The ruling on wearing half-length sleeves in the presence of the husband's relatives
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Question:
This questioner says — or rather, this woman asks — that she wears half-length sleeves in the presence of her cousin, her maternal cousin, and her husband's brother, but their hearts are pure and clean; they do not look at her with desire. Is there any prohibition in this, or not?
Answer:
The knowledge of hearts is a defect; the knowledge of hearts belongs to Allah, who knows the pure hearts and the impure ones, and the clean ones and the unclean ones. This is the speech of an ignorant person who is mistaken. As for her covering herself from their hearts, that they are pure, it is not permissible for her to sit with them with half of her arm exposed, and it is obligatory that she cover herself; she must cover her hands, her face, and her feet in the presence of her paternal uncle, her husband's brother, and her sister's husband, out of fear of fitnah (trial, discord or temptation). And Allah, Mighty and Majestic, says:[Al-Ahzab 33:53] And Allah, the Exalted, says: [An-Nur 24:31] the verse. The husband's brother, the paternal uncle, and the sister's husband are among the most dangerous of people, so it is not permissible for seclusion (khalwah) with any one of them, and it is not permissible to adorn oneself for them. When 'Umar ibn al-Khattab was asked, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1171Sahih (Darussalam) He said: Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1171Sahih (Darussalam) Then a man said: O Messenger of Allah, what about the in-laws? The in-laws mean the husband's uncle, the husband's brother, and the husband's paternal uncle. He said: Because he feels shy with her and becomes lax with her, and a disaster may occur, which is fitnah (trial, discord or temptation), and she may also become lax with him in the same way. And it is obligatory to be cautious.
This questioner says — or rather, this woman asks — that she wears half-length sleeves in the presence of her cousin, her maternal cousin, and her husband's brother, but their hearts are pure and clean; they do not look at her with desire. Is there any prohibition in this, or not?
Answer:
The knowledge of hearts is a defect; the knowledge of hearts belongs to Allah, who knows the pure hearts and the impure ones, and the clean ones and the unclean ones. This is the speech of an ignorant person who is mistaken. As for her covering herself from their hearts, that they are pure, it is not permissible for her to sit with them with half of her arm exposed, and it is obligatory that she cover herself; she must cover her hands, her face, and her feet in the presence of her paternal uncle, her husband's brother, and her sister's husband, out of fear of fitnah (trial, discord or temptation). And Allah, Mighty and Majestic, says:
And when you ask [his wives] for something, ask them from behind a partition. That is purer for your hearts and their hearts.
وَإِذَا سَأَلْتُمُوهُنَّ مَتَاعًا فَاسْأَلُوهُنَّ مِن وَرَاءِ حِجَابٍ ذَٰلِكُمْ أَطْهَرُ لِقُلُوبِكُمْ وَقُلُوبِهِنَّexcept to their husbands, their fathers, their husbands' fathers
وَلَا يُبْدِينَ زِينَتَهُنَّ إِلَّا لِبُعُولَتِهِنَّ أَوْ آبَائِهِنَّ أَوْ آبَاءِ بُعُولَتِهِنَّBeware of entering upon women.
إياكم والدخول على النساءBeware of entering upon women.
إياكم والدخول على النساءThe relatives of the husband are death
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Source
فتاوى الحج 1410 هـ - 17 — archive.org (19:41)
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