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Riyad as-Salihin Hadith 1742

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In-book entry
232

Chapter 78

Chapter context: Prohibition of Describing the Charms of a Woman to a man without a valid reason approved by the Shari'ah

- باب النهي عن وصف محاسن المرأة لرجل إلا أن يحتاج إلى ذلك لغرض شرعي كنكاحها ونحوه

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Hadith text

Original Arabic

عن ابن مسعود رضي الله عنه قال‏:‏ قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏:‏ ‏

‏لا تباشر المرأة المرأة، فتصفها لزوجها كأنه ينظر إليها‏

‏ ‏(‏‏(‏متفق عليه‏)‏‏)‏‏.‏

Translation

English translation

Ibn Mas'ud (May Allah be pleased with him) said:

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "No woman should touch another woman's body and then describe the details of her figure to her husband in such a manner as if he was looking at her." [Al- Bukhari].

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This is Hadith 1742 in Riyad as-Salihin. It appears in Book 18, The Book of the Prohibited actions, as in-book entry 232 under the chapter “Prohibition of Describing the Charms of a Woman to a man without a valid reason approved by the Shari'ah.”

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