The Accepted Criterion Regarding Elderly Women Uncovering Their Faces
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His Eminence the Shaykh: Allah the Exalted mentioned in His Noble Book [An-Nur:60] and we see that women go out, but what is the criterion for the elderly women?
Allah the Exalted mentioned in His Noble Book the elderly women,And He explained that in His saying: [An-Nur:60] meaning: they do not hope that anyone will propose to them to marry them. Why? Because they are advanced in age, their features have changed, and no one wants them. These are the elderly women. Such a woman has no blame on her if she goes out with her face, hands, and feet uncovered, because people’s desires do not attach to her and no fitnah (temptation) arises from her.
The questioner: Do you mean that some of the elderly women have a husband and are with him, but they go out with their faces uncovered and their hands exposed as well?The Shaykh: The point is whether she hopes for marriage if she does not have a husband?The questioner: We do not know that, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh: Recall this criterion: those who do not hope for marriage [An-Nur:60].
And women of post-menstrual age
وَالْقَوَاعِدُ مِنَ النِّسَاءِAllah the Exalted mentioned in His Noble Book the elderly women,And He explained that in His saying:
And women of post-menstrual age who have no desire for marriage
وَالْقَوَاعِدُ مِنَ النِّسَاءِ اللَّاتِي لا يَرْجُونَ نِكَاحاًThe questioner: Do you mean that some of the elderly women have a husband and are with him, but they go out with their faces uncovered and their hands exposed as well?The Shaykh: The point is whether she hopes for marriage if she does not have a husband?The questioner: We do not know that, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh: Recall this criterion: those who do not hope for marriage