Hadith On Umar (RA) Following Sauda (RA) & Revelation Of The Hijab Verse
The circumstances the prophet and his family was going through were problematic. Surah Ahzad depicts how hypocrites were looking for opportunities to make scandals of the prophet’s family and they did make two. One about Hazrat Ayesha and the second is about the marriage of the holy prophet with Zainab who was divorced by his adopted son Zaid. Those culprits used to tease and tried to talk the women going out at night to answer the call of nature. In that situation Umar suggested the prophet to make her wives sit in Hijab which means that no one should see them. The incident of Sauda indicated the same. He told her that she was recognisable among the party of women going to answer the call of nature at night. If she was recognisable, the culprits had chance to make a scandal of her. The verses regarding hijab didn’t reveal in answer to Uamr’s suggestion. But they had to be revealed in those circumstances. Umar was thinking on the same line like any sane person would do in that situation.