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LADIES AND BLIND MEN

1671

“I (Lady Umm Salamah, wife of the Prophet, may Allah be pleased with her Mother of Believers) was with the Messenger of Allah, praise and peace be upon him, together with Lady Maimuna (wife of the Prophet, may Allah be pleased with her, Mother of Believers) when ibn Umm Maktum came - this was after we had been ordered to veil ourselves. The Messenger of Allah, praise and peace be upon him, said, ‘Veil yourselves from him.’ We said, ‘O Messenger of Allah, praise and peace be upon him, he is blind, he cannot see us and does not recognize us.’ The Messenger of Allah, praise and peace be upon him, replied, ‘But are you blind and cannot see him?’"

Abu Daud and Tirmidhi with a chain up to Lady Umm Salamah, wife of the Prophet, may Allah be pleased with her, Mother of Believers who related that the Messenger of Allah, praise and peace be upon him, said this.