Is a woman’s foot an awrah (part of the body that must be covered) in prayer and outside of it?

The Shaykh : Regarding what?

The questioner : The woman’s foot in prayer is an awrah.

The Shaykh : The outer part of her foot, yes, is an awrah, but the inner part is not. May Allah grant you well-being. The evidence that the foot is an awrah is that the foot is considered an awrah. Yes, the text is the verse first, and then the reports, rather the authentic hadiths in which the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered the hem to be lengthened by a shibr, then another shibr. This confirms what is understood from the verse, that the woman’s foot is an awrah. Then no distinction was made between the foot outside of prayer and inside of prayer. So the foot outside of prayer is an awrah.
And inside of prayer it is not an awrah; this distinction has not come. Here comes what is mentioned in some books of usul al-fiqh (the principles of jurisprudence) called istishab (presumption of continuity). The state is that the woman’s foot is an awrah, so if she enters into prayer, if someone says, “No, in prayer it is not an awrah,” a text is needed to change the presumption of continuity. And there is absolutely no evidence for this. Therefore, from our theoretical, deductive arguments against those who say that the woman’s face is an awrah but in prayer it is not an awrah: these are two opposites that cannot coexist. Outside of prayer it is an awrah, and inside of prayer it is permissible to expose the awrah.

Another questioner : And what about this hadith where the woman prays? No, no.

The Shaykh : A qamis (long shirt).

Another questioner : The shirt.

The Shaykh : A dir' (tunic) in the dir'.

Another questioner : Yes, if it is saba' (long enough to cover).

The Shaykh : And the feet. Yes.

Another questioner : This is explicit in eloquence.

The Shaykh : Yes, but this is an athar (a report from a Companion or successor) from Umm Salimah, yes.

Another questioner : What Allah willed, regarding tawaf (circumambulation of the Ka'bah), it is said.

The Shaykh : It is analogized to prayer, what does that mean, the foot or the face? The foot. Go up, Shaykh, go up.

Another questioner : May Allah reward you with good. In this matter, meaning regarding tawaf (circumambulation of the Ka'bah), due to the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): “Tawaf is part of the prayer, except that Allah does not permit speech.”

The Shaykh : No, the ruling of tawaf is the ruling of something outside the prayer. Is it not outside the prayer?

Another questioner : But no, my intention is a person whose sole of the foot is like that.

The Shaykh : This intention is completely different from the question.

Another questioner : It is not weak.

The Shaykh : Ah.

Another questioner : Because if she walks. The color of her foot. Is it obligatory for her to wear socks?

The Shaykh : Does it become apparent because of the length of her garment or the shortness of her garment? According to some authentic hadiths. Peace be upon you, and upon you be peace and the mercy of Allah and His blessings. The key to the track, open it. They haven’t come yet, welcome. But let’s stick to the travel, okay. You said that Ali is with them, Abu Ahmad? With Salim. With Salim. The number came up, they came with you, our Shaykh. But they went to her place. Allah. O Merciful, the matter is quick for you. Ah, ah. Yes. From the days. After we parted at Asr. Ah. It reached us. They went on an errand like that. At Dar al-Bashir here. Yes, yes. No, no, not at Dar al-Bashir. Ha, we will participate in the plastic. I meant, what was it?

The questioner : I say, what is the brother’s name?

The Shaykh : Abu al-Walid. This Walid is the owner of factories there. Or he needs catalogs for the machines. Yes, yes. We were happy with them, then it reached them. Al-'Abdali. And they want to take the car from there to rent it. The fifth, our Shaykh, he will bring it all, the plastic, the barrels, all from Saudi Arabia, this is most likely. Strange. Yes, yes. And from Jubail as well. Fats. This all will be bought from here, from the UAE, or mostly from the Gulf, meaning from Saudi Arabia. The fidyah (a ransom payment) from Qatar. Yes. It is like lentils in shape, of course, and they put it in the heart of the machine to inflate it with air, these bags become like this. How much is the thickness? How much do you want it? Allah is the Greatest, Allah is the Greatest. Perfect. They perfected their worldly life at the expense of their hereafter. Yes. .