The 'awrah (part of the body that must be covered) of a woman in front of women
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Question:
The last question in the questions of the brother questioner says: How do we respond to the one who says that the 'awrah of a woman in front of a woman is from the navel to the knee?
Answer:
He is responded to by saying that this contradicts the evidence, and that the woman is entirely 'awrah and a source of temptation, so she covers herself from the men who are not among her mahram (a relative one may not marry), and she also covers herself from her mahram and from women, and she does not reveal except what custom has established revealing of, which contains no temptation, such as revealing her face, her hands, and the hair of her head, what custom has established revealing of in front of her mahram and in front of women. So what is permissible to reveal in front of her mahram from the men is permissible to reveal in front of women, because Allah mentioned the men and did not mention the women collectively, so He said, Exalted is He:[An-Nur 24:31] meaning from the women, so He made the women like the mahram from the men, she does not reveal to them except what custom has established revealing of and which contains no temptation. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
The last question in the questions of the brother questioner says: How do we respond to the one who says that the 'awrah of a woman in front of a woman is from the navel to the knee?
Answer:
He is responded to by saying that this contradicts the evidence, and that the woman is entirely 'awrah and a source of temptation, so she covers herself from the men who are not among her mahram (a relative one may not marry), and she also covers herself from her mahram and from women, and she does not reveal except what custom has established revealing of, which contains no temptation, such as revealing her face, her hands, and the hair of her head, what custom has established revealing of in front of her mahram and in front of women. So what is permissible to reveal in front of her mahram from the men is permissible to reveal in front of women, because Allah mentioned the men and did not mention the women collectively, so He said, Exalted is He:
except to their husbands, their fathers, their husbands' fathers, their sons, their husbands' sons, their brothers, their brothers' sons, their sisters' sons, their women
وَلَا يُبْدِينَ زِينَتَهُنَّ إِلَّا لِبُعُولَتِهِنَّ أَوْ آبَائِهِنَّ أَوْ آبَاءِ بُعُولَتِهِنَّ أَوْ أَبْنَائِهِنَّ أَوْ أَبْنَاءِ بُعُولَتِهِنَّ أَوْ إِخْوَانِهِنَّ أَوْ بَنِي إِخْوَانِهِنَّ أَوْ بَنِي أَخَوَاتِهِنَّ أَوْ نِسَائِهِنَّThe presenter:
May Allah reward you,
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 02/230 — archive.org (8:39)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.