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Narrated Aisha:Sauda (the wife of the Prophet) went out to answer the call of nature after it was made obligatory (for all the Muslims ladies) to observe the veil. She had a large frame and everybody who knew her before could recognize her. So `Umar bin Al-Khattab saw her and said, "O Sauda! By Allah, you cannot hide yourself from us, so think of a way by which you should not be recognized on going out. Sauda returned while Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) was in my house taking his supper and a bone covered with meat was in his hand. She entered and said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! I went out to answer the call of nature and `Umar said to me so-and-so." Then Allah inspired him (the Prophet) and when the state of inspiration was over and the bone was still in his hand as he had not put in down, he said (to Sauda), "You (women) have been allowed to go out for your needs

حدثني زكرياء بن يحيى، حدثنا ابو اسامة، عن هشام، عن ابيه، عن عايشة رضى الله عنها قالت خرجت سودة بعد ما ضرب الحجاب لحاجتها، وكانت امراة جسيمة لا تخفى على من يعرفها، فراها عمر بن الخطاب فقال يا سودة اما والله ما تخفين علينا، فانظري كيف تخرجين، قالت فانكفات راجعة، ورسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم في بيتي، وانه ليتعشى. وفي يده عرق فدخلت فقالت يا رسول الله اني خرجت لبعض حاجتي فقال لي عمر كذا وكذا. قالت فاوحى الله اليه ثم رفع عنه وان العرق في يده ما وضعه فقال " انه قد اذن لكن ان تخرجن لحاجتكن