Is it obligatory for a praying woman to cover her feet?
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The questioner : What is the ruling on her prayer?
The Shaykh : I did not understand what you said!
The questioner : A woman who does not wear socks, exposes her feet in prayer, or they become exposed.
The Shaykh : It is not permissible.
The questioner : Is the prayer invalid?
The Shaykh : It is not permissible, yes.
The questioner : So if she wears socks, for example, but these socks are tight and show the shape of the feet?
The Shaykh : That is also not permissible, but it is less severe than the first case, yes.
The questioner : Does the second case invalidate the prayer?
Another questioner : Okay, Shaykh, now regarding Hajj!
The Shaykh: Huh?
The questioner : In Hajj in Makkah, I saw, I mean, there are some Black people from Africa, these women, who expose their legs!
The Shaykh : Just their legs! And their chest and back and other parts.
The questioner : So I am just asking, I say: How do these people perform Hajj? They say: A Black woman does not expose her face and does not expose her legs.
The student : Like a man, his awrah is for us, I mean, answer the Shaykh about her.
The questioner : I mean, I actually got an answer from a Shaykh about this, of course, but it was, I mean, something that was, I mean.
Another questioner : Repulsive.
The questioner : This, if it indicates anything, indicates ignorance!
Another questioner : Ignorance.
The Shaykh : Ignorance is being assisted by the Commission for Promoting Virtue and Prohibiting Vice.
The questioner : They apply the Quranic verse regarding women when they become those who have passed childbearing age, I mean, or reached an advanced age, that they may remove their outer garments!
The Shaykh : They are called al-Qawa'id.
The questioner : Al-Qawa'id?
The Shaykh : Al-Qawa'id, yes, but al-Qawa'id, I mean, they can raise the jilbab, and the most correct opinion, as you will see in: "The jilbab is that al-Qawa'id also remove the khimar."
The questioner : Is there a Shaykh who says, I mean, she exposes her head, I mean, she exposes her head?
The Shaykh : She exposes her head!
The questioner : Al-Qawa'id?
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : Allahu Akbar! May Allah open up for you, by Allah, I issued this fatwa a week ago in al-Rawdah!
The Shaykh : What Allah willed!!
The questioner : Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds!
Another questioner : That I am in al-Rawdah?
The questioner : Yes?
Another questioner : That I am in al-Rawdah?
The questioner : I told them: I came out here, I came out as we came out from Madinah and from Palestine and from Kuwait!
Another questioner : I just stepped on it, what do I do, I ask someone so-and-so, so I tell him: Distribute two pounds of bread.
The Shaykh: Hehehe.
The questioner : Expiation?! Okay, my Shaykh, but on her head?!
The student : So what about Hajj for al-Qawa'id?
The Shaykh : It is not permissible to marry her!
The questioner : Our Shaykh?!
The Shaykh : It is mentioned in the text of the verse:[An-Nur 24:60].
The questioner : I mean, the word: "who do not hope for marriage" means marriage, I mean, even if her age is not that, and she does not want this, or she is, I mean?
The Shaykh : No, her age is advanced, I mean.
The questioner : Withered?
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner: Our Shaykh.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : I did not understand what you said!
The questioner : A woman who does not wear socks, exposes her feet in prayer, or they become exposed.
The Shaykh : It is not permissible.
The questioner : Is the prayer invalid?
The Shaykh : It is not permissible, yes.
The questioner : So if she wears socks, for example, but these socks are tight and show the shape of the feet?
The Shaykh : That is also not permissible, but it is less severe than the first case, yes.
The questioner : Does the second case invalidate the prayer?
Another questioner : Okay, Shaykh, now regarding Hajj!
The Shaykh: Huh?
The questioner : In Hajj in Makkah, I saw, I mean, there are some Black people from Africa, these women, who expose their legs!
The Shaykh : Just their legs! And their chest and back and other parts.
The questioner : So I am just asking, I say: How do these people perform Hajj? They say: A Black woman does not expose her face and does not expose her legs.
The student : Like a man, his awrah is for us, I mean, answer the Shaykh about her.
The questioner : I mean, I actually got an answer from a Shaykh about this, of course, but it was, I mean, something that was, I mean.
Another questioner : Repulsive.
The questioner : This, if it indicates anything, indicates ignorance!
Another questioner : Ignorance.
The Shaykh : Ignorance is being assisted by the Commission for Promoting Virtue and Prohibiting Vice.
The questioner : They apply the Quranic verse regarding women when they become those who have passed childbearing age, I mean, or reached an advanced age, that they may remove their outer garments!
The Shaykh : They are called al-Qawa'id.
The questioner : Al-Qawa'id?
The Shaykh : Al-Qawa'id, yes, but al-Qawa'id, I mean, they can raise the jilbab, and the most correct opinion, as you will see in: "The jilbab is that al-Qawa'id also remove the khimar."
The questioner : Is there a Shaykh who says, I mean, she exposes her head, I mean, she exposes her head?
The Shaykh : She exposes her head!
The questioner : Al-Qawa'id?
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : Allahu Akbar! May Allah open up for you, by Allah, I issued this fatwa a week ago in al-Rawdah!
The Shaykh : What Allah willed!!
The questioner : Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds!
Another questioner : That I am in al-Rawdah?
The questioner : Yes?
Another questioner : That I am in al-Rawdah?
The questioner : I told them: I came out here, I came out as we came out from Madinah and from Palestine and from Kuwait!
Another questioner : I just stepped on it, what do I do, I ask someone so-and-so, so I tell him: Distribute two pounds of bread.
The Shaykh: Hehehe.
The questioner : Expiation?! Okay, my Shaykh, but on her head?!
The student : So what about Hajj for al-Qawa'id?
The Shaykh : It is not permissible to marry her!
The questioner : Our Shaykh?!
The Shaykh : It is mentioned in the text of the verse:
And women of post-menstrual age who have no desire for marriage
وَالْقَوَاعِدُ مِنَ النِّسَاءِ اللَّاتِي لَا يَرْجُونَ نِكَاحًاThe questioner : I mean, the word: "who do not hope for marriage" means marriage, I mean, even if her age is not that, and she does not want this, or she is, I mean?
The Shaykh : No, her age is advanced, I mean.
The questioner : Withered?
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner: Our Shaykh.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : ... .
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