65/33.8. Chapter:
Sahih Bukhari 4795 — Women Allowed to Go Out for Needs
The Statement of Allah the Exalted: "...O you who believe! Enter not the Prophet's houses, except when leave is given to you for a meal... (up to) ... Verily! With Allah that shall be an enormity." (V.33:53)
يُقَالُ {إِنَاهُ} إِدْرَاكُهُ، أَنَى يَأْنِي أَنَاةً {لَعَلَّ السَّاعَةَ تَكُونُ قَرِيبًا} إِذَا وَصَفْتَ صِفَةَ الْمُؤَنَّثِ قُلْتَ قَرِيبَةً وَإِذَا جَعَلْتَهُ ظَرْفًا وَبَدَلاً، وَلَمْ تُرِدِ الصِّفَةَ نَزَعْتَ الْهَاءَ مِنَ الْمُؤَنَّثِ، وَكَذَلِكَ لَفْظُهَا فِي الْوَاحِدِ وَالاِثْنَيْنِ وَالْجَمِيعِ لِلذَّكَرِ وَالأُنْثَى.
Hadith About Women Going Out for Their Needs After Hijab
Sahih Bukhari : 4795
Sahih BukhariHadith Number 4795
حَدَّثَنِي زَكَرِيَّاءُ بْنُ يَحْيَى، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ، عَنْ هِشَامٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ـ رضى الله عنها ـ قَالَتْ خَرَجَتْ سَوْدَةُ بَعْدَ مَا ضُرِبَ الْحِجَابُ لِحَاجَتِهَا، وَكَانَتِ امْرَأَةً جَسِيمَةً لاَ تَخْفَى عَلَى مَنْ يَعْرِفُهَا، فَرَآهَا عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ فَقَالَ يَا سَوْدَةُ أَمَا وَاللَّهِ مَا تَخْفَيْنَ عَلَيْنَا، فَانْظُرِي كَيْفَ تَخْرُجِينَ، قَالَتْ فَانْكَفَأَتْ رَاجِعَةً، وَرَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم 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 ".
A'isha Narrated from:
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 `Umar 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 Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) was in my house taking his supper and a bone covered with meat was in his hand. She entered and said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! I went out to answer the call of nature and `Umar 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."
Reference : Sahih al-Bukhari 4795In-book reference : Book 65, Hadith 317USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 6, Book 60, Hadith 318
Summary of Sahih Bukhari Hadith 4795
This hadith about women going out for needs happened after the order of veil had been made obligatory. Sauda went out to answer the call of nature, and Umar recognized her because of her large frame. He told her to think about how she went out so she would not be recognized. Sauda returned and told the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم what had happened. Revelation came to him, and after it ended, he said that women had been allowed to go out for their needs. The hadith is very specific. It does not remove the Hijab context mentioned in the text. It simply states the permission given for women to go out for their needs.
What we learn from this hadith
- Women were allowed to go out for their needs.
- The event happened after the order of veil mentioned in the hadith.
- Sauda brought her concern back to the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم for guidance.
