In reality, the thigh is a private part
بَابُ: فِي أَنَّ الْفَخِذَ عَوْرَةٌ
Sunan ad-Darimi, Book of Permissions(view book)
Sunan ad-Darimi 2692
al-Ḥakam b. al-Mubārak > Mālik > Abū al-Naḍr > Zurʿah b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sat with us and my thigh was exposed, so he said, "Cover your thigh, for surely the thigh is an 'awrah." – Fair Chain
أَخْبَرَنَا الْحَكَمُ بْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ أَنْبَأَنَا مَالِكٌ عَنْ أَبِي النَّضْرِ عَنْ زُرْعَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ وَكَانَ مِن أَصْحَابِ الصُّفَّةِ قَالَ
جَلَسَ عِنْدَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَفَخِذِي مُنْكَشِفَةٌ فَقَالَ «خَمِّرْ عَلَيْكَ أَمَا عَلِمْتَ أَنَّ الْفَخِذَ عَوْرَةٌ» – إسناده جيد
Classification
Hasan ul-Isnaad (Good Chain)