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Hadith On Hazrat Fatimah Covering From Head To Toe
. There is a narration in Sunan Abu Dawud:
Narrated Anas ibn Malik: Prophet (ﷺ) brought Fatimah a slave which he donated to her. Fatimah wore a garment which, when she covered her head, did not reach her feet, and when she covered her feet by it, that garment did not reach her head. When the Prophet (ﷺ) saw her struggle, he said: There is no harm to you: Here is only your father and slave. Grade: Sahih (Al-Albani)
According to Ghamidi Sahab, for a woman covering from her neckline upto knees is the obligatory act, covering more than that is good but not obligatory. But how is this hadith to be understood then? Because Hazrat Fatimah was trying to cover her entire body (from her entire head to toe) in front of the slave. Why was she trying to do this if covering the entire body isn’t an obligatory act for women and not a merely rewardable act as Ghamidi Sahab suggested?
I have watched his entire Response to 23 Questions – Veil ( Parda) playlist on youtube but did not find any discussion over this hadith. I could not find any other video or discussion of him either where he explained this hadith.
I watched a video of Dr Khaled Abou El Fadl (From 1:46:09 to 2:09:07 mark) where he said he believes this is a forged hadith but his reasoning did not sound too powerful to me because he did not bring forward any problem with the chain of this narration or anything. And that’s the only objection I could find about this hadith on the internet
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Hadith On Hazrat Fatimah Covering From Head To Toe
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The hadith describes the preference of Hazrat Fatima, which the holy prophet corrected.
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How did he correct her? In front of Hazrat Fatimah were only her father and slave according to this hadith, and according to verse 31 of Surah An Nur the women are allowed to expose their zeenat in front of their fathers and slaves.
The Prophet told her not to worry since the Quran already permits women to reveal their zeenat in front of a group of males (which includes fathers and slaves)
Would he have said the same thing if there was a non mahram male with him?
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For non mehran zeenat is not exposed except what is usually stays exposed that is the zeenat of face and hands.
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Yes but isn’t the slave a mahram as per verse 24:31? She was trying to cover herself from head to toe and the Prophet assured her that she doesn’t need to because in front of her are only mahrams? Isn’t that what the hadith is saying?
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The Quran allows showing hidden zeenat to slaves, though he is not mehram. Not only does it allow slaves, but also allows showing zeenat to the men who are dependent on the family and feel no inclination towards the women of the family they depend upon.
It means that showing hidden Zeenat is not only allowed for mehram but also for some other individuals, who are not mehram, mentioned in the verse.
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Yeah my question is, if there was a person present with Prophet PBUH there other than the slave, like for example the Prophet PBUH was with one of his friends (who was a non Mahram to Hazrat Fatimah) then would he have assured Fatimah to not worry about her clothes not covering from head to toe?
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We need to understand the injunction. If a woman is not wearing a zeenat, she just needs to cover her private parts. The whole body is not required to be covered. However, if a woman prefers to cover herself completely, it is her choice.
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