39/8. Chapter:
Al-Lu'lu Wal-Marjan 1403 — The Book of As-Salâm (Greetings)
Prohibition of sitting with a foreign-lady in privacy or to enter to her (house etc.) while she is alone.
Al-Lu'lu Wal-Marjan : 1403
Al-Lu'lu Wal-MarjanHadith Number 1403
حديث عُقْبَةَ بْنِ عَامِرٍ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ، قَالَ: إِيَّاكُمْ وَالدُّخُولَ عَلَى النِّسَاء فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الأَنْصَارِ، يَا رَسولَ اللهِ أَفَرَأَيْتَ الْحَمْوَ قَالَ: الحَمْوُ المَوْتُ.
'Uqbah bin 'Amir Narrated from:
Allâh's Messenger ﷺ said, "Beware of entering upon the ladies." A man from the Ansâr said, "Allâh's Messenger! What about Al-Hamu [1] (the in-laws of the wife i.e. the brothers of her husband or his nephews etc.)?" The Prophet ﷺ replied: The in-laws ( Al-Hamu) of the wife are death itself. [1] ( Sahîh Al-Bukhârî, Hadîth No. 159, Vol. 7)
[1] It is mainly the brothers of the husband or the in-laws of the wife who are meant here, are only those who could have married that woman if she had not been married.[1] The stay of a relative of a married woman in seclusion with her may cause great disadvantage and lead to illegal sexual intercourse that would ruin the family. Therefore the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم compared the brother-in-law of a wife to death if he stays in seclusion with her.
