The limit of a woman's 'awrah (part of the body that must be covered) in front of another woman
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what is the limit of a woman's 'awrah in front of another woman?
Answer:
It is the same as her 'awrah in front of her male mahram (a relative one may not marry). What is permissible for her to reveal in front of her male mahram is permissible for her to reveal in front of a woman, and what is not permissible in front of her male mahram is not permissible in front of a woman. This is because Allah mentioned the male mahrams along with women[An-Nur 24:31] meaning women. So, what she reveals to her male mahrams is permissible for her to reveal to women, and what is not permissible is not permissible for her to reveal. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what is the limit of a woman's 'awrah in front of another woman?
Answer:
It is the same as her 'awrah in front of her male mahram (a relative one may not marry). What is permissible for her to reveal in front of her male mahram is permissible for her to reveal in front of a woman, and what is not permissible in front of her male mahram is not permissible in front of a woman. This is because Allah mentioned the male mahrams along with women
except to their husbands, their fathers, their husbands' fathers, their sons, their husbands' sons, their brothers, their brothers' sons, their sisters' sons, their women
وَلَا يُبْدِينَ زِينَتَهُنَّ إِلَّا لِبُعُولَتِهِنَّ أَوْ آبَائِهِنَّ أَوْ آبَاءِ بُعُولَتِهِنَّ أَوْ أَبْنَائِهِنَّ أَوْ أَبْنَاءِ بُعُولَتِهِنَّ أَوْ إِخْوَانِهِنَّ أَوْ بَنِي إِخْوَانِهِنَّ أَوْ بَنِي أَخَوَاتِهِنَّ أَوْ نِسَائِهِنَّ
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من باب من لم ير الفخذ من العورة — islamhouse.com (50:12)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.