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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The 'awrah (part of the body that must be covered) of a woman in the presence of a non-mahram woman

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Question:
The sister questioner has another question about the 'awrah of a woman in the presence of a non-mahram woman and others?

Answer:
She exposes her 'awrah, but she may reveal the extremities that she reveals in the presence of male mahrams (relatives one may not marry), because Allah mentioned women along with the mahrams,
not expose their adornment except to their husbands, their fathers, their husbands' fathers,وَلَا يُبْدِينَ زِينَتَهُنَّ إِلَّا لِبُعُولَتِهِنَّ أَوْ آبَائِهِنَّ أَوْ آبَاءِ بُعُولَتِهِنَّ أَوْ
[An-Nur 24:31]
their fathers
their sons, their husbands' sons, their brothers, their brothers' sons, their sisters' sons, their womenأَبْنَائِهِنَّ أَوْ أَبْنَاءِ بُعُولَتِهِنَّ أَوْ إِخْوَانِهِنَّ أَوْ بَنِي إِخْوَانِهِنَّ أَوْ بَنِي أَخَوَاتِهِنَّ أَوْ نِسَائِهِنَّ
[An-Nur 24:31]
, so He mentioned women along with male mahrams. Therefore, she does not expose from her body in the presence of women except what she exposes in the presence of her male mahrams. Yes.
Source نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/006 — archive.org (5:28)

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