A woman's hijab in relation to a child
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The first question of Fatwa No. ( 16390 )
Q1:Is there evidence that a Muslim woman must cover herself when a boy aged seven or nine enters her presence?Some women, when they see a boy of seven years old, put a veil over their faces. There is no doubt, O Shaykh, that a woman must cover herself when an adult man enters her presence; this is agreed upon. But as for a boy, is there evidence? And if it is permissible for her to cover herself, what is the meaning of the saying of Allah the Exalted:[An-Nur 24:31]? We ask for an answer.
A1: A woman's hijab is obligatory only in relation to adult men who are not her mahrams. As for children who have not reached puberty, or mahram men, a woman does not have to cover herself in their presence. This is based on the saying of Allah the Exalted:[An-Nur 24:31] ,
And He the Exalted said:[An-Nur 24:59] the verse. And success is from Allah, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family, and his Companions.
Q1:Is there evidence that a Muslim woman must cover herself when a boy aged seven or nine enters her presence?Some women, when they see a boy of seven years old, put a veil over their faces. There is no doubt, O Shaykh, that a woman must cover herself when an adult man enters her presence; this is agreed upon. But as for a boy, is there evidence? And if it is permissible for her to cover herself, what is the meaning of the saying of Allah the Exalted:
or children who are not yet aware of the private aspects of women
أَوِ الطِّفْلِ الَّذِينَ لَمْ يَظْهَرُوا عَلَى عَوْرَاتِ النِّسَاءِA1: A woman's hijab is obligatory only in relation to adult men who are not her mahrams. As for children who have not reached puberty, or mahram men, a woman does not have to cover herself in their presence. This is based on the saying of Allah the Exalted:
and not expose their adornment except that which [necessarily] appears thereof and to wrap [a portion of] their headcovers over their chests and not expose their adornment except to their husbands, their fathers, their husbands' fathers, their sons, their husbands' sons, their brothers, their brothers' sons, their sisters' sons, their women, that which their right hands possess, or those male attendants having no physical desire, or children who are not yet aware of the private aspects of women. And let them not stamp their feet to make known what they conceal of their adornment. And turn to Allah in repentance, all of you, O believers, that you might succeed.
وَلاَ يُبْدِينَ زِينَتَهُنَّ إِلاَّ مَا ظَهَرَ مِنْهَا وَلْيَضْرِبْنَ بِخُمُرِهِنَّ عَلَى جُيُوبِهِنَّ وَلاَ يُبْدِينَ زِينَتَهُنَّ إِلاَّ لِبُعُولَتِهِنَّ أَوْ آبَائِهِنَّ أَوْ آبَاءِ بُعُولَتِهِنَّ أَوْ أَبْنَائِهِنَّ أَوْ أَبْنَاءِ بُعُولَتِهِنَّ أَوْ إِخْوَانِهِنَّ أَوْ بَنِي إِخْوَانِهِنَّ أَوْ بَنِي أَخَوَاتِهِنَّ أَوْ نِسَائِهِنَّ أَوْ مَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَانُهُنَّ أَوِ التَّابِعِينَ غَيْرِ أُولِي الْإِرْبَةِ مِنَ الرِّجَالِ أَوِ الطِّفْلِ الَّذِينَ لَمْ يَظْهَرُوا عَلَى عَوْرَاتِ النِّسَاءِ وَلاَ يَضْرِبْنَ بِأَرْجُلِهِنَّ لِيُعْلَمَ مَا يُخْفِينَ مِنْ زِينَتِهِنَّ وَتُوبُوا إِلَى اللَّهِ جَمِيعًا أَيُّهَا الْمُؤْمِنُونَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُفْلِحُونَAnd He the Exalted said:
And when the children among you reach puberty, let them ask permission [at all times] as those before them have done
وَإِذَا بَلَغَ الأَطْفَالُ مِنْكُمُ الْحُلُمَ فَلْيَسْتَأْذِنُوا كَمَا اسْتَأْذَنَ الَّذِينَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْ
Source
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