Authenticity Of Ahadith About Pardah
Salaam. I am here again 😁 I rewatched the entire series on social Sharia:hijab and also response to 23 questions hijab part. The only question still on my mind is about khimaar and that hadith. Some people say that khimaar means a headcover, so putting on a khimaar( اختمرن)would mean wearing a covering over their heads, right? I know Qur’an just says to draw this khimaar over their bosoms, but this hadith says that they “khimaared” themselves. If khimaar means a headcover, wouldn’t it imply that those women also covered their heads on hearing this ayat ? I understand that people here say that we should understand hadith in accordance with the Qur’an, but a lot of people argue that if we want to understand and follow the Qur’an properly, we need to follow it as the Sahaabis understood it. Which means that we should understand and implement this ayat just like Sahabis did, which , from this hadith, could mean that they covered their heads as well.Please reply. And sorry for bothering you guys with the same topic again and again. Thank You
Thank you for your response brother The argument of those who support the traditional interpretation is that since those women “khimaared themselves” or ‘put on a khimar” , it means that they understood the verse to mean covering head AS WELL AS the bosom. They further argue that since those people lived in the era when the verse was sent down, they must have understood it in the correct manner, hence we should follow their understanding. Yes, the hadith doesn’t clearly state where this khimaar was put on, and so we assume that it must be the bosoms since that what the Qur’an says, but if we take a look at a few other ahadith, their language suggests that “putting on a khimaar ” means wearing a headcover. So these women, on hearing this verse, put on a headcover and used it to cover their bosoms. How do we know which one is the correct understanding?