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tabarani:17103al-Miqdām b. Dāwud > Asad b. Mūsá > Ḥammād b. Salamah > Bahz b. Ḥakīm from his father from his grandfather

[Machine] I said, "O Messenger of Allah, what should we do with our 'awrah (private parts) and what should we refrain from?" He said, "Protect your 'awrah except from your spouse and what your right hand possesses." I asked, "But what if we are alone with each other?" He said, "Protect your 'awrah as best as you can." I asked, "But what if we are in seclusion?" He said, "Allah is more deserving to be shy of."  

الطبراني:١٧١٠٣حَدَّثَنَا الْمِقْدَامُ بْنُ دَاوُدَ ثنا أَسَدُ بْنُ مُوسَى ثنا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ بَهْزِ بْنِ حَكِيمٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ قَالَ

قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ مَا نَأْتِي مِنْ عَوْرَاتِنَا وَمَا نَذَرُ؟ قَالَ «احْفَظْ عَوْرَتَكَ إِلَّا مِنْ زَوْجِكَ وَمَا مَلَكَتْ يَمِينُكَ» قُلْتُ فَإِذَا كُنَّا بَعْضُنَا فِي بَعْضٍ؟ قَالَ «احْفَظْ عَوْرَتَكَ مَا اسْتَطَعْتَ» قَالَ فَإِذَا كُنَّا فِي خَلَاءٍ؟ قَالَ «اللهُ أَحَقُّ أَنْ يُسْتَحْيَى مِنْهُ»  


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Collected by Abū Dāwūd, Tirmidhī, Ibn Mājah, Aḥmad, Ḥākim, Nasāʾī's Kubrá, Bayhaqī, Suyūṭī
abudawud:4017[Chain 1] ʿAbdullāh b. Maslamah from my father [Chain 2] Ibn Bashhār > Yaḥyá > Bahz b. Ḥakīm from his father from his grandfather

I said: Messenger of Allah, from whom should we conceal our private parts and to whom can we show? He replied: conceal your private parts except from your wife and from whom your right hands possess (slave-girls). I then asked: Messenger of Allah, (what should we do), if the people are assembled together? He replied: If it is within your power that no one looks at it, then no one should look at it. I then asked: Messenger of Allah if one of us is alone, (what should he do)? He replied: Allah is more entitled than people that bashfulness should be shown to him.  

أبو داود:٤٠١٧حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي ح وَحَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ بَشَّارٍ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى نَحْوَهُ عَنْ بَهْزِ بْنِ حَكِيمٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ قَالَ

قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ عَوْرَاتُنَا مَا نَأْتِي مِنْهَا وَمَا نَذَرُ قَالَ احْفَظْ عَوْرَتَكَ إِلاَّ مِنْ زَوْجَتِكَ أَوْ مَا مَلَكَتْ يَمِينُكَ قَالَ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِذَا كَانَ الْقَوْمُ بَعْضُهُمْ فِي بَعْضٍ قَالَ إِنِ اسْتَطَعْتَ أَنْ لاَ يَرَيَنَّهَا أَحَدٌ فَلاَ يَرَيَنَّهَا قَالَ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِذَا كَانَ أَحَدُنَا خَالِيًا قَالَ اللَّهُ أَحَقُّ أَنْ يُسْتَحْيَا مِنْهُ مِنَ النَّاسِ  

tirmidhi:2769Muḥammad b. Bashhār > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Bahz b. Ḥakīm from my father from my father

"My father narrated to me from my grandfather, who said: 'I said: "O Messenger of Allah! Regarding our 'Awrah, what of it must we cover and what of it may we leave?" He said: "Protect your 'Awrah except from your wife or what your right hand possesses."' He said: "What about a man with another man?" He said: "If you are able to not let anyone see it, then do so." I said: "What about a man when he is alone?" He said: "Allah is most deserving of being shy from Him."  

الترمذي:٢٧٦٩حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنَا بَهْزُ بْنُ حَكِيمٍ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي عَنْ جَدِّي قَالَ

قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ عَوْرَاتُنَا مَا نَأْتِي مِنْهَا وَمَا نَذَرُ قَالَ احْفَظْ عَوْرَتَكَ إِلاَّ مِنْ زَوْجَتِكَ أَوْ مِمَّا مَلَكَتْ يَمِينُكَ فَقَالَ الرَّجُلُ يَكُونُ مَعَ الرَّجُلِ قَالَ إِنِ اسْتَطَعْتَ أَنْ لاَ يَرَاهَا أَحَدٌ فَافْعَلْ قُلْتُ وَالرَّجُلُ يَكُونُ خَالِيًا قَالَ فَاللَّهُ أَحَقُّ أَنْ يُسْتَحْيَا مِنْهُ  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ وَجَدُّ بَهْزٍ اسْمُهُ مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ حَيْدَةَ الْقُشَيْرِيُّ وَقَدْ رَوَى الْجُرَيْرِيُّ عَنْ حَكِيمِ بْنِ مُعَاوِيَةَ وَهُوَ وَالِدُ بَهْزٍ
tirmidhi:2794Aḥmad b. Manīʿ > Muʿādh b. Muʿādh And Yazīd b. Hārūn > Bahz b. Ḥakīm from his father from his grandfather

from his father, from his grandfather, who said: "I said: 'O Prophet of Allah! Regarding our 'Awrah, what of it must we cover and what of it may we leave?' He said: 'Protect your 'Awrah except from your wife or what your right hand possesses.' He said: "I said: 'O Messenger of Allah! What about when some people are with others?' He said: 'If you are able to not let anyone see it then do not let them see it.'" He said: "I said: 'O Prophet of Allah! What about when one of us is alone?' He said: 'Allah is more deserving of being shy from Him than the people.'"  

Abū ʿĪsá said that this Ḥadīth is Ḥasan.
الترمذي:٢٧٩٤حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مَنِيعٍ حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاذُ بْنُ مُعَاذٍ وَيَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا بَهْزُ بْنُ حَكِيمٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ قَالَ

قُلْتُ يَا نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ عَوْرَاتُنَا مَا نَأْتِي مِنْهَا وَمَا نَذَرُ قَالَ احْفَظْ عَوْرَتَكَ إِلاَّ مِنْ زَوْجَتِكَ أَوْ مَا مَلَكَتْ يَمِينُكَ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِذَا كَانَ الْقَوْمُ بَعْضُهُمْ فِي بَعْضٍ قَالَ إِنِ اسْتَطَعْتَ أَنْ لاَ يَرَاهَا أَحَدٌ فَلاَ يَرَيَنَّهَا قَالَ قُلْتُ يَا نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ إِذَا كَانَ أَحَدُنَا خَالِيًا قَالَ فَاللَّهُ أَحَقُّ أَنْ يَسْتَحْيِيَ مِنْهُ النَّاسُ  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ
ibnmajah:1920Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Yazīd b. Hārūn And ʾAbū Usāmah > Bahz b. Ḥakīm from his father from his grandfather

“I said: 'O Messenger of Allah, with regard to our 'Awrah, what may we uncover of it and what must we conceal?' He said: 'Cover your 'Awrah, except from your wife and those whom your right hand possesses.' I said: 'O Messenger of Allah, what if the people live close together?' He said: 'If you can make sure that no one sees it, then do not let anyone see it.' I said: 'O Messenger of Allah, what if one of us is alone?' He said: 'Allah is more deserving that you should feel shy before Him than People.' ”  

ابن ماجة:١٩٢٠حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ وَأَبُو أُسَامَةَ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا بَهْزُ بْنُ حَكِيمٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ قَالَ

قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ عَوْرَاتُنَا مَا نَأْتِي مِنْهَا وَمَا نَذَرُ قَالَ احْفَظْ عَوْرَتَكَ إِلاَّ مِنْ زَوْجَتِكَ أَوْ مَا مَلَكَتْ يَمِينُكَ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَرَأَيْتَ إِنْ كَانَ الْقَوْمُ بَعْضُهُمْ فِي بَعْضٍ قَالَ إِنِ اسْتَطَعْتَ أَنْ لاَ تُرِيَهَا أَحَدًا فَلاَ تُرِيَنَّهَا قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَإِنْ كَانَ أَحَدُنَا خَالِيًا قَالَ فَاللَّهُ أَحَقُّ أَنْ يُسْتَحْيَى مِنْهُ مِنَ النَّاسِ  

ahmad:20034Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd And ʾIsmāʿīl b. Ibrāhīm > Bahz from my father from my father

I said: Messenger of Allah, from whom should we conceal our private parts and to whom can we show? He replied: conceal your private parts except from your wife and from whom your right hands possess (slave-girls). I then asked: Messenger of Allah, (what should we do), if the people are assembled together? He replied: If it is within your power that no one looks at it, then no one should look at it. I then asked: Messenger of Allah if one of us is alone, (what should he do)? He replied: Allah is more entitled than people that bashfulness should be shown to him. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 4017)  

أحمد:٢٠٠٣٤حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ وَإِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ بَهْزٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي عَنْ جَدِّي قَالَ

قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ عَوْرَاتُنَا مَا نَأْتِي مِنْهَا وَمَا نَذَرُ؟ قَالَ احْفَظْ عَوْرَتَكَ إِلَّا مِنْ زَوْجَتِكَ أَوْ مَا مَلَكَتْ يَمِينُكَ قَالَ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ فَإِذَا كَانَ الْقَوْمُ بَعْضُهُمْ فِي بَعْضٍ؟ قَالَ إِنْ اسْتَطَعْتَ أَنْ لَا يَرَاهَا أَحَدٌ فَلَا يَرَيَنَّهَا قُلْتُ فَإِذَا كَانَ أَحَدُنَا خَالِيًا؟ قَالَ فَاللهُ أَحَقُّ أَنْ يُسْتَحْيَا مِنْهُ  

ahmad:20040Ismāʿīl b. Ibrāhīm > Bahz b. Ḥakīm from his father from his grandfather

I said: Messenger of Allah, from whom should we conceal our private parts and to whom can we show? He replied: conceal your private parts except from your wife and from whom your right hands possess (slave-girls). I then asked: Messenger of Allah, (what should we do), if the people are assembled together? He replied: If it is within your power that no one looks at it, then no one should look at it. I then asked: Messenger of Allah if one of us is alone, (what should he do)? He replied: Allah is more entitled than people that bashfulness should be shown to him. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 4017)   

أحمد:٢٠٠٤٠حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ بَهْزِ بْنِ حَكِيمٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ قَالَ

قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ عَوْرَاتُنَا مَا نَأْتِي مِنْهَا وَمَانَذَرُ؟ قَالَ احْفَظْ عَوْرَتَكَ إِلَّا مِنْ زَوْجَتِكَ أَوْ مَا مَلَكَتْ يَمِينُكَ قُلْتُ أَرَأَيْتَ إِنْ كَانَ الْقَوْمُ بَعْضُهُمْ فِي بَعْضٍ؟ قَالَ إِنْ اسْتَطَعْتَ أَنْ لَا يَرَاهَا أَحَدٌ فَلَا يَرَاهَا قُلْتُ أَرَأَيْتَ إِنْ كَانَ أَحَدُنَا خَالِيًا؟ قَالَ فَاللهُ أَحَقُّ أَنْ يُسْتَحْيَا مِنَ النَّاسِ  

hakim:7358Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > Muḥammad b. Hishām b. Mallās al-Numayrī > Marwān b. Muʿāwiyah al-Fazārī > Aḥmad b. Salmān al-Faqīh > al-Ḥasan b. Mukram > Yazīd b. Hārūn > Bahz b. Ḥakīm from his father from his grandfather

I said: Messenger of Allah, from whom should we conceal our private parts and to whom can we show? He replied: conceal your private parts except from your wife and from whom your right hands possess (slave-girls). I then asked: Messenger of Allah, (what should we do), if the people are assembled together? He replied: If it is within your power that no one looks at it, then no one should look at it. I then asked: Messenger of Allah if one of us is alone, (what should he do)? He replied: Allah is more entitled than people that bashfulness should be shown to him. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 4017)   

الحاكم:٧٣٥٨حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ هِشَامِ بْنِ مَلَّاسٍ النُّمَيْرِيُّ ثَنَا مَرْوَانُ بْنُ مُعَاوِيَةَ الْفَزَارِيُّ وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سَلْمَانَ الْفَقِيهُ ثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ مُكْرَمٍ ثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ قَالَا ثَنَا بَهْزُ بْنُ حَكِيمٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ قَالَ

قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ عَوْرَاتُنَا مَا نَأْتِي مِنْهَا وَمَا نَذَرُ؟ قَالَ «احْفَظْ عَوْرَتَكَ إِلَّا مِنْ زَوْجَتِكَ أَوْ مَا مَلَكَتْ يَمِينُكَ» قُلْتُ أَرَأَيْتَ إِنْ كَانَ قَوْمٌ بَعْضُهُمْ فَوْقَ بَعْضٍ قَالَ «إِنِ اسْتَطَعْتَ أَنْ لَا يَرَاهَا أَحَدٌ فَلَا يَرَيَنَّهَا» قُلْتُ أَرَأَيْتَ إِنْ كَانَ خَالِيًا؟ قَالَ «فَاللَّهُ أَحَقُّ أَنْ يُسْتَحْيَى مِنْهُ» وَوَضَعَ يَدَهُ عَلَى فَرْجِهِ  

«هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحُ الْإِسْنَادِ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ» صحيح
nasai-kubra:8923ʿAmr b. ʿAlī > Yaḥyá > Bahz b. Ḥakīm from my father from my father

I said: Messenger of Allah, from whom should we conceal our private parts and to whom can we show? He replied: conceal your private parts except from your wife and from whom your right hands possess (slave-girls). I then asked: Messenger of Allah, (what should we do), if the people are assembled together? He replied: If it is within your power that no one looks at it, then no one should look at it. I then asked: Messenger of Allah if one of us is alone, (what should he do)? He replied: Allah is more entitled than people that bashfulness should be shown to him. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 4017)   

الكبرى للنسائي:٨٩٢٣أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا بَهْزُ بْنُ حَكِيمٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي عَنْ جَدِّي قَالَ

قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ عَوْرَاتُنَا مَا نَأْتِي مِنْهَا وَمَا نَذَرُ؟ قَالَ «احْفَظْ عَوْرَتَكَ إِلَّا مِنْ زَوْجَتِكَ أَوْ مَا مَلَكَتْ يَمِينُكَ» قَالَ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ فَإِذَا كَانَ الْقَوْمُ بَعْضُهُمْ فِي بَعْضٍ قَالَ «إِنِ اسْتَطَعْتَ أَنْ لَا يَرَى أَحَدٌ عَوْرَتَكَ فَافْعَلْ» قُلْتُ فَإِذَا كَانَ أَحَدُنَا خَالِيًا فَقَالَ «فَاللهُ أَحَقُّ أَنْ يُسْتَحْيَى مِنَ النَّاسِ»  

bayhaqi:13538Abū Ṭāhir al-Faqīh > Abū Bakr Muḥammad b. al-Ḥusayn al-Qaṭṭān > Aḥmad b. Yūsuf al-Sulamī > Muḥammad b. Yūsuf al-Firyābī > Dhakar Sufyān > Bahz b. Ḥakīm from his father from his grandfather

I said: Messenger of Allah, from whom should we conceal our private parts and to whom can we show? He replied: conceal your private parts except from your wife and from whom your right hands possess (slave-girls). I then asked: Messenger of Allah, (what should we do), if the people are assembled together? He replied: If it is within your power that no one looks at it, then no one should look at it. I then asked: Messenger of Allah if one of us is alone, (what should he do)? He replied: Allah is more entitled than people that bashfulness should be shown to him. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 4017)   

البيهقي:١٣٥٣٨أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو طَاهِرٍ الْفَقِيهُ أنبأ أَبُو بَكْرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ الْقَطَّانُ ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ السُّلَمِيُّ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ الْفِرْيَابِيُّ قَالَ ذَكَرَ سُفْيَانُ عَنْ بَهْزِ بْنِ حَكِيمٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ ؓ قَالَ

قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَرَأَيْتَ عَوْرَاتَنَا مَا نَأْتِي مِنْهَا وَمَا نَذَرُ؟ قَالَ احْفَظْ عَوْرَتَكَ إِلَّا مِنْ زَوْجَتِكَ أَوْ مَا مَلَكَتْ يَمِينُكَ قَالَ أَفَرَأَيْتَ إِنْ كُنَّا بَعْضُنَا فِي بَعْضٍ؟ قَالَ إِنِ اسْتَطَعْتَ أَنْ لَا يَرَاهَا أَحَدٌ فَلَا يَرَيَنَّهَا قُلْتُ أَرَأَيْتَ إِذَا كَانَ أَحَدُنَا خَالِيًا؟ قَالَ فَاللهُ أَحَقُّ أَنْ يُسْتَحَى مِنَ النَّاسِ  

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السيوطي:٥٧٣-١b

" قلتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، مَا نَأتِى مِنْ عَوْرَاتِنَا وَمَا نَذَرُ؟ قَالَ: احْفَظْ عَلَيْكَ عَوْرَتَكَ إِلَّا مِنْ زَوْجَتكَ وَمَا مَلَكَتْ يَمِينُكَ، قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، فَإِذَا كَانَ بَعْضُنَا فِى بَعْضٍ؟ قَالَ: إِنِ اسْتَطَعْتَ أَنْ لَا يَرَى عَوْرَتَكَ أَحَدٌ فَافْعَلْ قُلْتُ: أَرَأَيتَ إِذَا كَانَ أَحَدُنَا خَالِيًا؟ قَالَ: فَاللهُ أَحَقُّ أَنْ يُسْتَحَى مِنْهُ مِن النَّاسِ - وَوَضَعَ يَدَهُ عَلَى فَرْجِهِ -".  

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