Mishkat al-Masabih

Mishkat al-Masabih 1065

Arabic hadith text

وَعَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «كُلُّ عَيْنٍ زَانِيَةٌ وَإِنَّ الْمَرْأَةَ إِذَا اسْتَعْطَرَتْ فَمَرَّتْ بِالْمَجْلِسِ فَهِيَ كَذَا وَكَذَا» . يَعْنِي زَانِيَةً. رَوَاهُ التِّرْمِذِيُّ وَلِأَبِي دَاوُد وَالنَّسَائِيّ نَحوه

Translation

Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.

Abu Musa reported that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “Every eye commits adultery. When a woman perfumes herself and passes by a gathering, she is so-and-so”—meaning an adulteress. Al-Tirmidhi transmitted it; Abu Dawud and al-Nasaʾi transmitted a similar report.

Notes and open questions — unreviewed
  • The phrase “so-and-so” is present in the Arabic and then explained as “an adulteress”; the metaphorical wording is retained.