Advice Regarding Some Guardians' Leniency with Their Women in Makkah During Ramadan
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Question:
The questioner says: Many people are lax regarding their families going to Makkah in Ramadan. They leave them in the crowds among men, and they wander in the markets, thereby inciting fitnah (trial, discord or temptation) and corruption. We have witnessed what is not fitting from some Muslims, may Allah guide them. Is there any advice from Your Eminence?
Answer:
And that she fears Allah, and guards against mixing with men, or exposing herself, or showing any part of her adornment. This is a great evil. The hadith of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) mentions two types of people from the people of the Fire whom he did not see: men carrying whips with which they strike people, and women clothed yet naked, swaying and causing others to sway, with heads like tilted camel humps. They will not enter Paradise, nor will they smell its fragrance. The matter is serious. It is obligatory for the woman to be cautious, whether in Makkah or elsewhere. It is obligatory for her to cover herself and guard against tabarruj (a woman's display of her adornment) among men, or showing any part of her adornment, or being alone with a non-mahram man. All of this is harmful. It is obligatory for men to prevent this: the husband, her brothers, and her father. They must prevent her from what Allah has forbidden and guide her to good, to the obligation of modesty, and to guarding against the causes of fitnah (trial, discord or temptation) and evil, whether in Makkah or elsewhere.
The questioner says: Many people are lax regarding their families going to Makkah in Ramadan. They leave them in the crowds among men, and they wander in the markets, thereby inciting fitnah (trial, discord or temptation) and corruption. We have witnessed what is not fitting from some Muslims, may Allah guide them. Is there any advice from Your Eminence?
Answer:
And that she fears Allah, and guards against mixing with men, or exposing herself, or showing any part of her adornment. This is a great evil. The hadith of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) mentions two types of people from the people of the Fire whom he did not see: men carrying whips with which they strike people, and women clothed yet naked, swaying and causing others to sway, with heads like tilted camel humps. They will not enter Paradise, nor will they smell its fragrance. The matter is serious. It is obligatory for the woman to be cautious, whether in Makkah or elsewhere. It is obligatory for her to cover herself and guard against tabarruj (a woman's display of her adornment) among men, or showing any part of her adornment, or being alone with a non-mahram man. All of this is harmful. It is obligatory for men to prevent this: the husband, her brothers, and her father. They must prevent her from what Allah has forbidden and guide her to good, to the obligation of modesty, and to guarding against the causes of fitnah (trial, discord or temptation) and evil, whether in Makkah or elsewhere.
Source
فتاوى رمضانية — islamhouse.com (51:44)
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