Is the adornment mentioned in the verse “And they shall not display their adornment except what appears thereof” the same as the adornment in the verse “And they shall not display their adornment except to their husbands”?
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Another questioner: Peace be upon you, my master. I would like to ask a question that reminded me of the verse in Surat al-Nur.
The Shaykh: Go ahead.
The questioner: In a verse it says:[An-Nur 24:31] , this is the beginning, then another verse says: [An-Nur 24:31] .
The Shaykh: Except to their husbands.
The questioner: Yes, except to their husbands. Is this first adornment, “except what appears thereof,” the same as the second adornment?
The Shaykh : Yes, that is so
The questioner: In this same verse, it also mentions and enumerates some of those to whom it is permissible.
The Shaykh: The mahram relatives.
The questioner: Yes, the mahram relatives, except the paternal uncle and the maternal uncle. May Allah reward you with good, if...
The Shaykh: The fact that the paternal uncle and the maternal uncle were not mentioned, my brother, in this verse is just as they were not mentioned in the verse “And made lawful to you what is beyond that.” What came in the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him):Sahih Muslim 1445i , this generality that came in the hadith was not mentioned in the verse. Therefore, we say that it is obligatory to take the rulings of the Shari'ah from the combined whole of the Book and the Sunnah.
The Sunnah is added to the Book, and the ruling is taken from both together, not from one of them without the other. So if you know that the paternal uncle and the maternal uncle are mahram, it does not matter to you whether they were mentioned in this verse or not. Even though some jurists and some exegetes mentioned a wisdom for why the paternal uncle and the maternal uncle were not mentioned, given that they are mahram?
He said: Because it is feared that this prohibition, or the status of being mahram with respect to them, would be attributed to their sons, and their sons are not mahram. This also applies to those explicitly mentioned in the verse.
Therefore, the answer is what you heard: that we combine the Qur'an and the Sunnah, and take the ruling from the sum of both.
The Shaykh: Go ahead.
The questioner: In a verse it says:
not expose their adornment except that which [necessarily] appears thereof
ولا يبدين زينتهن إلا ما ظهر منهاnot expose their adornment
ولا يبدين زينتهن إلاThe Shaykh: Except to their husbands.
The questioner: Yes, except to their husbands. Is this first adornment, “except what appears thereof,” the same as the second adornment?
The Shaykh : Yes, that is so
The questioner: In this same verse, it also mentions and enumerates some of those to whom it is permissible.
The Shaykh: The mahram relatives.
The questioner: Yes, the mahram relatives, except the paternal uncle and the maternal uncle. May Allah reward you with good, if...
The Shaykh: The fact that the paternal uncle and the maternal uncle were not mentioned, my brother, in this verse is just as they were not mentioned in the verse “And made lawful to you what is beyond that.” What came in the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him):
on account of fosterage as one is Mahram on account of consanguinity
يحرم من الرضاعة ما يحرم من النسبThe Sunnah is added to the Book, and the ruling is taken from both together, not from one of them without the other. So if you know that the paternal uncle and the maternal uncle are mahram, it does not matter to you whether they were mentioned in this verse or not. Even though some jurists and some exegetes mentioned a wisdom for why the paternal uncle and the maternal uncle were not mentioned, given that they are mahram?
He said: Because it is feared that this prohibition, or the status of being mahram with respect to them, would be attributed to their sons, and their sons are not mahram. This also applies to those explicitly mentioned in the verse.
Therefore, the answer is what you heard: that we combine the Qur'an and the Sunnah, and take the ruling from the sum of both.
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