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VOW OF SILENCE IS FORBIDDEN

1852

“Abu Bakr met a woman from the tribe of Ahas whose name was Zainab and he noticed that she did not speak. He inquired, ‘Why doesn't she speak?’ He was informed, ‘She has sworn a vow of silence.’ Upon hearing this he told her, ‘Speak, silence is not permissible. It was a practice in the Days of Ignorance (pre-Islamic days).’ Thereupon she spoke.”

Bukhari with a chain up to Kais the son of Abu Hazim who related this.

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