حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مَعْمَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَارِثِ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ صُهَيْبٍ عَنْ أَنَسٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ بُنِيَ عَلَی النَّبِيِّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِزَيْنَبَ بِنْتِ جَحْشٍ بِخُبْزٍ وَلَحْمٍ فَأُرْسِلْتُ عَلَی الطَّعَامِ دَاعِيًا فَيَجِيئُ قَوْمٌ فَيَأْکُلُونَ وَيَخْرُجُونَ ثُمَّ يَجِيئُ قَوْمٌ فَيَأْکُلُونَ وَيَخْرُجُونَ فَدَعَوْتُ حَتَّی مَا أَجِدُ أَحَدًا أَدْعُو فَقُلْتُ يَا نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ مَا أَجِدُ أَحَدًا أَدْعُوهُ قَالَ ارْفَعُوا طَعَامَکُمْ وَبَقِيَ ثَلَاثَةُ رَهْطٍ يَتَحَدَّثُونَ فِي الْبَيْتِ فَخَرَجَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَانْطَلَقَ إِلَی حُجْرَةِ عَائِشَةَ فَقَالَ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْکُمْ أَهْلَ الْبَيْتِ وَرَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ فَقَالَتْ وَعَلَيْکَ السَّلَامُ وَرَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ کَيْفَ وَجَدْتَ أَهْلَکَ بَارَکَ اللَّهُ لَکَ فَتَقَرَّی حُجَرَ نِسَائِهِ کُلِّهِنَّ يَقُولُ لَهُنَّ کَمَا يَقُولُ لِعَائِشَةَ وَيَقُلْنَ لَهُ کَمَا قَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ ثُمَّ رَجَعَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَإِذَا ثَلَاثَةٌ مِنْ رَهْطٍ فِي الْبَيْتِ يَتَحَدَّثُونَ وَکَانَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ شَدِيدَ الْحَيَائِ فَخَرَجَ مُنْطَلِقًا نَحْوَ حُجْرَةِ عَائِشَةَ فَمَا أَدْرِي آخْبَرْتُهُ أَوْ أُخْبِرَ أَنَّ الْقَوْمَ خَرَجُوا فَرَجَعَ حَتَّی إِذَا وَضَعَ رِجْلَهُ فِي أُسْکُفَّةِ الْبَابِ دَاخِلَةً وَأُخْرَی خَارِجَةً أَرْخَی السِّتْرَ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَهُ وَأُنْزِلَتْ آيَةُ الْحِجَابِ
صحیح بخاری · Hadith 4795
Narrated Aisha: Sauda (the wife of the Prophet) went out to answer the call of nature after it was made obligatory (for all the Muslims ladies) to observe the veil. She was a fat huge lady, and everybody who knew her before could recognize her. So `Umar bin Al-Khattab saw her and said, "O Sauda! By Allah, you cannot hide yourself from us, so think of a way by which you should not be recognized on going out. Sauda returned while Allah's Messenger was in my house taking his supper and a bone covered with meat was in his hand. She entered and said, "O Allah's Messenger ! I went out to answer the call of nature and `Umar said to me so-and-so." Then Allah inspired him (the Prophet) and when the state of inspiration was over and the bone was still in his hand as he had not put in down, he said (to Sauda), "You (women) have been allowed to go out for your needs."
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020