Sauda (the wife of the Prophet) went out to answer the call of nature after it was made obligatory (for all the Muslims ladies) to observe the veil. She had a large frame and everybody who knew her before could recognize her. So ʿUmar bin Al-Khattab saw her and said, "O Sauda! By Allah, you cannot hide yourself from us, so think of a way by which you should not be recognized on going out. Sauda returned while Messenger of Allah ﷺ was in my house taking his supper and a bone covered with meat was in his hand. She entered and said, "O Messenger of Allah ﷺ! I went out to answer the call of nature and ʿUmar said to me so-and-so." Then Allah inspired him (the Prophet) and when the state of inspiration was over and the bone was still in his hand as he had not put in down, he said (to Sauda), "You (women) have been allowed to go out for your needs."  

يَا سَوْدَةُ أَمَا وَاللَّهِ مَا تَخْفَيْنَ عَلَيْنَا فَانْظُرِي كَيْفَ تَخْرُجِينَ قَالَتْ فَانْكَفَأَتْ رَاجِعَةً وَرَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي بَيْتِي وَإِنَّهُ لَيَتَعَشَّى وَفِي يَدِهِ عَرْقٌ فَدَخَلَتْ فَقَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي خَرَجْتُ لِبَعْضِ حَاجَتِي فَقَالَ لِي عُمَرُ كَذَا وَكَذَا قَالَتْ فَأَوْحَى اللَّهُ إِلَيْهِ ثُمَّ رُفِعَ عَنْهُ وَإِنَّ الْعَرْقَ فِي يَدِهِ مَا وَضَعَهُ فَقَالَ إِنَّهُ قَدْ أُذِنَ لَكُنَّ أَنْ تَخْرُجْنَ لِحَاجَتِكُنَّ  

[Machine] Sawdah went out for her needs at night after the veil was imposed on them. She said, "She was a large-built woman and Umar agreed with her. He saw her and called out, 'O Sawdah, by Allah, you do not hide anything from us when you go out. Look at how you go out or what you do.' So she turned back and returned to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and he was on the evening meal. She informed him of what Umar had said to her. He had a vein in his hand, and he was inspired with words. Then it was lifted from him, and the vein was in his hand. He said, 'Indeed, you are permitted to go out for your need.'"  

خَرَجَتْ سَوْدَةُ لِحَاجَتِهَا لَيْلًا بَعْدَ مَا ضُرِبَ عَلَيْهِنَّ الْحِجَابُ قَالَتْ وَكَانَتْ امْرَأَةً تَفْرَعُ النِّسَاءَ جَسِيمَةً فَوَافَقَهَا عُمَرُ فَأَبْصَرَهَا فَنَادَاهَا يَا سَوْدَةُ إِنَّكِ وَاللهِ مَا تَخْفَيْنَ عَلَيْنَا إِذَا خَرَجْتِ فَانْظُرِي كَيْفَ تَخْرُجِينَ أَوْ كَيْفَ تَصْنَعِينَ؟ فَانْكَفَتْ فَرَجَعَتْ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَإِنَّهُ لَيَتَعَشَّى فَأَخْبَرَتْهُ بِمَا قَالَ لَهَا عُمَرُ وَإِنَّ فِي يَدِهِ لَعَرْقًا فَأُوحِيَ إِلَيْهِ ثُمَّ رُفِعَ عَنْهُ وَإِنَّ الْعَرْقَ لَفِي يَدِهِ فَقَالَ لَقَدْ أُذِنَ لَكُنَّ أَنْ تَخْرُجْنَ لِحَاجَتِكُنَّ  

[Machine] She turned back, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was in my house, and he was having dinner, and in his hand was a bone. She entered and said, "O Messenger of Allah, I have come out." 'Umar said something to her, and Allah revealed to him (the Prophet) something. Then the Prophet was lifted up and the bone was dropped from his hand. He said, "You have been given permission to go out for your needs." Hisham said, meaning defecation.  

فَانْكَفَأَتْ رَاجِعَةً وَرَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فِي بَيْتِي وَإِنَّهُ لَيَتَعَشَّى وَفِي يَدِهِ عَرْقٌ فَدَخَلَتْ فَقَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنِّي خَرَجْتُ فَقَالَ عُمَرُ كَذَا وَكَذَا فَأَوْحَى اللهُ إِلَيْهِ ثُمَّ رُفِعَ عَنْهُ وَأَنَّ الْعَرْقَ فِي يَدِهِ مَا وَضَعَهُ فَقَالَ إِنَّهُ قَدْ أُذِنَ لَكُنَّ أَنْ تَخْرُجْنَ لِحَوَائِجِكُنَّ قَالَ هِشَامٌ يَعْنِي الْبُرَازَ