and authentic. It was also narrated by al-Nasā’ī, Ibn Khuzaymah, and Ibn Hibbān in their two Sahih collections. Their wording is: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Any woman who applies perfume and then passes by a group of people so that they may smell her fragrance is an adulteress.” It was also narrated by al-Hākim, who said, “Its chain of transmission is sound.”) p. 163

Authentic. Its sources are documented in the previously cited work (64).

200 – (He, peace and blessings be upon him, said to his wife Sawdah, “Allah has permitted you women to go out for your needs.” It was narrated by al-Bukhārī in the Book of Marriage, under the chapter “Women Going Out for Their Needs,” from the hadith of ‘Ā’ishah.) p. 163

Authentic. It was also narrated by Muslim, and its sources are documented in the previously cited work (48).

201 – (He said, “If the wife of one of you seeks his permission to go to the mosque, he must not prevent her.”

It was likewise narrated by al-Bukhārī, under the chapter “A Woman Seeking Her Husband’s Permission to Go Out to the Mosque,” and elsewhere, from the hadith of Ibn ‘Umar.) p. 163

Authentic. It was narrated by al-Bukhārī (1/222, 223), Muslim (2/32), and Ahmad (2/7, 9, 57, 140, 143, 156), through Sālim ibn ‘Abdullāh ibn ‘Umar, from his father. In the second passage cited from al-Bukhārī—the chapter to which the author attributed it—the mosque is not mentioned. It occurs in the first passage with different wording: “If your wives seek your permission at night to go to the mosque, grant them permission.” The wording narrated by Muslim and Ahmad is: “If the wife of one of you seeks his permission to go to the mosque, he must not prevent her.” In another narration of theirs, the following is added: “Bilāl ibn ‘Abdullāh said, ‘By Allah, we shall certainly prevent them!’ ‘Abdullāh then turned to him and rebuked him so harshly that I had never heard him rebuke anyone in such a manner. He said, ‘I am informing you from the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, and you say, “By Allah, we shall certainly prevent them”?!’”