A mukhannath (eunuch) used to enter upon the wives of Prophet (ﷺ). They (the people) counted him among those who were free of physical needs. One day the Prophet (ﷺ) entered upon us when he was with one of his wives, and was describing the qualities of a woman, saying: When she comes forward, she […]
The tradition mentioned above has also been transmitted by ‘Aishah through a different chain of narrators to the same effect.
When Surat an-Nur came down, they took the curtains, tore them and made head covers (veils) of them.
When the verse “That they should cast their outer garments over their persons” was revealed, the women of Ansar came out as if they had crows over their heads by wearing outer garments.
May Allah have mercy on the early immigrant women. When the verse “That they should draw their veils over their bosoms” was revealed, they tore their thick outer garments and made veils from them.
I saw (this tradition) in the writing of my maternal uncle from ‘Aqil, from Ibn Shihab through a different chain of narrators and to the same effect.
Why do you put on the lower garment in this way? He replied: It is how I saw the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) do it.
The Prophet (ﷺ) cursed women who imitate men and men who imitate women.
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) cursed the man who dressed like a woman and the woman who dressed like a man.
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) cursed mannish women.