The ruling on a woman displaying her adornment to her paternal uncles and maternal uncles?
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The questioner : Honorable Shaykh, he says: Is it permissible for a woman to display the adornment she usually displays to her parents to her paternal uncles or maternal uncles, who are mahram (relatives one may not marry) to her according to the verse in the surah?
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : And they are mahram to her.
The Shaykh : Speak it, and you are safe.
The questioner : And they are mahram to her according to the verse.
The Shaykh : A mahram to her. It is prohibited from being declined. And what prevents it from being declined? A car at the end of the plural, because every word that comes in the pattern maf'ul or maf'ulil, meaning in this meter, is prohibited from being declined, whether it is a noun, an adjective, a proper name, or anything else. Take note of that. Yes.
The questioner : And they are mahram to her according to the verse in Surat al-Nisa, and Allah the Exalted did not mention them in a verse of Surat al-Nur, so is it permissible for a woman to display her adornment to them?
The Shaykh : Yes, the reality is that this question is important, and it is one of the established principles that mahram are equal in what is revealed to them. If a woman reveals herself to her father, she reveals herself to her paternal uncle, and if she reveals herself to her brother, she reveals herself to her maternal uncle. This is the reality and the default ruling. However, there is no doubt that the occurrence of fitnah (trial, discord or temptation) from revealing oneself to those who are not direct ancestors or descendants is more likely than its occurrence from revealing oneself to direct descendants and ancestors. In other words, it is extremely unlikely that fitnah would occur in the heart of a father if he looks at what?
At his daughter, or in the heart of a son if he looks at his mother. There is no doubt about this. But a maternal uncle might have fitnah occur in his heart if he looks at his sister's daughter.
And likewise, a paternal uncle might have fitnah occur in his heart if he looks at his brother's daughter, especially if she is a young, beautiful, and attractive woman, for Satan may come to him and whisper fitnah to him. So if fitnah is feared from any of the mahram, it is obligatory to cover the face from him, even though the default ruling
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : And they are mahram to her.
The Shaykh : Speak it, and you are safe.
The questioner : And they are mahram to her according to the verse.
The Shaykh : A mahram to her. It is prohibited from being declined. And what prevents it from being declined? A car at the end of the plural, because every word that comes in the pattern maf'ul or maf'ulil, meaning in this meter, is prohibited from being declined, whether it is a noun, an adjective, a proper name, or anything else. Take note of that. Yes.
The questioner : And they are mahram to her according to the verse in Surat al-Nisa, and Allah the Exalted did not mention them in a verse of Surat al-Nur, so is it permissible for a woman to display her adornment to them?
The Shaykh : Yes, the reality is that this question is important, and it is one of the established principles that mahram are equal in what is revealed to them. If a woman reveals herself to her father, she reveals herself to her paternal uncle, and if she reveals herself to her brother, she reveals herself to her maternal uncle. This is the reality and the default ruling. However, there is no doubt that the occurrence of fitnah (trial, discord or temptation) from revealing oneself to those who are not direct ancestors or descendants is more likely than its occurrence from revealing oneself to direct descendants and ancestors. In other words, it is extremely unlikely that fitnah would occur in the heart of a father if he looks at what?
At his daughter, or in the heart of a son if he looks at his mother. There is no doubt about this. But a maternal uncle might have fitnah occur in his heart if he looks at his sister's daughter.
And likewise, a paternal uncle might have fitnah occur in his heart if he looks at his brother's daughter, especially if she is a young, beautiful, and attractive woman, for Satan may come to him and whisper fitnah to him. So if fitnah is feared from any of the mahram, it is obligatory to cover the face from him, even though the default ruling
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قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، لقاء[41 من 41] حكم إضهار المرأة زينتها لأعمامها وأخوالها؟!! الشيخ ابن عثيمين - مشروع كبار العلماء — youtube.com
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