The 'awrah (part of the body that must be covered) of a woman in the presence of another woman
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, some jurists state that a woman's 'awrah in the presence of another woman is from the navel to the knee. Is this the stronger position?
Answer:
No, it is not the stronger position. Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) mentioned women in the presence of women in the same context[An-Nur 24:31] up to His saying "or their women." The ruling for all of them is the same: women and men. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, some jurists state that a woman's 'awrah in the presence of another woman is from the navel to the knee. Is this the stronger position?
Answer:
No, it is not the stronger position. Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) mentioned women in the presence of women in the same context
and not expose their adornment except that which [necessarily] appears thereof and to wrap [a portion of] their headcovers over their chests
وَلَا يُبْدِينَ زِينَتَهُنَّ إِلَّا مَا ظَهَرَ مِنْهَا وَلْيَضْرِبْنَ بِخُمُرِهِنَّ عَلَىٰ جُيُوبِهِنَّ
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل وتمام الكلام في هذا المقام العظيم يتبين بأصول نافعة جامعة — islamhouse.com (1:00:08)
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