A Narrative about One of the Journeys of the Prophet (pbuh) with his Wives while in Ihraam

A Narrative about One of the Journeys of the Prophet (pbuh) with his Wives while in Ihraam

Article:

A Narrative about One of the Journeys of the

Prophet (pbuh) with his Wives while in Ihraam

Subject Matter of the Narrative:

According to Abu Dawood's narrative no. 1833 it is reported:

روي

ان عائشة رضي

الله عنها

قالت كان

الركبان

يمرون بنا

ونحن مع رسول

الله صلى

الله عليه

وسلم محرمات

فإذا حاذوا

بنا سدلت

إحدانا

جلبابها من

رأسها على

وجهها فإذا

جاوزونا

كشفناه.

It

is narrated that Ayesha (ra) said: Riders would pass by us while we [i.e.,

the wives of the Prophet (pbuh)] were with the Prophet (pbuh), in the state

of Ihraam. So, when they would reach near us, we would drop our covering

cloths from our heads to our faces and when they would pass us by, then we

would remove it [from our faces].

Similar incident has also been reported in Ahmad

ibn Hanbal (narrative no. 24067), Bayhaqiy (narrative no. 8833), Ibn

Khuzaymah (narrative no. 2691), Ibn Maajah (narrative no. 2935) and

Ibn Abi Shaybah (narrative no. 14240).

Comment on the Narrative

All the stated narrations of the incident come through one person - Yazid

ibn Abi Ziyaad (يزيد

بن أبي زياد)

- about whose reliability there is a mixed opinion among the experts.

Nevertheless, it is generally agreed that due to his presence and due to the

fact that the incident has only been reported by a chain, which includes him,

this narrative should not be considered as acceptable[1].

Conclusion

In view of the fact that the narration has not been reported by a chain

that can safely be termed as reliable, we do not consider it prudent to accept

the incident as correctly reported.

(This write-up is prepared by the Hadith

Cell of Javed Ahmad Ghamidi)

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