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Muwatta Malik 1709

Good (hasan) graded by Salim al-Hilali Companion’s words (mawquf) Muwatta Malik 1709

وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ، أَنَّ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ، قَالَ إِيَّاكُمْ وَاللَّحْمَ فَإِنَّ لَهُ ضَرَاوَةً كَضَرَاوَةِ الْخَمْرِ ‏.‏

Yahya said that Malik was asked, "Can a woman eat with other than her relative or slave?" Malik said, "There is no harm in that if it is in a manner which is accepted for a woman to eat with men." Malik said, "A woman sometimes eats with her husband and with others he dines with or with her brother in the same way. It is disapproved of for a woman to be alone with a man when there is no relationship between them by blood, marriage or suckling that would prevent him marrying her." Hadith Translation Not available

Reported by Malik (No. 1709).

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Abu al-Walid al-Baji — Al-Muntaqa

( ش ) : قَوْلُ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ رَضِي اللَّهُ عَنْهُ : إيَّاكُمْ وَاللَّحْمَ يُرِيدُ بِذَلِكَ الْمُبَالَغَةَ فِي النَّهْيِ عَنْ اللَّحْمِ وَيُرِيدُ - وَاَللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ - إيَّاكُمْ وَالْإِكْثَارَ مِنْهُ وَالْمُدَاوَمَةَ عَلَيْهِ وَأَنْ لَا يُجْتَزَى بِشَيْءٍ مِنْ الْأُدْمِ عَنْهُ يَدُلُّ عَلَى ذَلِكَ أَنَّهُ قَدْ كَانَ يَأْكُلُ فِي بَعْضِ أَوْقَاتِهِ وَيُؤْكَلُ عِنْدَهُ وَقَوْلُهُ فَإِنَّ لَهُ ضَرَاوَةً يُرِيدُ عَادَةً تَدْعُو إِلَيْهِ وَيَشُقُّ تَرْكُهَا لِمَنْ أَلِفَهَا وَإِنَّمَا أَرَادَ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ رَضِي اللَّهُ عَنْهُ مَنْعَ التَّنْعِيمِ بِالْمُدَاوَمَةِ عَلَى أَكْلِ اللَّحْمِ وَبِكُلِّ مَا جَرَى مَجْرَى ذَلِكَ وَنَدَبَ إِلَى الِاقْتِصَادِ وَالِاقْتِصَارِ عَلَى أَيْس…

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