What is your advice to the guardians of women regarding their daughters wearing the niqab in the markets?
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The questioner : May Allah reward the honorableThe Shaykh : Wearing the niqab has become very common in the markets today. It is a phenomenon that has spread among women, especially in countries like this where people are accustomed to hijab. So what is your advice to the guardians who send their women out without knowing in what state they enter these shops? May Allah guide you to all good.
The Shaykh : Women entering shops, shops for buying and selling, is a great danger, not for the woman, nor for the shop owner, because if she enters and is left alone with him, then Satan comes. No man is left alone with a woman except that Satan is the third among them. And I am amazed at some people who stand at the shop, while he is in his car, and he leaves the woman to buy and sell with the man. Perhaps she enters the shop while he is watching her, and he does not care about it. Where is the jealousy? Where is the faith? Where is the manliness? What should be done, if it is necessary that the woman goes with you, is that you keep her in the car, and you ask what she wants from the goods, and you bring the goods to her so she can choose. As for you staying in your car while she goes to the store, and enters the store and the man talks to her, and it is not known what is behind that, this is a great error. As for the
As for the niqab, there is no doubt that it existed in the time of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and that it was the custom of women to wear the niqab. But do you know the permissible niqab? It is the one that is open only for the eyes. And we now see that if we tell women that this is permissible, and it is permissible, meaning if we enable women to use this niqab, if we enable them to do so, today it would be a Sharia-compliant niqab, and tomorrow it would be a non-Sharia-compliant niqab, because women expand it. Perhaps she remains for a month or two not covering except the eyes with a small opening, then after that, yes? she lowers the covering, widens it a little, and after that she widens it more, then the time comes for the latham, where the woman does not make a niqab at all, she makes a latham, meaning she covers the mouth and nose, and the rest is open. And it is known that if a thing is a means to what is forbidden, we have the right to prohibit it even if it is permissible, from the perspective of what? From the perspective of Sharia policy. And 'Umar ibn al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) had a great share of this. What is the great share? The selling of mothers of children, and the mother of a child is the slave woman who gave birth to her master. The selling of mothers of children was permissible in the time of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and in the time of Abu Bakr, but one of them did not sell a woman, or did not sell a mother of a child who had a child. Then people expanded in that, so the man began to sell the slave woman who had a child with him. So 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) prohibited that, he prohibited the selling of mothers of children, even though it was originally lawful, permissible. Likewise, when a man divorced his wife three times, he said, "You are divorced, you are divorced, you are divorced," or he said, "You are divorced three times," he had the right of taking her back, he could take her back without a new contract. This practice became common in the time of 'Umar, so when he saw that people had done it a lot, and it is forbidden, he prohibited taking her back. He said, "It is not possible for you to return to your wife, you divorced her three times, do you want her to be clear from you? We will make her clear from you." And for this he said:Bulugh al-Maram 8:125
So the result is: we see that prohibiting the niqab is out of fear of expansion in it, as for its origin, it is permissible, and it is not for us to forbid what Allah has made lawful, but it is for us to prohibit the lawful out of fear of committing, of committing the forbidden. Yes.
The questioner : Before concluding, some of the brothers ask about the schedule of the summer lessons for your Excellency.
The Shaykh : They will begin, if Allah wills, when this exam ends this week, then there are two weeks of vacation for people to go to their families, then the start of study, and I think it will coincide, perhaps with 15 Safar.
The questioner : May Allah reward our Shaykh with the best reward, benefit us with his knowledge, and prolong his life, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon His servant and Messenger Muhammad.
The Shaykh : Women entering shops, shops for buying and selling, is a great danger, not for the woman, nor for the shop owner, because if she enters and is left alone with him, then Satan comes. No man is left alone with a woman except that Satan is the third among them. And I am amazed at some people who stand at the shop, while he is in his car, and he leaves the woman to buy and sell with the man. Perhaps she enters the shop while he is watching her, and he does not care about it. Where is the jealousy? Where is the faith? Where is the manliness? What should be done, if it is necessary that the woman goes with you, is that you keep her in the car, and you ask what she wants from the goods, and you bring the goods to her so she can choose. As for you staying in your car while she goes to the store, and enters the store and the man talks to her, and it is not known what is behind that, this is a great error. As for the
As for the niqab, there is no doubt that it existed in the time of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and that it was the custom of women to wear the niqab. But do you know the permissible niqab? It is the one that is open only for the eyes. And we now see that if we tell women that this is permissible, and it is permissible, meaning if we enable women to use this niqab, if we enable them to do so, today it would be a Sharia-compliant niqab, and tomorrow it would be a non-Sharia-compliant niqab, because women expand it. Perhaps she remains for a month or two not covering except the eyes with a small opening, then after that, yes? she lowers the covering, widens it a little, and after that she widens it more, then the time comes for the latham, where the woman does not make a niqab at all, she makes a latham, meaning she covers the mouth and nose, and the rest is open. And it is known that if a thing is a means to what is forbidden, we have the right to prohibit it even if it is permissible, from the perspective of what? From the perspective of Sharia policy. And 'Umar ibn al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) had a great share of this. What is the great share? The selling of mothers of children, and the mother of a child is the slave woman who gave birth to her master. The selling of mothers of children was permissible in the time of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and in the time of Abu Bakr, but one of them did not sell a woman, or did not sell a mother of a child who had a child. Then people expanded in that, so the man began to sell the slave woman who had a child with him. So 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) prohibited that, he prohibited the selling of mothers of children, even though it was originally lawful, permissible. Likewise, when a man divorced his wife three times, he said, "You are divorced, you are divorced, you are divorced," or he said, "You are divorced three times," he had the right of taking her back, he could take her back without a new contract. This practice became common in the time of 'Umar, so when he saw that people had done it a lot, and it is forbidden, he prohibited taking her back. He said, "It is not possible for you to return to your wife, you divorced her three times, do you want her to be clear from you? We will make her clear from you." And for this he said:
People have made haste in an affair which they are required to take slowly. What if we execute it on them." So, he executed it on them.
أرى الناس تعجلوا في أمر كانت لهم فيه أناة، فلو أمضيناه عليهم، فأمضاه عليهمSo the result is: we see that prohibiting the niqab is out of fear of expansion in it, as for its origin, it is permissible, and it is not for us to forbid what Allah has made lawful, but it is for us to prohibit the lawful out of fear of committing, of committing the forbidden. Yes.
The questioner : Before concluding, some of the brothers ask about the schedule of the summer lessons for your Excellency.
The Shaykh : They will begin, if Allah wills, when this exam ends this week, then there are two weeks of vacation for people to go to their families, then the start of study, and I think it will coincide, perhaps with 15 Safar.
The questioner : May Allah reward our Shaykh with the best reward, benefit us with his knowledge, and prolong his life, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon His servant and Messenger Muhammad.