I replied, “From the bathhouse.” He then said—and he related it in similar terms. It was transmitted by Ahmad (6/361–362), and its chain of transmission is weak. However, Ahmad has another route through Abū Sakhr, according to which Yuhannas Abū Mūsā informed him that Umm al-Dardā’ related it to him. The wording of the report is: “No woman removes her clothes without tearing the veil between herself and Allah, Mighty and Majestic.” This chain of transmission is sound and meets Muslim’s criteria. Abū Sakhr’s name was Humayd ibn Ziyād al-Kharrāt, though some criticism was made of his memory.

196 – (Ma‘qil ibn Yasār narrated that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: “For one of you to be stabbed in the head with an iron needle is better for him than touching a woman who is not lawful for him.” Al-Mundhirī said: “It was narrated by al-Tabarānī and al-Bayhaqī. Al-Tabarānī’s narrators are trustworthy and are narrators of the Sahih collections.”) p. 161

Sound. Its sources are documented in al-Ahādīth al-Sahīhah (226).

197 – (The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, informed us that among the people of the Fire are “women who are clothed yet naked, inclining and causing others to incline. They will neither enter Paradise nor smell its fragrance.”) p. 161

Authentic. It has already been discussed.

198 – (The Messenger, peace and blessings be upon him, said: “Whoever imitates a people is one of them.”) p. 162

Authentic. Its sources are documented in Hijāb al-Mar’ah al-Muslimah (p. 104).

198/1 – (See its documentation in al-Mustadrak, p. 288.)

199 – (The hadith states: “If a woman applies perfume and passes by a gathering, she is such-and-such”—meaning: “an adulteress.”)

Al-Mundhirī said: “It was narrated by Abū Dāwūd and al-Tirmidhī, who said: ‘A sound hadith.’”