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Muwatta Malik 472

Not graded Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Muwatta Malik 472

وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ، عَنْ عَمْرَةَ بِنْتِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، زَوْجِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَنَّهَا قَالَتْ لَوْ أَدْرَكَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم مَا أَحْدَثَ النِّسَاءُ لَمَنَعَهُنَّ الْمَسَاجِدَ كَمَا مُنِعَهُ نِسَاءُ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ ‏.‏ قَالَ يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ فَقُلْتُ لِعَمْرَةَ أَوَمُنِعَ نِسَاءُ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ الْمَسَاجِدَ قَالَتْ نَعَمْ ‏.‏

Yahya related to me from Malik from Yahya ibn Said from Amra bint Abd ar-Rahman that A'isha, the wife of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "If the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, had seen what women do now, he would have forbidden them to go into the mosques, just as the women of the Bani Israil were forbidden."

Yahya ibn Said said that he asked Amra, "Were the women of the Bani Israil forbidden to go into the mosques?" and she said, "Yes."

Reported by Malik (No. 472), Al-Bukhari (No. 869), Muslim (No. 445a, 445b), Abu Dawud (No. 569) and Ahmad (No. 24432, 24790).

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Abu al-Walid al-Baji — Al-Muntaqa

( ش ) : قَوْلُهَا لَوْ أَدْرَكَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم مَا أَحْدَثَ النِّسَاءُ يَعْنِي التَّطَيُّبَ وَالتَّجَمُّلَ وَقِلَّةَ السَّتْرِ وَتَسَرُّعَ كَثِيرٍ مِنْهُنَّإِلَى الْمَنَاكِيرِ وَيَحْتَمِلُ أَنْ يُرِيدَ بِهِ مَا أَدْرَكْنَ بَعْدَ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم مِنْ الْمُلَابِسِ وَالتَّجَمُّلِ الَّذِي يُفْتَنُ بِهِ النَّاسُ وَإِنَّمَا كُنَّ فِي زَمَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَلْبِسْنَ الْمُرُوطَ فَيَخْرُجْنَ مُتَلَفِّعَاتٍ فِيهَا. ( فَصْلٌ ) وَقَوْلُهُ لَمَنَعَهُنَّ الْمَسَاجِدَ كَمَا مَنَعَهُ نِسَاءَ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ يُحْتَمَلُ أَنْ يَكُونَ فِي شَرِيعَةِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ مَنْعُ النِّسَاءِ مِنْ الْمَسَاجِدِ وَيُحْتَمَلُ أَنْ يَكُونَ نِسَاءُ بَنِيإِسْرَائِيلَ إنَّم…

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Authentic Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Sahih al-Bukhari 869

Had Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) known what the women were doing, he would have forbidden them from going to the mosque as the women of Bani Israel had been forbidden. Yahya bin Sa`id (a sub-narrator) asked `Amra (another sub-narrator), "Were the women of Bani Israel forbidden?" She replied "Yes."

لَوْ أَدْرَكَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم مَا أَحْدَثَ النِّسَاءُ لَمَنَعَهُنَّ كَمَا مُنِعَتْ نِسَاءُ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ‏.‏

Narrated by Ā’ishah

Authentic Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Sahih Muslim 445a

I heard 'A'isha, the wife of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). say: If the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) had seen what new things the women have introduced (in their way of life) he would have definitely prevented them from going to the mosque, as the women of BaniIsra'il were prevented.

لَوْ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم رَأَى مَا أَحْدَثَ النِّسَاءُ لَمَنَعَهُنَّ الْمَسْجِدَ كَمَا مُنِعَتْ نِسَاءُ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ ‏.‏ قَالَ فَقُلْتُ لِعَمْرَةَ أَنِسَاءُ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ مُنِعْنَ…

Narrated by Ā’ishah

Authentic Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Sahih Muslim 445b

This hadith has been narrated by Yahya b. Sa'id with the same chain of transmitters.

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَهَّابِ يَعْنِي الثَّقَفِيَّ، ح قَالَ وَحَدَّثَنَا عَمْرٌو النَّاقِدُ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ، ح قَالَ وَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي…

Authentic Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Sunan Abu Dawud 569

yes.

لَوْ أَدْرَكَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم مَا أَحْدَثَ النِّسَاءُ لَمَنَعَهُنَّ الْمَسْجِدَ كَمَا مُنِعَهُ نِسَاءُ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ ‏.‏

Narrated by Ā’ishah

Not graded Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Musnad Ahmad 24790

حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا يَحْيَى عَنْ عَمْرَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ لَوْ رَأَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مَا أَحْدَثَ النِّسَاءُ لَمَنَعَهُنَّ الْمَسْجِدَ كَمَا مُنِعَتْ نِسَاءُ…

Narrated by Ā’ishah Arabic only

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  • المعجم الأوسط للطبراني (6991)لَوْ رَأَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَا أَحْدَثَ النِّسَاءُ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ ، لَمَنَعَهُنَّ إِتْيَانَ الْمَسَاجِدِ ، كَمَا مُنِعَتْ نِسَاءُ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ
  • مسند الشاميين للطبراني (2054)لَمَنَعَهُنَّ الْمَسَاجِدَ كَمَا مُنِعَتْ نِسَاءُ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ
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