The Meaning of the Display of Adornment in the First Age of Ignorance and Staying in the Homes
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: In His saying (Glorified and Exalted is He)[Al-Ahzab 33:33], what is meant by the tabarruj (display of adornment) of the first jahiliyyah (pre-Islamic age of ignorance)? And is this command and prohibition specific to the wives of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)?
The Shaykh:
The display of adornment in the age of ignorance is adorning oneself when going out. A woman adorns herself when she goes out, wearing clothes of adornment, applying perfume, and using scent. This is the display of adornment of the age of ignorance. A woman goes out in clothes that are not eye-catching, not clothes of adornment, and she does not apply perfume or use scent. She is covered. This is how the women of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) were. Yes.
The questioner:
Then he says, may Allah protect you: Is the command to stay in the homes specific to the women of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)?
The Shaykh:
No, it is not specific to them; because they are the role model. The women of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) are the role model for Muslim women. So a woman stays in the home and does not go out except for her need, while being covered.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: In His saying (Glorified and Exalted is He)
And abide in your houses and do not display yourselves as [was] the display of the former times of ignorance.
وَقَرْنَ فِي بُيُوتِكُنَّ وَلَا تَبَرَّجْنَ تَبَرُّجَ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ الْأُولَىٰThe Shaykh:
The display of adornment in the age of ignorance is adorning oneself when going out. A woman adorns herself when she goes out, wearing clothes of adornment, applying perfume, and using scent. This is the display of adornment of the age of ignorance. A woman goes out in clothes that are not eye-catching, not clothes of adornment, and she does not apply perfume or use scent. She is covered. This is how the women of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) were. Yes.
The questioner:
Then he says, may Allah protect you: Is the command to stay in the homes specific to the women of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)?
The Shaykh:
No, it is not specific to them; because they are the role model. The women of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) are the role model for Muslim women. So a woman stays in the home and does not go out except for her need, while being covered.
Source
المنتقى من أخبار سيد المرسلين-14-07-1439هـ — af.org.sa (59:42)
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