The condemnation of a woman who exposes her face
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Question:
This questioner says: May Allah reward you. Some say that we do not condemn a woman who exposes her face unless it is a source of fitnah (trial, discord or temptation). What do you say about that?
Answer:
We say that a woman’s face is never free from fitnah, my brother. A woman’s face is never free from fitnah, because people look first at her face, which is the center of her beauty and the focus of men’s gaze. Therefore, she must cover it, and it does not remain free from fitnah if she exposes it. Yes.
This questioner says: May Allah reward you. Some say that we do not condemn a woman who exposes her face unless it is a source of fitnah (trial, discord or temptation). What do you say about that?
Answer:
We say that a woman’s face is never free from fitnah, my brother. A woman’s face is never free from fitnah, because people look first at her face, which is the center of her beauty and the focus of men’s gaze. Therefore, she must cover it, and it does not remain free from fitnah if she exposes it. Yes.
Source
شرح كتاب فتح المجيد في شرح كتاب التوحيد [ صالح الفوزان ]، تابع شرح البسملة — islamhouse.com (57:24)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.