قَالَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ( عليه السلام ) لَا تَبْدَءُوا النِّسَاءَ بِالسَّلَامِ وَ لَا تَدْعُوهُنَّ إِلَى الطَّعَامِ فَإِنَّ النَّبِيَّ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) قَالَ النِّسَاءُ عَيٌّ وَ عَوْرَةٌ فَاسْتُرُوا عِيَّهُنَّ بِالسُّكُوتِ وَ اسْتُرُوا عَوْرَاتِهِنَّ بِالْبُيُوتِ .
Translation
Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Haroun Bin Muslim, from Mas’ada Bin Sadaqa, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> having said: ‘Amir Al-Momineen<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘Do not initiate the greetings with the women nor invite them to the meal, for the Prophet<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘The women are inarticulate and exposed, therefore veil their inability to express themselves with the silence, and veil their exposure with the houses’.
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