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Is the saying, "A woman has two coverings: the husband, and the grave, and the grave is more concealing for her," a hadith or a saying?

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What was asked about is a fabricated Hadith, as mentioned by Shaykh Al-Albani in "Silsilah al-Da'ifah" (The Chain of Weak Narrations): "A woman has two coverings: the grave and the husband." It was asked, "And which of them is better?" He said, "The grave."

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