Advice for Women on the Days of the Festival
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Question:
Also, Honorable Shaykh, it is said that on the days of the festival, some women go out to parks or recreational areas, or for visits, wearing clothes that attract attention, and some mixing of men and women may occur in certain public places. So what is your advice, Honorable Shaykh, to women and to their guardians?
Answer:
This is among the terrible abominations: the display of adornment by women, especially the young ones, when they go out to gatherings of men and places of entertainment while displaying their adornment, wearing perfume, or exposing their faces or parts of their bodies. These are terrible abominations.
The Muslims have finished performing one of the pillars of Islam, so they should not follow it with sins and transgressions, thereby destroying what they built during the month of Ramadan. So the Muslims should be alert to this, because Satan is eager to destroy their deeds. The Muslims entered the month of Ramadan, and Allah granted them success in fasting and standing in night prayer and making the most of its times. Then, after Ramadan has passed, they rush to ruin what they did before, either by corrupting it or diminishing it, and they follow it with sins. This is forbidden. We do not say that expanding on the permissible things on the days of the festival is prohibited. Expanding on the permissible things, such as eating, drinking, and recreation, is fine as long as there is no sin and no abomination in it. But it is not permissible to commit sins and abominations on the days of the festivals, such as singing, musical instruments, entertainment, the mixing of men and women, neglecting the prayers, and forbidden late-night gatherings. For this is exchanging Allah’s blessing for disbelief.
Allah the Exalted and Majestic said:[Ibrahim 14:28]? And acts of worship are followed by acts of worship, and good deeds are followed by good deeds. For this reason, Allah prescribed that the month of Ramadan be followed by the festival prayer, and He prescribed that Ramadan be followed by fasting the six days of Shawwal. This indicates that worship is followed by worship, and worship is not followed by abominations and sins. Yes.
Also, Honorable Shaykh, it is said that on the days of the festival, some women go out to parks or recreational areas, or for visits, wearing clothes that attract attention, and some mixing of men and women may occur in certain public places. So what is your advice, Honorable Shaykh, to women and to their guardians?
Answer:
This is among the terrible abominations: the display of adornment by women, especially the young ones, when they go out to gatherings of men and places of entertainment while displaying their adornment, wearing perfume, or exposing their faces or parts of their bodies. These are terrible abominations.
The Muslims have finished performing one of the pillars of Islam, so they should not follow it with sins and transgressions, thereby destroying what they built during the month of Ramadan. So the Muslims should be alert to this, because Satan is eager to destroy their deeds. The Muslims entered the month of Ramadan, and Allah granted them success in fasting and standing in night prayer and making the most of its times. Then, after Ramadan has passed, they rush to ruin what they did before, either by corrupting it or diminishing it, and they follow it with sins. This is forbidden. We do not say that expanding on the permissible things on the days of the festival is prohibited. Expanding on the permissible things, such as eating, drinking, and recreation, is fine as long as there is no sin and no abomination in it. But it is not permissible to commit sins and abominations on the days of the festivals, such as singing, musical instruments, entertainment, the mixing of men and women, neglecting the prayers, and forbidden late-night gatherings. For this is exchanging Allah’s blessing for disbelief.
Allah the Exalted and Majestic said:
Have you not considered those who exchanged the favor of Allah for disbelief and settled their people [in] the home of ruin?
أَلَمْ تَرَ إِلَى الَّذِينَ بَدَّلُوا نِعْمَتَ اللَّهِ كُفْرًا وَأَحَلُّوا قَوْمَهُمْ دَارَ الْبَوَارِ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 27 من 27|أحكام المرأة في الصيام|أحكام زكاة الفطر مع ضوابط احتفال النساء بالعيد|صالح الفوزان|فقه — youtube.com (7:26)
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