Question:
Is this narration authentic?
‘Ali (radiyallahu ‘anhu) said, “Do you not grow jealous! When you let your wives walk among men and see each other!
Answer:
The following narration is recorded in Musnad Ahmad (Zawaid ‘Abdullah ibn Imam Ahmad):
Sayyiduna ‘Ali (radiyallahu ‘anhu) said: “Do you not feel possessive jealousy/feel shy that your wives emerge [from your homes]? It has reached me that your women are going to the marketplaces crowding with burly men?”
(Musnad Ahmad, vol. 1 pg. 133)
The narration is suitable to quote. Also see annotations of Shaykh Ahmad Shakir on Musnad Ahmad, Hadith: 1118
And Allah Ta’ala Knows best.
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