Ata reported, "When Ibn Hisham forbade women from performing tawaf together with men, I said to him, 'How can you forbid them when the wives of the Prophet ﷺ performed tawaf along with the men?'"I asked, "Was that after the verse of hijab was revealed, or before?"He replied, "By my life, I knew this practice to continue after the hijab."I asked, "How did they mix with the men?"He said, "They did not mix with them. Ayesha would perform tawaf at a distance from the men, not mingling with them. A woman once said to her, 'Come, Mother of the Believers, let us go and touch the Black Stone.'Ayesha replied, 'You go on without me,' and she refused.The women would go out at night in disguise and perform tawaf with the men, but when they wished to enter the Kabah they would stand back until they could enter while the men were sent out.Ubayd bin Umayr and I used to visit Ayesha while she was staying in the recess of Mount Thabir."I asked, "What was her screen like?"He said, "She was in a Turkish-style domed tent with a covering over it, and there was nothing between us and her except that. I saw her wearing a rose-colored shift."
أخبرني عطاء إذ منع ابن هشام النساء الطواف مع الرجال. قال: كيف يمنعهن وقد طاف نساء النبي ﷺ مع الرجال؟ قلت: أبعد الحجاب أو قبل؟ قال: إي لعمري لقد أدركته بعد الحجاب. قلت: كيف بخالطن الرجال؟ قال: لم يكن يخالطن، كانت عائشة رضي الله عنها تطوف حجرة من الرجال لا تخالطهم، فقالت امرأة: انطلقي نستلم يا أم المؤمنين. قالت: انطلقي عنك، وأبت يخرجن متنكرات بالليل فيطفن مع الرجال، ولكنهن كن إذا دخلن البيت قمن حتى يدخلن وأخرج الرجال، وكنت أتي عائشة أنا وعبيد بن عمير وهي مجاورة في جوف ثبير. قلت: وما حجابها؟ قال: هي في قبة تركية لها غشاء، وما بيننا وبينها غير ذلك، ورأيت عليها درعا موردا.
Bukhari reported it in the Book of Hajj (1618), from Amr bin Ali, who said, Abu Asim narrated to us, from Ibn Jurayj, with this chain, and he mentioned it.I say, the apparent form of this hadith is that it is mawquf, since Ata did not raise it up to the Prophet ﷺ. However, he is reporting an action from the wives of the Prophet that was practiced from the time of the Prophet down to his own time. For this reason, it takes the ruling of a marfu report, and Allah knows best.His saying, "Ibn Hisham," refers to Ibrahim or his brother Muhammad bin Hisham Makhzumi, and this took place during the caliphate of Hisham bin Abdul-Malik bin Marwan.His saying, "hujrah," is with a fatha on the ha, and a sukun on the jim followed by a ra, meaning a side or area. In another narration it appears as "hujzah," with a za in place of the ra, meaning that a barrier was set up between the women and the men with a garment.