And because it is not an exit for bodily discharge, it is not an 'awrah, just like the leg. The rationale for the first report is what was narrated [by al-Khallal with his chain of transmission, and Imam Ahmad in his "Musnad", from] (14) Jarhad, that the Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) saw him exposing his thigh, so he said: "Cover your thigh, for the thigh is part of the 'awrah" (15). [Al-Bukhari said (16): The hadith of Anas is more supported by chains, and the hadith of Jarhad is more precautionary] (17). Al-Daraqutni (18) narrated that the Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) said to Ali, may Allah be pleased with him: "Do not expose your thigh, and do not look at the thigh of the living or the dead." [This is explicit in its indication, and thus it is more appropriate] (19). Abu Bakr narrated with his chain of transmission from Abu Ayyub al-Ansari, who said: The Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) said: "Below the navel and above the two knees (20) are part of the 'awrah (21)." And al-Daraqutni (22) narrated with his chain of transmission from Amr ibn Shu'ayb, from his father,
= Sahih Muslim 4/1866. And Imam Ahmad, in: Al-Musnad 1/71, 6/155, 288. (14) Omitted from the original. It appears therein: "Extracted by Imam Ahmad in his Musnad," after the hadith of Jarhad. (15) Extracted by Abu Dawud, in: Chapter on the prohibition of nudity, from the Book of the Bath. Sunan Abi Dawud 2/363. Al-Tirmidhi, in: Chapter on what has been narrated that the thigh is 'awrah, from the Chapters of Seeking Permission and Manners. Aridat al-Ahwadhi 10/239. And Imam Ahmad, in: Al-Musnad 3/478, 479. It was also extracted by al-Daraqutni, in: Chapter on explaining the 'awrah and that the thigh is part of it, from the Book of Prayer. Sunan al-Daraqutni 1/224. (16) In: Chapter on what is mentioned regarding the thigh, from the Book of Prayer. Sahih al-Bukhari 1/103. (17) From the original; its location in M preceded it in footnote 12. (18) In the original, it states that Abu Dawud also narrated it. It is therein, as Abu Dawud extracted it in: Chapter on the prohibition of nudity, from the Book of the Bath. Sunan Abi Dawud 2/343, 364; and al-Daraqutni in: Chapter on explaining the 'awrah, and that the thigh is part of it, from the Book of Prayer. Sunan al-Daraqutni 1/225. It was also extracted by Ibn Majah, in: Chapter on what has been narrated regarding washing the deceased, from the Book of Funerals. Sunan Ibn Majah 1/469. (19) Omitted from the original. (20) In the original: "the knee". (21) Imam Ahmad narrated something similar from Abdullah ibn Amr, in Al-Musnad 2/187. (22) In: Chapter on the command to teach prayers, to discipline for neglecting them, and the limit of the 'awrah which must be covered, from the Book of Prayer. Sunan al-Daraqutni 1/230. It was also extracted by Abu Dawud, in: Chapter on when a boy should be ordered to pray, from the Book of Prayer, and in: Chapter on his saying: {Those who have no physical desire}, from the Book of Clothing. Sunan Abi Dawud 1/115, 2/384.
