Al-Adab Al-Mufrad
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 1046
Arabic hadith text
حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا مُبَارَكٌ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ الْحَسَنَ يَقُولُ: كُنَّ النِّسَاءُ يُسَلِّمْنَ عَلَى الرِّجَالِ.
Translation
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Al-Hasan said: Women used to offer the greeting of peace to men.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
كُنَّ النِّسَاءُ يُسَلِّمْنَ عَلَى الرِّجَالِ
The Arabic is a report that women used to greet men, not an imperative.
Should the witness’s imperative be corrected to a past habitual statement?