My sister and her husband came to stay with us, and the house is small. Is it permissible for me to remove my head covering in front of him due to the hardship?
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Question:
In this session, Shaykh Salih asks you and says: If my sister and her husband come from a trip and come to stay with us, and the house is small, and I am wearing the khimar, and I want to have my freedom in the house, and he has no one to visit him or stay with him except us, and in short, he does not leave the house, what should I do? Do I show him only my face, or not? And if it happens by chance, and he sees me by chance, am I held accountable or not? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
He is a non-mahram to you. Once again. So you must observe hijab from him and strive to do so, and not intentionally uncover your face in his presence. As for if, as for if something happens without your choice, and he looks at something of you or at your face uncovered without intention, there is no sin on you,[Al-Baqarah 2:286], and he also has no sin if he did not intend it, if it was a sudden glance, a sudden glance for which he is not held accountable. For 'Ali ibn Abi Talib, the first glance is for you, but the second is not for you, meaning the first glance that happened without intention, this is for you in the sense that it is forgiven, but the second intentional one is not permissible. Yes.
In this session, Shaykh Salih asks you and says: If my sister and her husband come from a trip and come to stay with us, and the house is small, and I am wearing the khimar, and I want to have my freedom in the house, and he has no one to visit him or stay with him except us, and in short, he does not leave the house, what should I do? Do I show him only my face, or not? And if it happens by chance, and he sees me by chance, am I held accountable or not? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
He is a non-mahram to you. Once again. So you must observe hijab from him and strive to do so, and not intentionally uncover your face in his presence. As for if, as for if something happens without your choice, and he looks at something of you or at your face uncovered without intention, there is no sin on you,
Allah does not charge a soul except [with that within] its capacity
لَا يُكَلِّفُ اللَّهُ نَفْسًا إِلَّا وُسْعَهَا
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، جاءت أختي وزوجها للإقامة عندنا، والبيت ضيق، فهل لي أن أخلع الخمار أمامه لوجود المشقة؟ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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