What is the 'awrah (part of the body that must be covered) of a woman, whether in life or when being washed?
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The questioner : Well, our Shaykh, regarding this question, a questioner asked a few days ago, saying: We know from the Shaykh's words that the Sunnah is that the entire woman is 'awrah (part of the body that must be covered), meaning, and especially in front of women, she also has a specific amount... Some tapes explained that it is the chest without the beginning of the neck, the arm, and the place of the anklet. Is this all now in the washing, or is it the same thing, or is it possible?
The Shaykh : Lowering the gaze from some of it.
The questioner : Ah, meaning the woman who washes the woman.
The Shaykh : It is not possible, it is the same thing, like the man.
The questioner : Like the man, well, meaning.
The Shaykh : Between the navel and the.
The questioner : Ah, not the whole body, meaning.
The Shaykh : No, I say like the man, his 'awrah (part of the body that must be covered) alive and dead is between the navel and the knee, so one does not tolerate anything more than this.
The questioner : One does not tolerate.
The Shaykh : It is not said - for example - that his thigh is not 'awrah (part of the body that must be covered) as long as he is dead, no, the woman's 'awrah (part of the body that must be covered) alive is like her 'awrah (part of the body that must be covered) dead.
The questioner : Usually, the sister who washes her needs to, meaning, on the same system as when she is alive.
The Shaykh : It is this.
The questioner : She needs to cover her entirely from the beginning, and she is covered.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The questioner : Our Shaykh, is this statement and its explanations clear to you in something, whether in this?
The Shaykh : No, by Allah.
The Shaykh : Lowering the gaze from some of it.
The questioner : Ah, meaning the woman who washes the woman.
The Shaykh : It is not possible, it is the same thing, like the man.
The questioner : Like the man, well, meaning.
The Shaykh : Between the navel and the.
The questioner : Ah, not the whole body, meaning.
The Shaykh : No, I say like the man, his 'awrah (part of the body that must be covered) alive and dead is between the navel and the knee, so one does not tolerate anything more than this.
The questioner : One does not tolerate.
The Shaykh : It is not said - for example - that his thigh is not 'awrah (part of the body that must be covered) as long as he is dead, no, the woman's 'awrah (part of the body that must be covered) alive is like her 'awrah (part of the body that must be covered) dead.
The questioner : Usually, the sister who washes her needs to, meaning, on the same system as when she is alive.
The Shaykh : It is this.
The questioner : She needs to cover her entirely from the beginning, and she is covered.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The questioner : Our Shaykh, is this statement and its explanations clear to you in something, whether in this?
The Shaykh : No, by Allah.
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