Covering the Girl Below the Age of Discernment When She Goes Out
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The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: My daughter is below the age of discernment. Is it required that I force her to cover her entire body when she goes out, or is it permissible for her to show her hair, arms, and legs?
The Shaykh:
Below six years old.
The questioner:
Below the age of discernment.
The Shaykh:
Yes. Yes, indeed, you raise her to cover herself in a manner suitable for her, but nowadays they expose them, and I seek refuge in Allah, they expose the girls when they are perhaps ten years old, and they expose them. This is not permissible. This is a foreign upbringing, a bad upbringing. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: My daughter is below the age of discernment. Is it required that I force her to cover her entire body when she goes out, or is it permissible for her to show her hair, arms, and legs?
The Shaykh:
Below six years old.
The questioner:
Below the age of discernment.
The Shaykh:
Yes. Yes, indeed, you raise her to cover herself in a manner suitable for her, but nowadays they expose them, and I seek refuge in Allah, they expose the girls when they are perhaps ten years old, and they expose them. This is not permissible. This is a foreign upbringing, a bad upbringing. Yes.
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من باب أمر الصبي بالصلاة تمرينا لا وجوبا — islamhouse.com (57:31)
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