A woman wearing half-sleeves in the presence of her cousin and her husband’s brother
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Question:
This questioner says — or rather, this woman asks — that she wears half-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 what is directed to them when the knowledge of hearts is directed to Allah. The One who knows the innocent hearts is not the innocent one, and the One who knows the clean is not the clean one. This is the speech of an ignorant person, and it is wrong. And regarding her covering her heart from them, she is innocent. It is not permissible for her to sit with them in a state of seclusion. It is obligatory to cover up; she must cover her hands, face, and feet from her paternal uncles, her husband's brother, and her sister's husband, out of fear of fitnah (trial, discord or temptation). And Allah, Exalted and Majestic is He, said:[Al-Ahzab 33:53] And Allah, the Exalted, said: [An-Nur 24:31] the verse. And the husband's brother, the paternal uncle, and the sister's husband are among the lowest of people, so it is not permissible to be in seclusion with any one of them, nor is it permissible to adorn oneself for him. Rather, it is permissible to cover up and to be in seclusion.
When the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was asked, he said: When the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1171Sahih (Darussalam) He said: Mishkat al-Masabih 3102 meaning the in-laws, the husband’s uncle, and the husband’s cousin. He said: because he may be lax with her and she may be lax with him, and a disaster may occur, which is fitnah (trial, discord or temptation). She may also be lax in the same way. The obligatory thing is to be cautious.
This questioner says — or rather, this woman asks — that she wears half-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 what is directed to them when the knowledge of hearts is directed to Allah. The One who knows the innocent hearts is not the innocent one, and the One who knows the clean is not the clean one. This is the speech of an ignorant person, and it is wrong. And regarding her covering her heart from them, she is innocent. It is not permissible for her to sit with them in a state of seclusion. It is obligatory to cover up; she must cover her hands, face, and feet from her paternal uncles, her husband's brother, and her sister's husband, out of fear of fitnah (trial, discord or temptation). And Allah, Exalted and Majestic is He, said:
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 بُعُولَتِهِنَّWhen the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was asked, he said: When the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
Beware of entering upon women.
إياكم والدخول على النساءAvoid going in where women are.” A man said, “Messenger of God, tell me about the
إياكم والدخول على النساء فقال رجل يا رسول الله أرأيت الحمو؟ الحموThe relatives of the husband are death
الحمو الموت
Source
فتاوى الحج 1410 هـ - 17-أخرى — archive.org (18:58)
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