Hafsa said, 'We used to forbid our young women to go out for the two ʿId prayers. A woman came and stayed at the palace of Bani Khalaf and she narrated about her sister whose husband took part in twelve holy battles along with the Prophet ﷺ and her sister was with her husband in six (out of these twelve). She (the woman's sister) said, "We used to treat the wounded, look after the patients and once I asked the Prophet, 'Is there any harm for any of us to stay at home if she doesn't have a veil?' He said, 'She should cover herself with the veil of her companion and should participate in the good deeds and in the religious gathering of the Muslims.' When Um ʿAtiya came I asked her whether she had heard it from the Prophet. She replied, "Yes. May my father be sacrificed for him (the Prophet)! (Whenever she mentioned the Prophet ﷺ she used to say, 'May my father be sacrificed for him) I have heard the Prophet ﷺ saying, 'The unmarried young virgins and the mature girl who stay often screened or the young unmarried virgins who often stay screened and the menstruating women should come out and participate in the good deeds as well as the religious gathering of the faithful believers but the menstruating women should keep away from the Musalla (praying place).' " Hafsa asked Um ʿAtiya surprisingly, "Do you say the menstruating women?" She replied, "Doesn't a menstruating woman attend ʿArafat (Hajj) and such and such (other deeds)?"  

أَنْ يَخْرُجْنَ فِي الْعِيدَيْنِ فَقَدِمَتِ امْرَأَةٌ فَنَزَلَتْ قَصْرَ بَنِي خَلَفٍ فَحَدَّثَتْ عَنْ أُخْتِهَا وَكَانَ زَوْجُ أُخْتِهَا غَزَا مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ ثِنْتَىْ عَشَرَةَ وَكَانَتْ أُخْتِي مَعَهُ فِي سِتٍّ قَالَتْ كُنَّا نُدَاوِي الْكَلْمَى وَنَقُومُ عَلَى الْمَرْضَى فَسَأَلَتْ أُخْتِي النَّبِيَّ ﷺ أَعَلَى إِحْدَانَا بَأْسٌ إِذَا لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهَا جِلْبَابٌ أَنْ لاَ تَخْرُجَ قَالَ لِتُلْبِسْهَا صَاحِبَتُهَا مِنْ جِلْبَابِهَا وَلْتَشْهَدِ الْخَيْرَ وَدَعْوَةَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ فَلَمَّا قَدِمَتْ أُمُّ عَطِيَّةَ سَأَلْتُهَا أَسَمِعْتِ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَتْ بِأَبِي نَعَمْ وَكَانَتْ لاَ تَذْكُرُهُ إِلاَّ قَالَتْ بِأَبِي سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ يَخْرُجُ الْعَوَاتِقُ وَذَوَاتُ الْخُدُورِ أَوِ الْعَوَاتِقُ ذَوَاتُ الْخُدُورِ وَالْحُيَّضُ وَلْيَشْهَدْنَ الْخَيْرَ وَدَعْوَةَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَيَعْتَزِلُ الْحُيَّضُ الْمُصَلَّى قَالَتْ حَفْصَةُ فَقُلْتُ الْحُيَّضُ فَقَالَتْ أَلَيْسَ تَشْهَدُ عَرَفَةَ وَكَذَا وَكَذَا  

(On ʿId) We used to forbid our virgins to go out (for ʿId 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 Messenger of Allah ﷺ who participated in twelve Ghazawats along with Messenger of Allah 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 Messenger of Allah 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 Messenger of Allah ﷺ without saying "Bi Abi" (i.e. 'Let my father be sacrificed for you'). We asked her, "Have you heard Messenger of Allah 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 ʿArafat and at such and such places?"  

أَنْ يَخْرُجْنَ فَقَدِمَتِ امْرَأَةٌ فَنَزَلَتْ قَصْرَ بَنِي خَلَفٍ فَحَدَّثَتْ أَنْ أُخْتَهَا كَانَتْ تَحْتَ رَجُلٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَدْ غَزَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ ثِنْتَىْ عَشْرَةَ غَزْوَةً وَكَانَتْ أُخْتِي مَعَهُ فِي سِتِّ غَزَوَاتٍ قَالَتْ كُنَّا نُدَاوِي الْكَلْمَى وَنَقُومُ عَلَى الْمَرْضَى فَسَأَلَتْ أُخْتِي رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَتْ هَلْ عَلَى إِحْدَانَا بَأْسٌ إِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهَا جِلْبَابٌ أَنْ لاَ تَخْرُجَ قَالَ لِتُلْبِسْهَا صَاحِبَتُهَا مِنْ جِلْبَابِهَا وَلْتَشْهَدِ الْخَيْرَ وَدَعْوَةَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ فَلَمَّا قَدِمَتْ أُمُّ عَطِيَّةَ ؓ سَأَلْنَهَا أَوْ قَالَتْ سَأَلْنَاهَا فَقَالَتْ وَكَانَتْ لاَ تَذْكُرُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِلاَّ قَالَتْ بِأَبِي فَقُلْنَا أَسَمِعْتِ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ كَذَا وَكَذَا قَالَتْ نَعَمْ بِأَبِي فَقَالَ لِتَخْرُجِ الْعَوَاتِقُ ذَوَاتُ الْخُدُورِ أَوِ الْعَوَاتِقُ وَذَوَاتُ الْخُدُورِ وَالْحُيَّضُ فَيَشْهَدْنَ الْخَيْرَ وَدَعْوَةَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ وَيَعْتَزِلُ الْحُيَّضُ الْمُصَلَّى فَقُلْتُ الْحَائِضُ فَقَالَتْ أَوَ لَيْسَ تَشْهَدُ عَرَفَةَ وَتَشْهَدُ كَذَا وَتَشْهَدُ كَذَا  

[Machine] A woman came and stayed at the palace of Bani Khalaf. She mentioned that her sister was married to a companion of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ who had participated in twelve battles with the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ . She said, "My sister participated in six of those battles. We used to treat the wounded and take care of the sick. So my sister asked the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ , 'Is there any harm for a woman who does not have a jilbab (outer garment) to not go out?' He replied, 'Let her borrow a jilbab from her companion and witness the good and the prayers of the believers.' When Umm Atiyya arrived, I asked her if she had heard the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ say such and such. She said, 'She only mentioned the word "jilbab." Yes, she said, "Let the free, adult, menstruating women come out and witness the good and the prayers of the believers, and let them stay away from prayers during menstruation." So I asked Umm Atiyya, 'Even the menstruating ones?' She replied, 'Do they not witness Arafah (pilgrimage) and witness this and that?'"  

أَنْ يَخْرُجْنَ فَقَدِمَتِ امْرَأَةٌ فَنَزَلَتْ قَصْرَ بَنِي خَلَفٍ فَحَدَّثَتْ أَنَّ أُخْتَهَا كَانَتْ تَحْتَ رَجُلٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَدْ غَزَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ ثِنْتَيْ عَشْرَةَ غَزْوَةً قَالَتْ أُخْتِي غَزَوْتُ مَعَهُ سِتَّ غَزَوَاتٍ قَالَتْ كُنَّا نُدَاوِي الْكَلْمَى وَنَقُومُ عَلَى الْمَرْضَى فَسَأَلَتْ أُخْتِي رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَتْ هَلْ عَلَى إِحْدَانَا بَأْسٌ لِمَنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهَا جِلْبَابٌ أَنْ لَا تَخْرُجَ؟ فَقَالَ لِتُلْبِسْهَا صَاحِبَتُهَا مِنْ جِلْبَابِهَا وَلْتَشْهَدِ الْخَيْرَ وَدَعْوَةَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ قَالَتْ فَلَمَّا قَدِمَتْ أُمُّ عَطِيَّةَ فَسَأَلْتُهَا أَوْ سَأَلْنَاهَا هَلْ سَمِعْتِ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ كَذَا وَكَذَا؟ قَالَتْ وَكَانَتْ لَا تَذْكُرُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ إِلَّا قَالَتْ بِيَبَا فَقَالَتْ نَعَمْ بِيَبَا قَالَ لِتَخْرُجِالْعَوَاتِقُ ذَوَاتُ الْخُدُورِ أَوْ قَالَتْ الْعَوَاتِقُ وَذَوَاتُ الْخُدُورِ وَالْحُيَّضُ فَيَشْهَدْنَ الْخَيْرَ وَدَعْوَةَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَيَعْتَزِلْنَ الْحُيَّضُ الْمُصَلَّى فَقُلْتُ لِأُمِّ عَطِيَّةَ الْحَائِضُ؟ ‍ فَقَالَتْ أَوَ لَيْسَ يَشْهَدْنَ عَرَفَةَ وَتَشْهَدُ كَذَا وَتَشْهَدُ كَذَا؟  

Hafsa said, 'We used to forbid our young women to go out for the two ʿId prayers. A woman came and stayed at the palace of Bani Khalaf and she narrated about her sister whose husband took part in twelve holy battles along with the Prophet ﷺ and her sister was with her husband in six (out of these twelve). She (the woman's sister) said, "We used to treat the wounded, look after the patients and once I asked the Prophet, 'Is there any harm for any of us to stay at home if she doesn't have a veil?' He said, 'She should cover herself with the veil of her companion and should participate in the good deeds and in the religious gathering of the Muslims.' When Um ʿAtiya came I asked her whether she had heard it from the Prophet. She replied, "Yes. May my father be sacrificed for him (the Prophet)! (Whenever she mentioned the Prophet ﷺ she used to say, 'May my father be sacrificed for him) I have heard the Prophet ﷺ saying, 'The unmarried young virgins and the mature girl who stay often screened or the young unmarried virgins who often stay screened and the menstruating women should come out and participate in the good deeds as well as the religious gathering of the faithful believers but the menstruating women should keep away from the Musalla (praying place).' " Hafsa asked Um ʿAtiya surprisingly, "Do you say the menstruating women?" She replied, "Doesn't a menstruating woman attend ʿArafat (Hajj) and such and such (other deeds)?" (Using translation from Bukhārī 324)   

أَنْ يَخْرُجْنَ فِي الْعِيدَيْنِ فَقَدِمَتِ امْرَأَةٌ فَنَزَلَتْ قَصْرَ بَنِي خَلَفٍ فَحَدَّثَتْ عَنْ أُخْتِهَا وَكَانَ زَوْجُ أُخْتِهَا غَزَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ اثْنَتَيْ عَشْرَةَ غَزْوَةً قَالَتْ وَأُخْتِي مَعَهُ فِي سِتِّ غَزَوَاتِ قَالَتْ وَكُنَّا نُدَاوُي الْكَلْمَى وَنَقُومُ عَلَى الْمَرْضَى فَسَأَلَتْ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ هَلْ عَلَى إِحْدَانَا بَأْسٌ إِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهَا جِلْبَابٌ أَنْ لَا تَخْرُجَ؟ فَقَالَ لِتُلْبِسْهَا صَاحِبَتُهَا مِنْ جِلْبَابِهَا فَتَشْهَدَ الْخَيْرَ وَدَعْوَةَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ فَلَمَّا قَدِمَتْ أُمُّ عَطِيَّةَ سَأَلْتُهَا هَلْ سَمِعْتِ مِنَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ؟ قَالَتْ نَعَمْ بَابَا وَكَانَتْ لَا تَذْكُرُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ إِلَّا قَالَتْ بَابَا سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ لِتَخْرُجِ الْعَوَاتِقُ وَذَوَاتُ الْخُدُورِ وَالْحُيَّضُ فَيَشْهَدْنَ الْخَيْرَ وَدَعْوَةَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَيَعْتَزِلْنَ الْحُيَّضُ الْمُصَلَّى فَقَالَتْ حَفْصَةُ فَقُلْتُ الْحُيَّضُ قَالَتْ أَوَلَيْسَتْ تَشْهَدُ عَرَفَةَ وَتَشْهَدُ كَذَا وَتَشْهَدُ كَذَا