The Hadith of Asma' Regarding Hijab

Question :

In a Hadith, Allah's Messenger ordered that a woman who reaches puberty is forbidden from showing her hands and face, and that is the Hijab. Is there any Hadith which indicate that covering the face and hands is also compulsory?

Question :

In his Sunan, Abu Dawud recorded this Hadith in the chapter "What a Woman May Show Of Her Beauty." He said, "Ya'qub bin Ka'b Al-Antaki and Mu'mmal bin Al-Fadhi Al-Harani narrated to us, they said; Al-Walid narrated to us from Sa'id bin Bashir, from Qatadah, from Khalid, (Ya'qub said: 'Ibn Durayk') from 'Aishah, may Allah be pleased with her, that Asma' bint Abu Bakr, may Allah be pleased with her, entered upon the Messenger of Allah and she was wearing a very thin garment. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ turned away and said :
"O Asma'! Indeed when a woman begins to menstruate, it is not correct to see from her except this and this."

And he pointed to his face and hands."

The Hadith is Mursal because Khalid bin Durayk never met 'Aishah, may Allah be pleased with her. Also, Sa'id bin Bashir Al-Azdi-or Al-Basri as he was originally from Al-Basrah-has been graded trustworthy by some of the scholars of Hadith, while Ahmad, Ibn Ma'in, Ibn Al-Madini, An-Nisa'i, Al-Hakim, and Abu Dawud all graded him weak. Muhammad bin 'Abdullah bin Numayr said about Sa'id: "His narrations of Hadiths are Munkar (rejected), he is nothing," and: "He is not strong in Hadith, he narrates Munkar things from Qatadah." Ibn Hibban said, "His memory is poor and he makes enormous mistakes, narrating from Qatadah things that others do not." As-Saji said: "He narrated some Munkar things from Qatadah."

In this Hadith, he is narrating from Qatadah. Then, Qatadah is himself a Mudalis and he is narrating this Hadith from Khalid bin Durayk, while the chain also contains Al-Walid, who is, Ibn Muslim and he is a Mudalis, and his Tadlis is the same, and Qatadah is above him in the chain. So with all of this, it is clear that this Hadith is weak from many angles.

And with Allâh is the facilitation to do what is right. May Allah send peace and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family and his Companions.

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