what about us?" He said... and he mentioned it. I said: This isnād is authentic; its narrators are reliable, the narrators of the two Shaykhs, except for Ibrāhīm ibn al-Ḥajjāj, who is trustworthy. Then he narrated it (1/329) and Aḥmad (6/295, 309) through the route of Muḥammad ibn Isḥāq from Nāfiʿ, with the wording: "a cubit, no more than that." Likewise, it was narrated by ʿAbd Allāh from Nāfiʿ from Sulaymān ibn Yasār from her. Aḥmad also recorded it (6/293). Then he narrated it (6/315) from ʿUbayd Allāh from Nāfiʿ with it. I said: The ḥadīth indicates that a woman's feet are considered ʿawrah, and this was a known matter among women during the prophetic era. For when he (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) said: "Let it trail a span," Umm Salamah said: "Then the feet will be exposed," which implies she knew that the feet are ʿawrah and should not be uncovered. Therefore, he (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) instructed her to let it trail a cubit. The Noble Qurʾān also hints at this truth in the verse: "And let them not stamp their feet to make known what they conceal of their adornment" (Sūrah An-Nūr, verse 31). Refer to our book "Ḥijāb al-Marʾah al-Muslimah," (pp. 36-37, Islamic Office Edition).

- "May Allāh reward the Anṣār on our behalf with good, especially ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAmr ibn Ḥarām and Saʿd ibn ʿUbādah." It was narrated by Abū Yaʿlá in his "Musnad" (116/1): Ibn Abī Samīnah narrated to us, Ibrāhīm ibn Ḥabīb ibn al-Shahīd narrated to us, he said: My father said: from ʿAmr ibn Dīnār from Jābir ibn ʿAbd Allāh, he said: