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hakim:3500 – Abū ʿAmr ʿUthmān b. Aḥmad al-Zāhid> Yaḥyá b. Jaʿfar b. al-Zibriqān > Zayd b. al-Ḥubāb > Ibrāhīm b. Nāfiʿ > al-Ḥasan b. Muslim > Ṣafiyyah b. Shaybah > ʿĀʾishah

[Machine] "When this verse was revealed, 'And tell the believing women to reduce their vision and guard their private parts and not expose their adornment except that which appears thereof...' [Quran 24:31], the women of the Ansar (helpers) took their waist wrappers and tore them from the edges and covered their faces with them."  

الحاكم:٣٥٠٠ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَمْرٍو عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ الزَّاهِدُ بِبَغْدَادَ ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ الزِّبْرِقَانِ ثنا زَيْدُ بْنُ الْحُبَابِ ثنا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ نَافِعٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ الْحَسَنَ بْنَ مُسْلِمٍ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ صَفِيَّةَ بِنْتِ شَيْبَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ أُمِّ الْمُؤْمِنِينِ قَالَتْ

لَمَّا نَزَلَتْ هَذِهِ الْآيَةُ {وَلْيَضْرِبْنَ بِخُمُرِهِنَّ عَلَى جُيُوبِهِنَّ} [النور 31] أَخَذَ نِسَاءُ الْأَنْصَارِ أُزْرَهُنَّ فَشَقَقْنَهُ مِنْ نَحْوِ الْحَوَاشِي فَاخْتَمَرْنَ بِهِ  

«هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحٌ عَلَى شَرْطِ الشَّيْخَيْنِ وَلَمْ يُخْرِجَاهُ» على شرط البخاري ومسلم

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bukhari:4759 – Abū Nuʿaym > Ibrāhīm b. Nāfiʿ > al-Ḥasan b. Muslim > Ṣafiyyah b. Shaybah > ʿĀʾishah Kānat

ʿAisha used to say: "When (the Verse): "They should draw their veils over their necks and bosoms," was revealed, (the ladies) cut their waist sheets at the edges and covered their heads and faces with those cut pieces of cloth."  

البخاري:٤٧٥٩ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ نَافِعٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ عَنْ صَفِيَّةَ بِنْتِ شَيْبَةَ

أَنَّ عَائِشَةَ ؓ كَانَتْ تَقُولُ لَمَّا نَزَلَتْ هَذِهِ الآيَةُ {وَلْيَضْرِبْنَ بِخُمُرِهِنَّ عَلَى جُيُوبِهِنَّ} أَخَذْنَ أُزْرَهُنَّ فَشَقَّقْنَهَا مِنْ قِبَلِ الْحَوَاشِي فَاخْتَمَرْنَ بِهَا  

hakim:7416 – Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-Shaybānī Bi-al-Kūfah > Aḥmad b. Ḥāzim al-Ghifārī > Abū Nuʿaym > Ibrāhīm b. Nāfiʿ > al-Ḥasan b. Muslim > Ṣafiyyah b. Shaybah > ʿĀʾishah Kānat

[Machine] Aisha used to say when this verse was revealed, "Women took their waist-sheets, cut them at the edges and covered their faces with them."  

الحاكم:٧٤١٦ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الشَّيْبَانِيُّ بِالْكُوفَةِ ثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ حَازِمٍ الْغِفَارِيُّ ثَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ ثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ نَافِعٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ عَنْ صَفِيَّةَ بِنْتِ شَيْبَةَ

أَنَّ عَائِشَةَ كَانَتْ تَقُولُ لَمَّا نَزَلَتْ هَذِهِ الْآيَةَ {وَلْيَضْرِبْنَ بِخُمُرِهِنَّ عَلَى جُيُوبِهِنَّ} [النور 31] «أَخَذَ النِّسَاءُ أُزُرَهُنَّ فَشَقَّقْنَهَا مِنْ قِبَلِ الْحَوَاشِي فَاخْتَمَرْنَ بِهَا»  

هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحٌ عَلَى شَرْطِ الشَّيْخَيْنِ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ على شرط البخاري ومسلم

قَوْلُهُ تَعَالَى: {وَلْيَضْرِبْنَ بِخُمُرِهِنَّ عَلَى جُيُوبِهِنَّ} [النور: 31]

nasai-kubra:11299 – Muḥammad b. Ḥātim > Ḥibbān > ʿAbdullāh > Ibrāhīm b. Nāfiʿ > al-Ḥasan b. Muslim > Ṣafiyyah b. Shaybah > ʿĀʾishah

ʿAisha used to say: "When (the Verse): "They should draw their veils over their necks and bosoms," was revealed, (the ladies) cut their waist sheets at the edges and covered their heads and faces with those cut pieces of cloth." (Using translation from Bukhārī 4759)   

الكبرى للنسائي:١١٢٩٩ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ حَاتِمٍ أَخْبَرَنَا حِبَّانُ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ نَافِعٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ الْحَسَنَ بْنَ مُسْلِمٍ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ صَفِيَّةَ بِنْتِ شَيْبَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

لَمَّا نَزَلَتْ هَذِهِ الْآيَةُ {وَلْيَضْرِبْنَ بِخُمُرِهِنَّ عَلَى جُيُوبِهِنَّ} [النور 31] قَالَتْ أَخَذْنَ النِّسَاءُ أُزُرَهُنَّ فَشَقَقْنَهَا مِنْ نَحْوِ الْحَوَاشِي فَاخْتَمَرْنَ بِهَا  

bayhaqi:3259 – Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū ʿUmar And ʿUthmān b. Aḥmad al-Zāhid> Yaḥyá b. Jaʿfar b. al-Zabriqān > Zayd b. al-Ḥubāb > Ibrāhīm b. Nāfiʿ > al-Ḥasan b. Muslim > Ṣafiyyah b. Shaybah > ʿĀʾishah

[Machine] When this verse was revealed: "...and to draw forth their headcoverings over their bosoms" [Quran 24:31], the women of the Ansar took their aprons and tore them from the sides to cover themselves with it.  

البيهقي:٣٢٥٩ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ أنبأ أَبُو عُمَرَ وَعُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ الزَّاهِدُ بِبَغْدَادَ ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ الزَّبْرِقَانِ قَالَ ثنا زَيْدُ بْنُ الْحُبَابِ ثنا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ نَافِعٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ الْحَسَنَ بْنَ مُسْلِمٍ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ صَفِيَّةَ بِنْتِ شَيْبَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ أُمِّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ؓ قَالَتْ

لَمَّا نَزَلَتْ هَذِهِ الْآيَةُ {وَلْيَضْرِبْنَ بِخُمُرِهِنَّ عَلَى جُيُوبِهِنَّ} [النور 31] أَخَذَ نِسَاءُ الْأَنْصَارِ أُزُرَهُنَّ فَشَقَقْنَهُ مِنْ نَحْوَ الْحَوَاشِي فَاخْتَمَرْنَ بِهِ  

رَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ أَبِي نُعَيْمٍ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ نَافِعٍ