Advice to the Muslim Woman When Going Out to the Market

The Shaykh:
May Allah greet you and bless you.

The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, what do you advise the Muslim woman to do if she goes down to the market, whether in the nights of Ramadan or otherwise?

The Shaykh:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions. As for what follows, what we advise the Muslim woman to do is to stay in her home, especially in this time when trials and evils have multiplied. She should stay in her home because it is safer for her, more concealing for her, and further removes her from trial, unless she has a need that she must fulfill. If she must go out for it, she should go out only to the extent of the need, and be completely covered in her body, so that nothing of it is visible. She should not use perfume, and not approach any type of fragrance when going out. She should avoid crowding with men, and also avoid flirting with men, joking with them, or expanding in conversation with them, because that gives hope to those with sick hearts. Then she returns to her home after her need is finished.
Allah the Exalted and Majestic said to the wives of the Prophet, who are the purest of women in the world and the most God-fearing of women in the world to Allah the Mighty and Majestic. Allah said to them: . He said before that: "And do not display your adornment" , meaning He said after this verse: So Allah commanded the wives of His Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) (may Allah be pleased with them), because they are the role model for the women of the community, to refrain from tabarruj (displaying adornment). Tabarruj is showing off one's beauty and displaying adornment when going out, whether it is the adornment of the body or the adornment of the clothes. This is tabarruj. It is attributed to the pre-Islamic age of ignorance (jahiliyyah), because everything from the matters of the pre-Islamic age is blameworthy. So the Muslim woman who displays her adornment is imitating the women of the pre-Islamic age, and whoever imitates a people is one of them.
Then He forbade them from submission in speech, which is joking, expanding, and being expansive in speech with men: , meaning the disease of desire. If a woman submits to him in speech, is expansive with him, and jokes with him, he will hope to reach fornication with her, and perhaps Satan will make that attractive to them. , speaking only to the extent of the need, with no hope for those with desires. This is the advice of Allah to the wives of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), who are the role model for the women of the community, and who are the most God-fearing women of this community. So what about those who do not reach their level in chastity, purity, and mindfulness of Allah the Exalted and Majestic? So my advice to the women of the Muslims is not to go out to the markets or elsewhere, in Ramadan or otherwise, except to the extent of need and dire necessity, while adhering to the Shari'ah etiquettes and avoiding everything that incites trial. Yes.

The presenter:
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