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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The knee as part of the awrah (the part of the body that must be covered)

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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: Is the knee included in the 'awrah (the part of the body that must be covered)? And what about the one who prayed with his knee exposed?

Answer:
The knee is included in the 'awrah.
Source شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من باب خطبة المجبرة إلى وليها والرشيدة إلى نفسها — islamhouse.com (1:13:26)

The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.

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