Guidance for Women Regarding Calls to Corrupt Women and Their Remaining in Their Homes
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, the questioner says: There are those who call for the corruption of women, for them to leave their homes, to uncover themselves, and to mix freely with men. I ask you to provide noble guidance to women regarding this call. Is it an act of worship for which a woman is rewarded to remain in her home?
Answer:
Yes, callers to misguidance have existed since ancient times, or perhaps this is something new. Callers to misguidance and hypocrites have existed since ancient times. This is a matter of trial and testing. It is not permissible for believers to pay attention to them or be influenced by their propaganda. It is not permissible for believing women to look at these people, accept their words, or be influenced by them. She must obey Allah and His Messenger, follow the trusted scholars and the people of righteousness and piety, and take their words as her guide. She should not look at the words of the corrupters, nor follow the path of the corrupters.
It is obligatory for the Muslim to follow the path of truth, whether male or female, and not to pay attention to what contradicts it or to the propaganda of the misguiders. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) mentioned that among the trials that occur in the end times areSunan Ibn Majah 3979Sahih (Darussalam).
They said: Describe them to usAs-Sunan al-Kubra lil-Nasa'i 65:257. We must beware of these people, and the believing women must not pay attention to the speech of these people or be influenced by it, because they are truly their enemies.
They claim that women are oppressed and that they are subjugated. They mean that they accuse Islam of oppressing women and subjugating women. In reality, they want their destruction and to pull them out of their modesty and dignity. This is what they want. As[Ghafir 40:29]. So these are callers to misguidance from ancient times, and the hypocrites [Al-Baqarah 2:11] So we do not pay attention to these people, nor do we find their existence strange. This is the wisdom of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) so that the sincere believer is distinguished from the hypocrite and from the one weak in faith. As for the woman remaining in her home, this is the default.
The default is for her to remain in her home, but if she needs to go out, she goes out on the condition that she is covered and avoids perfume, and anything that draws attention, and avoids free mixing with men; she avoids the prohibitions. Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) says to the wives of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), who are the purest of women in the world, He says to them:[Al-Ahzab 33:33]. Tabarruj is displaying adornment; displaying adornment and perfume when she goes out is tabarruj. This is forbidden and is from the practice of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance. So the Muslim woman must be aware of this matter. The Muslim woman is being targeted in this time, targeted with a terrible attack. The disbelievers and the hypocrites focus on the woman because they know that if she is corrupted, the society is corrupted and the homes are corrupted, and they attain their desires from her. This is what they seek.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you
Honorable Shaykh, the questioner says: There are those who call for the corruption of women, for them to leave their homes, to uncover themselves, and to mix freely with men. I ask you to provide noble guidance to women regarding this call. Is it an act of worship for which a woman is rewarded to remain in her home?
Answer:
Yes, callers to misguidance have existed since ancient times, or perhaps this is something new. Callers to misguidance and hypocrites have existed since ancient times. This is a matter of trial and testing. It is not permissible for believers to pay attention to them or be influenced by their propaganda. It is not permissible for believing women to look at these people, accept their words, or be influenced by them. She must obey Allah and His Messenger, follow the trusted scholars and the people of righteousness and piety, and take their words as her guide. She should not look at the words of the corrupters, nor follow the path of the corrupters.
It is obligatory for the Muslim to follow the path of truth, whether male or female, and not to pay attention to what contradicts it or to the propaganda of the misguiders. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) mentioned that among the trials that occur in the end times are
There will be callers at the gates of Hell; whoever responds to them they throw them into it.
دعاة على أبواب جهنم من أطاعهم قذفوه فيهاThey said: Describe them to us
O Messenger of Allah, he said: They are people of our skin and they speak with our tongues.
يا رسول الله قال هم قوم من جلدتنا ويتكلمون بالسنتناThey claim that women are oppressed and that they are subjugated. They mean that they accuse Islam of oppressing women and subjugating women. In reality, they want their destruction and to pull them out of their modesty and dignity. This is what they want. As
Pharaoh said, "I do not show you except what I see, and I do not guide you except to the way of right conduct."
قَالَ فِرْعَوْنُ مَا أُرِيكُمْ إِلَّا مَا أَرَىٰ وَمَا أَهْدِيكُمْ إِلَّا سَبِيلَ الرَّشَادِAnd when it is said to them, "Do not cause corruption on the earth," they say, "We are but reformers."
وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمْ لَا تُفْسِدُوا فِي الْأَرْضِ قَالُوا إِنَّمَا نَحْنُ مُصْلِحُونَThe default is for her to remain in her home, but if she needs to go out, she goes out on the condition that she is covered and avoids perfume, and anything that draws attention, and avoids free mixing with men; she avoids the prohibitions. Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) says to the wives of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), who are the purest of women in the world, He says to them:
and do not display yourselves as [was] the display of the former times of ignorance
وَلَا تَبَرَّجْنَ تَبَرُّجَ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ الْأُولَىٰThe presenter:
May Allah reward you
Source
75-اللقاء الأسبوعي مع الشيخ صالح الفوزان - 20 — archive.org (1:07:07)
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