What is the meaning of the saying of Allah the Exalted: “That is closer to their being recognized and not being harassed”?

The questioner : Here is the explanation of the Quranic verse which says.

Another questioner : Shaykh, are we done?

The Shaykh : No, no problem, we are finished.

The questioner : In the same place.

The Shaykh: Yes.

The questioner : The Quranic verse says, I don’t have it memorized: .

The Shaykh : .

The questioner : He wants to recite the verse that follows it.

Another questioner: Go ahead, go ahead.

The questioner : Please, go ahead.

The Shaykh : That is it.

The questioner : ، .

The Shaykh: Yes.

The questioner : The one who is uncovering her face is recognized, right? You don’t recognize the one who is uncovering her face?

The Shaykh : Yes, by Allah, she is recognized.

The questioner : The one who is covering her face might not be recognized.

The Shaykh : No, that is not the intended meaning!

The questioner: Go ahead.

The Shaykh Does the verse say that they should be recognized, or that they should not be recognized?

The questioner : That they should not be recognized.

Another questioner : No, the verse says: .

The questioner : .

The Shaykh : Yes, so your holding onto it is wrong, wrong twice, wrong in the recitation, and wrong in the argumentation.

The questioner : I don’t have it memorized!!

The Shaykh : No problem, no problem, but you are now reading it incorrectly and you want to build a ruling upon it.

The questioner : Wrong, correct, yes.

The Shaykh : Ah, , what is the meaning of the verse.

The questioner : It is clear now.

The Shaykh : Ah? Women, the women in the pre-Islamic age of ignorance were most like some, I say: some Iraqi women, the older Iraqi women at least, they would put this abaya on this head, but this abaya is called an abaya yet it is open, why? Because her hair would show, her earrings would show, her neck and so on, because she was doing it like this, like this they were in the pre-Islamic age of ignorance, so Allah the Exalted said: , this jilbab is placed on the head, like this covering!

The questioner : Yes, yes.

The Shaykh : This covering is done like this, it was done like this, ah, what does it mean, ah why did our Lord command them? with piety and modesty, because the one who does not have piety and modesty walks like this as you see today, whereas the one who covers herself and tries, perhaps she does it like this, you see, perhaps she does it like this, perhaps like this, perhaps like this, what are the limits that Allah allowed her? Only this face and the hands, more than that is not permissible, so the verse, many of the contemporary scholars who are strict in this issue, they imagine that the meaning of “lowering” is “covering,” this is wrong.

The questioner : Linguistically...

The Shaykh : The meaning of “lowering” is bringing close, “I lowered myself to you” means I came close to you, “I lowered myself to me” means I came close to me, so when our Lord said: it means leave the custom of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance, and bring the jilbab close so that nothing of your adornment shows, not the earrings, not the hair, not anything, so the verse means “lowering” and does not mean “covering,” its full explanation of the wisdom of this command is: meaning: and this is observed now even in the corrupt time, you see the young men when they see a woman wearing the hijab, no one pays attention to her, but when they see a woman who is uncovered, you find them chasing her, something on the right, something on the left, something like dogs chasing a female dog, and so on, and so they were in the pre-Islamic age of ignorance when the woman would walk like this, they would covet her, so Allah disciplined them and improved their discipline and said: , so the wicked, the sinners, when they see the woman has carried out the command of Allah the Glorious and Exalted, ah, she is not our target, but when she is loose like this, ah, she is our target, they harass her, those who are decent stay away from her, so it is a discipline from Allah for the free, noble, believing women: meaning: with righteousness, piety, modesty, and dignity, from the speech of the wicked and sinners, this is the meaning of the verse, perhaps it will become the hour, Professor.

The questioner : By Allah, he does not get tired, Shaykh!

The Shaykh : It will become the hour that you promised us.

The questioner : Not yet, I did not promise you.

The Shaykh : I did not say it became, I did not tell you it became.

The questioner : My speech was for approximation, it was not for specification, meaning.

The Shaykh : This is not in your interest, saying this is not in your interest.

The questioner : How do you mean?

The Shaykh : Because if it is not for specification, we can go!!

The questioner : No, hahaha, the higher is understood from my speech, not the lower, may Allah honor you.

The Shaykh : No problem, since you did not specify.

The questioner : Meaning at least ten and a quarter.

Another questioner : Oh our Shaykh, this is a chance, a chance, one day we will see it.

The questioner : I have been promised for a long time! Our Shaykh, if Allah wills, He will honor us a little, He will come to us.

Another questioner : Welcome...

The Shaykh : I know, but it must be far. One hour.