months and ten days. I went to the Prophet (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) and said: O Messenger of Allāh! Seek forgiveness for me. He said: For what reason? So I informed him [of the matter], and he said: And the two additions are from Ibn Rāhwayh. I said: Its isnād is authentic according to the criteria of Muslim, and it has been reported by him, al-Bukhārī, and others through different routes from Subayʿah and other Companions, both briefly and in detail. I have included one of them in "al-Irwāʾ" (2113). I preferred to include this narration because it uniquely contains this benefit above this narration, where he (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) instructed her to marry a righteous man if she found one. The ḥāfiẓ erred, may Allāh have mercy on him, by attributing it in "al-Fatḥ" (9/476) to the narration of al-Aswad from Abū al-Sanābil himself at Ibn Mājah. This is another narration by Ibn Mājah that does not contain this benefit, and it is also with Ibn Rāhwayh. The reason for the error, as it seems to me, and Allāh knows best, is that this is at Ibn Mājah just before the ḥadīth of the chapter, so it appears his sight shifted to it while transmitting from it. And Allāh knows best. The ḥadīth contains other fiqh benefits, many of which the ḥāfiẓ mentioned, such as his saying: "It is permissible for a woman to adorn herself after her waiting period for those proposing to her, because in the narration of al-Zuhrī at al-Bukhārī: He said: Why do I see you have adorned yourself for suitors? In the narration of Ibn Isḥāq: She prepared for marriage and applied henna. In the narration of Maʿmar from al-Zuhrī: She had applied kohl, and in the narration of al-Aswad: She perfumed and beautified herself." I said: What do those enthusiastic about the claim that the entire body of a woman is ʿawrah without exception say about this authentic ḥadīth and what the ḥāfiẓ mentioned as a benefit?! Perhaps they will say—as is their habit with such explicit texts—that this was before the revelation of the verse of ḥijāb! We respond to them: Take it easy! For this was during the Farewell Pilgrimage as in "the two Ṣaḥīḥs" * (So is there any who will remember?) * See my book "Jilbāb al-Marʾah al-Muslimah" (p. 69 - new edition).