43/29. Chapter:
Jami at-Tirmidhi 2778 — Veiling Manners
What Has Been Related About Women Veiling From Men
Hadith About Veiling from Ibn Umm Maktum
Jami at-Tirmidhi : 2778
Jami at-TirmidhiHadith Number 2778
حَدَّثَنَا سُوَيْدٌ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ، أَخْبَرَنَا يُونُسُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ نَبْهَانَ، مَوْلَى أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ أَنَّهُ حَدَّثَهُ أَنَّ أُمَّ سَلَمَةَ حَدَّثَتْهُ أَنَّهَا، كَانَتْ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَمَيْمُونَةُ قَالَتْ فَبَيْنَا نَحْنُ عِنْدَهُ أَقْبَلَ ابْنُ أُمِّ مَكْتُومٍ فَدَخَلَ عَلَيْهِ وَذَلِكَ بَعْدَ مَا أُمِرْنَا بِالْحِجَابِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " احْتَجِبَا مِنْهُ " . فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَلَيْسَ هُوَ أَعْمَى لاَ يُبْصِرُنَا وَلاَ يَعْرِفُنَا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " أَفَعَمْيَاوَانِ أَنْتُمَا أَلَسْتُمَا تُبْصِرَانِهِ " . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ .
Umm Salamah Narrated from:
Narrated Nabhan the freed slave of Umm Salamah: To Ibn Shihab, That Umm Salamah Narrated To Him, That She And Maimunah Were With The Messenger Of Allah (ﷺ), She Said: "So When We Were With Him, Ibn Umm Maktum Came, And He Entered Upon Him, And That Was After Veiling Had Been Ordered For Us. So The Messenger Of Allah (ﷺ) Said: 'Veil Yourselves From Him.' So I Said: 'O Messenger Of Allah! Is He Not Blind Such That He Can Not See Us Or Recognize Us?' So The Messenger Of Allah (ﷺ) Said: 'Are You Two Blind Such That You Can Not See Him?'"
Reference : Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2778In-book reference : Book 43, Hadith 48English translation : Vol. 5, Book 41, Hadith 2778
Summary of Jami at-Tirmidhi Hadith 2778
This hadith is searched as veil yourselves from him hadith or Ibn Umm Maktum blind man hadith. Umm Salamah narrated that she and Maimunah were with the Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم when Ibn Umm Maktum entered. This was after veiling had been ordered for them. The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم told them to veil themselves from him. Umm Salamah asked if he was not blind and unable to see or recognize them. The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم replied by asking whether they were blind and whether they could not see him. The teaching in this text is about their sight as well as his, and it keeps the matter tied to veiling after it had been ordered.
What we learn from this hadith
- The event happened after veiling had been ordered for them.
- The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم told them to veil from Ibn Umm Maktum.
- The question raised was about his blindness.
- The answer pointed to the fact that they could see him.
