Issues Concerning Young Girls
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Your Eminence, the Shaykh! My question is: Regarding the young girl who has not yet reached puberty, what is the ruling concerning her in the following three cases: covering the face outside the home? And wearing the pants that have become popular in any form, or condition, or reason? And likewise, covering the head during prayer?
Yes.
This brother is intelligent; he combined three questions into one. May Allah forgive us and him.
The young girl who is under seven years old has no ruling regarding her 'awrah (the part of the body that must be covered); that is, she may show her face and wear a short dress, and there is nothing wrong with it. However, we see that she should not get into the habit of wearing a short dress, because if she wears a short dress, her modesty will diminish when she grows up. But as for those who have passed that age, women differ; some women have a mature appearance, and their flesh is well-developed, so that you see a girl who is ten years old and say: she is a mature woman. So, whenever people’s gaze is drawn to her—regardless of her age—it is obligatory for her to cover herself.
And as for wearing pants: It is forbidden (haram) because it falls under the category of imitating men, and because it serves as a means to fall into the description of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him): (Women who are clothed yet naked, and they are among the people of the Fire).
And as for prayer: For prayer, she may expose her head, face, feet, and hands, as long as she has not reached puberty.If she has reached puberty, the scholars (may Allah have mercy on them) said: It is obligatory for her to cover her entire body except the face,And some scholars included the face: the hands, and the feet, this is if she has reached puberty. As for before that, her awrah (the part of the body that must be covered) is like the awrah of a man, as mentioned by the jurists (may Allah have mercy on them).
Yes.
This brother is intelligent; he combined three questions into one. May Allah forgive us and him.
The young girl who is under seven years old has no ruling regarding her 'awrah (the part of the body that must be covered); that is, she may show her face and wear a short dress, and there is nothing wrong with it. However, we see that she should not get into the habit of wearing a short dress, because if she wears a short dress, her modesty will diminish when she grows up. But as for those who have passed that age, women differ; some women have a mature appearance, and their flesh is well-developed, so that you see a girl who is ten years old and say: she is a mature woman. So, whenever people’s gaze is drawn to her—regardless of her age—it is obligatory for her to cover herself.
And as for wearing pants: It is forbidden (haram) because it falls under the category of imitating men, and because it serves as a means to fall into the description of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him): (Women who are clothed yet naked, and they are among the people of the Fire).
And as for prayer: For prayer, she may expose her head, face, feet, and hands, as long as she has not reached puberty.If she has reached puberty, the scholars (may Allah have mercy on them) said: It is obligatory for her to cover her entire body except the face,And some scholars included the face: the hands, and the feet, this is if she has reached puberty. As for before that, her awrah (the part of the body that must be covered) is like the awrah of a man, as mentioned by the jurists (may Allah have mercy on them).