A Guiding Address to Female University Students
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Question:
My friend, Honorable Shaykh, may Allah preserve you, is there a specific word you would direct to the female students who are listening to you now?
Answer:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. There is no doubt that advice is directed to everyone, to both boys and girls, but girls in particular must adhere to the Islamic etiquettes, adhere to the hijab, and adhere to silence. And lower the gaze,[An-Nur 24:31] to their husbands, to the end of the verse. The woman is entrusted with what Allah has entrusted her with, such as lowering the gaze and maintaining the Islamic etiquettes, especially if she is seeking knowledge.
For she has a responsibility, and because she is a role model. If she is seeking knowledge and learning, she is a role model, and what is obligatory for her is not obligatory for the women below her in status. Everyone will be asked by Allah about their mission and what they carry. So there is no doubt that the female students in this university and elsewhere have a great obligation upon them, but Allah the Mighty and Majestic will help them to bear it and to fulfill it, and they will have a great reward from Allah, Blessed and Exalted is He. Yes.
My friend, Honorable Shaykh, may Allah preserve you, is there a specific word you would direct to the female students who are listening to you now?
Answer:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. There is no doubt that advice is directed to everyone, to both boys and girls, but girls in particular must adhere to the Islamic etiquettes, adhere to the hijab, and adhere to silence. And lower the gaze,
And tell the believing women to reduce [some] of their vision and guard their private parts and not expose their adornment except
وَقُل لِّلْمُؤْمِنَاتِ يَغْضُضْنَ مِنْ أَبْصَارِهِنَّ وَيَحْفَظْنَ فُرُوجَهُنَّ وَلَا يُبْدِينَ زِينَتَهُنَّ إِلَّاFor she has a responsibility, and because she is a role model. If she is seeking knowledge and learning, she is a role model, and what is obligatory for her is not obligatory for the women below her in status. Everyone will be asked by Allah about their mission and what they carry. So there is no doubt that the female students in this university and elsewhere have a great obligation upon them, but Allah the Mighty and Majestic will help them to bear it and to fulfill it, and they will have a great reward from Allah, Blessed and Exalted is He. Yes.
Source
محاضرة وصايا وتوجيهات-18-1-1441 — alfawzan.live (29:31)
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