The Elderly Women: Their Boundaries, Their Clothing, and Their Covering Before Men
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The questioner:
May Allah reward you. From Sudan, the listener, Al-Rayh Abdulrahman Ahmad Joudan, asks: What is the interpretation of the saying of Allah the Exalted:[An-Nur 24:60].
The Shaykh:
The elderly women are those who have reached an advanced age and have no hope of marriage; they are old and have no hope of marriage, and no one desires them. The saying of Allah the Exalted, "who do not hope for marriage," means she has no hope of marriage, and she is also not a target of desire for men. It is permissible for such a woman to remove the outer garment that women who are a source of fitnah (trial, discord or temptation) wear. However, she must use the clothes that cover her body, on the condition that she does not display her adornment, does not wear clothes of adornment, or wear jewelry and display it to people, not displaying adornment. Tabarruj (a woman's display of her adornment) is displaying adornment before people, before men. So Allah permitted the woman in whom no one desires marriage due to her advanced age to remove the extra clothes beyond the covering clothes, the precautionary clothes,
The questioner:
the abaya.
The Shaykh:
Like the abaya, the large cloak, and the blanket, and that she keeps the covering garments on her, and avoids adornment[An-Nur 24:60]. And with this, Allah said [An-Nur 24:60] Yes.
The questioner:
Is there a dispensation for the elderly women regarding the exposure of the faces and hands of the elderly women?
The Shaykh:
What does not cause fitnah (trial, discord or temptation), there is no harm in exposing the hands and feet. As for the face, it is 'awrah (the part of the body that must be covered); the face is part of the woman's 'awrah, and it is what must be covered from men. Yes.
The questioner:
Whether she is old or young.
May Allah reward you. From Sudan, the listener, Al-Rayh Abdulrahman Ahmad Joudan, asks: What is the interpretation of the saying of Allah the Exalted:
And women of post-menstrual age who have no desire for marriage - there is no blame upon them for putting aside their outer garments [but] not displaying adornment. But to modestly refrain [from that] is better for them. And Allah is Hearing and Knowing.
وَالْقَوَاعِدُ مِنَ النِّسَاءِ اللَّاتِي لَا يَرْجُونَ نِكَاحًا فَلَيْسَ عَلَيْهِنَّ جُنَاحٌ أَن يَضَعْنَ ثِيَابَهُنَّ غَيْرَ مُتَبَرِّجَاتٍ بِزِينَةٍ وَأَن يَسْتَعْفِفْنَ خَيْرٌ لَّهُنَّ وَاللَّهُ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٌThe Shaykh:
The elderly women are those who have reached an advanced age and have no hope of marriage; they are old and have no hope of marriage, and no one desires them. The saying of Allah the Exalted, "who do not hope for marriage," means she has no hope of marriage, and she is also not a target of desire for men. It is permissible for such a woman to remove the outer garment that women who are a source of fitnah (trial, discord or temptation) wear. However, she must use the clothes that cover her body, on the condition that she does not display her adornment, does not wear clothes of adornment, or wear jewelry and display it to people, not displaying adornment. Tabarruj (a woman's display of her adornment) is displaying adornment before people, before men. So Allah permitted the woman in whom no one desires marriage due to her advanced age to remove the extra clothes beyond the covering clothes, the precautionary clothes,
The questioner:
the abaya.
The Shaykh:
Like the abaya, the large cloak, and the blanket, and that she keeps the covering garments on her, and avoids adornment
[but] not displaying adornment
غَيْرَ مُتَبَرِّجَاتٍ بِزِينَةٍBut to modestly refrain [from that] is better for them
وَأَن يَسْتَعْفِفْنَ خَيْرٌ لَّهُنَّThe questioner:
Is there a dispensation for the elderly women regarding the exposure of the faces and hands of the elderly women?
The Shaykh:
What does not cause fitnah (trial, discord or temptation), there is no harm in exposing the hands and feet. As for the face, it is 'awrah (the part of the body that must be covered); the face is part of the woman's 'awrah, and it is what must be covered from men. Yes.
The questioner:
Whether she is old or young.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 5529- القواعد من النساء وحدود لباسهن وسترهن أمام الرجال - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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