Sunan Abi Dawud · Book 33
كِتَاب الْحَمَّامِ
Hot Baths (Kitab Al-Hammam)
11 hadith · 3 chapters
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Abu Dawud · 4009أَنّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ نَهَى عَنْ دُخُولِ الْحَمَّامَاتِ ثُمَّ رَخَّصَ لِلرِّجَالِ أَنْ يَدْخُلُوهَا فِي الْمَيَازِرِNarrated Aishah, Ummul Muminin: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade to enter the hot baths. He then permitted men to enter them in lower garments.5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 4010مَا مِنَ امْرَأَةٍ تَخْلَعُ ثِيَابَهَا فِي غَيْرِ بَيْتِهَا إِلَّا هَتَكَتْ مَا بَيْنَهَا وَبَيْنَ اللَّهِ تَعَالَىNarrated Aishah, Ummul Muminin: Abul Malih said: Some women of Syria came to Aishah. She asked them: From whom are you? They replied: From the people of Syria. She said: Perhaps you belong to the place where women enter 9 narrators·parallel chainAbu Dawud · 4011إِنَّهَا سَتُفْتَحُ لَكُمْ أَرْضُ الْعَجَمِ وَسَتَجِدُونَ فِيهَا بُيُوتًا يُقَالُ لَهَا الْحَمَّامَاتُ فَلَا يَدْخُلَنَّهَا الرِّجَالُ إِلَّا بِالْأُزُرِ وَامْنَعُوهَا النِّسَاءَ إِلَّا مَرِيضَةً أَوْ نُفَسَاءَNarrated Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-As: The Prophet ﷺ said: After some time the lands of the non-Arabs will be conquered for you, and there you will find houses called hammamat (hot baths). so men should not enter them (to 5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 4012إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ حَيِيٌّ سِتِّيرٌ يُحِبُّ الْحَيَاءَ وَالسَّتْرَ ، فَإِذَا اغْتَسَلَ أَحَدُكُمْ ، فَلْيَسْتَتِرْNarrated Yala: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ saw a man washing in a public place without a lower garment. So he mounted the pulpit, praised and extolled Allah and said: Allah is characterised by modesty and concealment. So wh5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 4013حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ أَبِي خَلَفٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا الْأَسْوَدُ بْنُ عَامِرٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ عَيَّاشٍ ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ أَبِي سُلَيْمَانَ ، عَنْ عَطَاءٍ ، عَنْ صَفْوَانَThe tradition mentioned above has also been transmitted by Yala from the Prophet ﷺ through a different chain of narrators. Abu Dawud said: The former is more perfect.7 narratorsAbu Dawud · 4014أَمَا عَلِمْتَ أَنَّ الْفَخِذَ عَوْرَةٌNarrated Jarhad: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sat with us and my thigh was uncovered. He said: Do you not know that thigh is a private part ?6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 4015لَا تَكْشِفْ فَخِذَكَ وَلَا تَنْظُرْ إِلَى فَخِذِ حَيٍّ وَلَا مَيِّتٍNarrated Ali ibn Abu Talib: The Prophet ﷺ said: Do not uncover you thigh, and do not look at the thigh of the living and the dead. Abu Dawud said: This tradition disagrees with the generally reported traditions (nakarah)6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 4016خُذْ عَلَيْكَ ثَوْبَكَ وَلَا تَمْشُوا عُرَاةًNarrated Al-Miswar bin Makhramah: I lifted a heavy stone. While I was walking my garment fell down. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to me: Take you garment upon you, and do not walk naked.5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 4017يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، عَوْرَاتُنَا مَا نَأْتِي مِنْهَا وَمَا نَذَرُ ؟ قَالَ : احْفَظْ عَوْرَتَكَ إِلَّا مِنْ زَوْجَتِكَ أَوْ مَا مَلَكَتْ يَمِينُكَ ، قَالَ : قُلْتُ : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، إِذَا كَانَ الْقَوْمُ بَعْضُهُمBahz bin Hakim said that his father told on the authority of his grandfather: I said: Messenger of Allah, from whom should we conceal our private parts and to whom can we show? He replied: conceal your private parts exce7 narrators·parallel chainAbu Dawud · 4018لَا يَنْظُرُ الرَّجُلُ إِلَى عُرْيَةِ الرَّجُلِ وَلَا الْمَرْأَةُ إِلَى عُرْيَةِ الْمَرْأَةِ ، وَلَا يُفْضِي الرَّجُلُ إِلَى الرَّجُلِ فِي ثَوْبٍ وَاحِدٍ وَلَا تُفْضِي الْمَرْأَةُ إِلَى الْمَرْأَةِ فِي ثَوْبٍNarrated Abu Saeed al-Khudri: The Prophet ﷺ said: A man should not look at the private parts of another man, and a woman should not look at the private parts of another woman. A man should not lie with another man withou6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 4019لَا يُفْضِيَنَّ رَجُلٌ إِلَى رَجُلٍ وَلَا امْرَأَةٌ إِلَى امْرَأَةٍ إِلَّا وَلَدًا ، أَوْ وَالِدًا ، قَالَ : وَذَكَرَ الثَّالِثَةَ ، فَنَسِيتُهَاNarrated Abu Hurairah: The Prophet ﷺ said: A man should not lie with another man and a woman should not lie with another woman without covering their private parts except a child or a father. He also mentioned a third th9 narrators·parallel chain