What is the criterion for the elderly women?
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The questioner : May Allah forgive you, O Shaykh. Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, mentioned in His Noble Book the elderly women, and we see that women go out, but O Shaykh, what is the criterion for the elderly women?
The Shaykh : Allah the Exalted mentioned the elderly women in His Noble Book and clarified this in His saying:[An-Nur 24:60] meaning that she does not hope that anyone will propose to her to marry her. Why? Because she is old in age, her features have changed, and no one wants her. These are the elderly women. Such a woman has no blame on her for showing her face, her hands, and her feet, because people’s desires do not attach to her and no fitnah (trial, discord or temptation) arises from her. Yes, that is correct.
The questioner : Shaykh.
The Shaykh : No, just one question.
The questioner : No, the same question, Shaykh. Now, regarding the elderly women, some of them, for example, have a husband and are with him, but they go out, for example, with their faces uncovered, and their hands are also exposed?
The Shaykh : The point is whether she hopes for marriage if she does not have a husband?
The questioner : That is what we know, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : This is what Allah mentioned regarding this criterion, restricting it to those who do not hope for marriage[An-Nur 24:60].
The Shaykh : Allah the Exalted mentioned the elderly women in His Noble Book and clarified this in His saying:
who have no desire for marriage
اللَّاتِي لا يَرْجُونَ نِكَاحاًThe questioner : Shaykh.
The Shaykh : No, just one question.
The questioner : No, the same question, Shaykh. Now, regarding the elderly women, some of them, for example, have a husband and are with him, but they go out, for example, with their faces uncovered, and their hands are also exposed?
The Shaykh : The point is whether she hopes for marriage if she does not have a husband?
The questioner : That is what we know, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : This is what Allah mentioned regarding this criterion, restricting it to those who do not hope for marriage