What is the story of the girls who used to work under the streetlights at night, and went to seek a fatwa regarding the ruling on that, so the Mufti asked them: "From which household are they?" When they informed him, he wept and said: "It is not permissible for you, O family of so-and-so." What is their father's name, what are the details of the story and its authenticity, and in which books can it be found?
Bishr al-Hafi's sister came to Ahmad ibn Hanbal to ask him about the ruling on spinning by the light of a flame belonging to the ruler. He answered her, after learning that she was Bishr al-Hafi's sister, "Do not spin by its light." This story, with its meaning, was mentioned by al-Shatibi, Ibn al-Jawzi, and Sheikh al-Huwayni, and none of them weakened it.
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