A Woman Going Out to Eat in Mixed Restaurants
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The questioner:
May Allah reward you. The last letter of this episode is from our sister Sanaw Marwan from Egypt. In her first question, she asks: Is it permissible for a woman to go to restaurants?
The Shaykh:
A woman must stay in her home and not leave it except for what is absolutely necessary, while maintaining modesty and covering. This includes eating; she should eat at home. If she needs to buy food from a restaurant, she should send someone to buy it for her, or she should buy it herself and eat it at home. She should not sit and eat in the restaurant, because that exposes her to uncovering her hijab, and it may expose her to mixing with men. It may also make it easy for her to leave the house without need, and there are other dangers. The default for a woman is to stay in her home, because this is safer and more protective for her. She should not go out except for a necessary need, while adhering to modesty, covering, and avoiding mixing. Yes.
The presenter:
Honorable Shaykh, many writers and authors dispute this.
The Shaykh:
We are bound by the pens, not by the Sunnah of the Messenger.
The presenter:
The point is, I mean, how do we guide the Muslim sister and the Muslim man to this, I mean.
The Shaykh:
By adhering to the Book of Allah, the Sunnah of His Messenger, and the path of the Salaf of this Ummah. This is what we guide them to, even if those who oppose them do so. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you. Our sister Sanaw, may Allah guide you.
The Shaykh:
And He said to the wives of His Prophet, who are the best of women,[Al-Ahzab 33:33], and staying in the homes means remaining in them. If this is the ruling for the wives of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), who are the purest of women in the world, then it is even more so for the others that they should stay in their homes. Yes.
May Allah reward you. The last letter of this episode is from our sister Sanaw Marwan from Egypt. In her first question, she asks: Is it permissible for a woman to go to restaurants?
The Shaykh:
A woman must stay in her home and not leave it except for what is absolutely necessary, while maintaining modesty and covering. This includes eating; she should eat at home. If she needs to buy food from a restaurant, she should send someone to buy it for her, or she should buy it herself and eat it at home. She should not sit and eat in the restaurant, because that exposes her to uncovering her hijab, and it may expose her to mixing with men. It may also make it easy for her to leave the house without need, and there are other dangers. The default for a woman is to stay in her home, because this is safer and more protective for her. She should not go out except for a necessary need, while adhering to modesty, covering, and avoiding mixing. Yes.
The presenter:
Honorable Shaykh, many writers and authors dispute this.
The Shaykh:
We are bound by the pens, not by the Sunnah of the Messenger.
The presenter:
The point is, I mean, how do we guide the Muslim sister and the Muslim man to this, I mean.
The Shaykh:
By adhering to the Book of Allah, the Sunnah of His Messenger, and the path of the Salaf of this Ummah. This is what we guide them to, even if those who oppose them do so. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you. Our sister Sanaw, may Allah guide you.
The Shaykh:
And He said to the wives of His Prophet, who are the best of women,
And abide in your houses
وَقَرْنَ فِي بُيُوتِكُنَّ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 5090- خروج المرأة للأكل في المطاعم المختلطة - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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