Is it prescribed for a woman to veil herself from a blind man?
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The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Peace be upon you
The Shaykh : And upon you be peace.
The questioner : I am Abu Abd al-Asir from Irbid, and I am asking you a few questions.
The Shaykh : Welcome, please go ahead.
The questioner : The first question: Is it obligatory for a Muslim woman to veil herself from blind men?
The Shaykh : Based on the hadith of the blind man, it is permissible.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : As for the authentic hadith, it is not obligatory for her.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Because it is permissible for her to look at a sighted man, let alone a blind man, but with a normal gaze not accompanied by desire, just as it is permissible for a man to look at a woman with a normal, innocent gaze. As for the command to lower the gaze, that is when the gaze is directed with a bad intention. And the hadith of the blind man is a weak hadith that is not authentic, and it is the one that the strict scholars among our Shaykhs in Saudi Arabia rely upon.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : It is a weak hadith that is not authentic. You mean, of course, the hadith
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : So it is a weak hadith.
The questioner : Yes.
The questioner : Peace be upon you
The Shaykh : And upon you be peace.
The questioner : I am Abu Abd al-Asir from Irbid, and I am asking you a few questions.
The Shaykh : Welcome, please go ahead.
The questioner : The first question: Is it obligatory for a Muslim woman to veil herself from blind men?
The Shaykh : Based on the hadith of the blind man, it is permissible.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : As for the authentic hadith, it is not obligatory for her.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Because it is permissible for her to look at a sighted man, let alone a blind man, but with a normal gaze not accompanied by desire, just as it is permissible for a man to look at a woman with a normal, innocent gaze. As for the command to lower the gaze, that is when the gaze is directed with a bad intention. And the hadith of the blind man is a weak hadith that is not authentic, and it is the one that the strict scholars among our Shaykhs in Saudi Arabia rely upon.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : It is a weak hadith that is not authentic. You mean, of course, the hadith
Are you both blind?
أفعمياوان أنتماThe questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : So it is a weak hadith.
The questioner : Yes.
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