Indeed, when a woman reaches the age of menstruation, it is not permissible that anything be seen of her except this and this—and he pointed to his face and his palms.¹

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¹ Ḥasan li-ghayrihi (sound due to corroborating evidence), though this chain is weak. Saʿīd ibn Bashīr, although weak, is acceptable for corroboration, and Khālid [ibn Durayk] did not hear from ʿĀʾishah.

It was also recorded by Ibn ʿAdī in *al-Kāmil* 3/1209, and al-Bayhaqī 2/226, 7/86 via the chain of al-Walīd ibn Muslim.

It was also recorded by Abū Dāwūd in his *Marāsīl* (437): Muḥammad ibn Bashshār narrated to us, Abū Dāwūd al-Ṭayālisī narrated to us, Hishām al-Dastuwāʾī narrated to us, from Qatādah, that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "When a young girl menstruates, it is not permissible that anything be seen of her except her face and her hands up to the wrist." This chain has all its narrators trustworthy, the men of the two Shaykhs, except that it is mursal (interrupted).

It has a supporting witness in al-Bayhaqī 7/86 via the chain of Ibn Lahīʿah, from ʿIyāḍ ibn ʿAbd Allāh, that he heard Ibrāhīm ibn ʿUbayd ibn Rufāʿah al-Anṣārī reporting from his father—I think—from Asmāʾ bint ʿUmays.

Ibn Lahīʿah is fair in his ḥadīth when used for corroboration and supporting evidence.

Al-Haythamī cited it in *al-Majmaʿ* 5/137, attributing it to al-Ṭabarānī in *al-Kabīr* and *al-Awsaṭ*, and said: "In it is Ibn Lahīʿah, and his ḥadīth is fair, and the rest of its narrators are the narrators of the Ṣaḥīḥ." Al-Bayhaqī (2/226) strengthened this mursal report of Khālid ibn Durayk, saying after narrating it: "Along with this mursal report is the statement of the Companions, may Allah be pleased with them, clarifying what Allah has permitted of apparent adornment, so the view based on that becomes strong." By "the Companions" he meant Ibn ʿAbbās, ʿĀʾishah, and ʿAlī. After narrating it from them, he said: "And we have narrated its meaning from ʿAṭāʾ ibn Abī Rabāḥ and Saʿīd ibn Jubayr, and it is the view of al-Awzāʿī."

What further strengthens and supports this mursal report is the continued practice upon it, as seen in the ḥadīth of Jābir ibn ʿAbd Allāh in Muslim (885), the story of the Khathʿamī woman in the ḥadīth of Ibn ʿAbbās in al-Bukhārī (1855) and Muslim (1334), the ḥadīth of Sahl ibn Saʿd in al-Bukhārī (5030) and Muslim (3487), the ḥadīth of ʿĀʾishah in al-Bukhārī (578) and Muslim (645), the ḥadīth of Fāṭimah bint Qays in Muslim (2942), and the ḥadīth of Subayʿah bint al-Ḥārith in al-Bukhārī (3991) and Muslim (1484).

The apparent meaning of these ḥadīths indicates the permissibility of a woman uncovering her face and palms.