Jami' at-Tirmidhi

Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2786

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الْقَطَّانُ، عَنْ ثَابِتِ بْنِ عِمَارَةَ الْحَنَفِيِّ، عَنْ غُنَيْمِ بْنِ قَيْسٍ، عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏ "‏ كُلُّ عَيْنٍ زَانِيَةٌ وَالْمَرْأَةُ إِذَا اسْتَعْطَرَتْ فَمَرَّتْ بِالْمَجْلِسِ فَهِيَ كَذَا وَكَذَا يَعْنِي زَانِيَةً ‏" ‏ ‏.‏ وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ‏.‏ قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ ‏.‏

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 Prophet said: ‘Every eye commits a form of adultery. When a woman applies perfume and passes by a gathering, she is such-and-such’—meaning, an adulteress.

There is also a report on this topic from Abu Hurayrah. Abu ‘Isa said: This is a hasan sahih hadith.

Notes and open questions — unreviewed
  • The source explains ‘such-and-such’ as meaning ‘an adulteress’; the wording is preserved as a warning about the act described, not a legal ruling about physical adultery.