّ عَوْرَةَ الْأَمَةِ مَا بَيْنَ السُّرَّةِ وَالرُّكْبَةِ وَسَائِرُ طُرُقِ هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ يَدُلُّ وَبَعْضُهَا يَنُصُّ عَلَى أَنَّ الْمُرَادَ بِهِ نُهِيُ الْأَمَةِ عَنِ النَّظَرِ إِلَى عَوْرَةِ السَّيِّدِ بَعْدَ مَا زُوِّجَتْ أَوْ نُهِيُ الْخَادِمِ مِنَ الْعَبْدِ أو الْأَجِيرِ عَنِ النَّظَرِ إِلَى عَوْرَةِ السَّيِّدِ بَعْدَ مَا بَلَغَا النِّكَاحَ فَيَكُونُ الْخَبَرُ وَارِدًا فِي بَيَانِ مِقْدَارِ الْعَوْرَةِ مِنَ الرَّجُلِ لَا فِي بَيَانِ مِقْدَارِهَا مِنَ الْأَمَةِ وَسَنَأْتِي عَلَى ذِكْرِهَا فِي الْبَابِ الَّذِي يَلِيهِ إِنْ شَاءَ اللهُ تَعَالَى