Sunan Abi Dawud 24620

The Prophet (ﷺ) came to visit her when she was veiled, and said: use one fold and not two. Abu Dawud said: “Use one fold and not two” means: “Do not fold it like the turban of a man. Do not double it up manifolds.”

Sunan Abi Dawud 24621

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was brought some pieces of fine Egyptian linen and he gave me one and said: Divide it into two; cut one of the pieces into a shirt and give the other to your wife for veil. Then when he turned away, he said: And order your wife to wear a […]

Sunan Abi Dawud 24622

When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) mentioned lower garment, Umm Salamah, wife of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), asked him: And a woman, Messenger of Allah? He replied: She may hang down a span. Umm Salamah said: Still it (foot) will be uncovered. He said: Then a forearm’s length, nor exceeding it.

Sunan Abi Dawud 24615

He was told: Messenger of Allah, in that case he will of starvation. So he allowed him to visit (the cit) twice a week so that he might ask for food and go back.

Sunan Abi Dawud 24616

The verse: “And say to the believing women that they should lower gaze was partly abrogated by the verse: “Such elderly women as are past the prospect of marriage.”

Sunan Abi Dawud 24617

I was with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) while Maymunah was with him. Then Ibn Umm Maktum came. This happened when we were ordered to observe veil (purdah). The Prophet (ﷺ) said: Observe veil from him. We asked: Messenger of Allah! is he not blind? He can neither see us nor recognise us. The Prophet […]

Sunan Abi Dawud 24614

He (the Prophet) exiled him and he lived in a desert (outside Medina). He would come every Friday asking for food.

Sunan Abi Dawud 24609

Asma, daughter of AbuBakr, entered upon the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) wearing thin clothes. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) turned his attention from her. He said: O Asma’, when a woman reaches the age of menstruation, it does not suit her that she displays her parts of body except this and this, and he pointed […]

Sunan Abi Dawud 24610

Umm Salamah asked the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) permission for getting herself cupped. He commanded Abu Tibah to cup her. The transmitter said: I think he was her foster-brother or a boy not yet of age.

Sunan Abi Dawud 24611

The 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 […]