Mishkat al-Masabih

Mishkat al-Masabih 3400

Arabic hadith text

وَعَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ قَالَتْ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «إِذَا كَانَ عِنْدَ مكَاتب إحداكن وَفَاء فلنحتجب مِنْهُ» . رَوَاهُ التِّرْمِذِيُّ وَأَبُو دَاوُدَ وَابْنُ مَاجَهْ

Translation

Umm Salamah reported that the Messenger of God said: ‘When a contracted slave belonging to one of you women has sufficient means to pay, let her veil herself from him.’ Al-Tirmidhi, Abu Dawud, and Ibn Majah transmitted it.