What is the ruling on exposing the 'awrah (part of the body that must be covered) if a person is alone?
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The questioner : His statement was among the opinions regarding the permissibility of exposing the 'awrah (part of the body that must be covered) if the person is standing, while another opinion states that it is forbidden, and is it permissible?
The Shaykh : The dislike, the prohibition, and the permissibility: it appears that dislike is the closest. For this reason, if a person in a state of major ritual impurity wants to perform the full ritual bath, he performs the ablution while naked. Here, the ablution is a recommended practice and not obligatory. If exposing the 'awrah (part of the body that must be covered) were forbidden in seclusion, we would say that it is not permissible for you to perform the ablution unless you are covered. Then, when it comes to the full ritual bath, which necessarily requires removing the clothing, you remove it. It may be answered that in this matter, since it was permitted for him to expose his clothing here for the purpose of the full ritual bath, his exposure for the ablution follows suit. This matter will come to us regarding the 'awrah (part of the body that must be covered), which I have not fully detailed here; it will come to us, if Allah wills, in the section on the 'awrah (part of the body that must be covered).
The Shaykh : The dislike, the prohibition, and the permissibility: it appears that dislike is the closest. For this reason, if a person in a state of major ritual impurity wants to perform the full ritual bath, he performs the ablution while naked. Here, the ablution is a recommended practice and not obligatory. If exposing the 'awrah (part of the body that must be covered) were forbidden in seclusion, we would say that it is not permissible for you to perform the ablution unless you are covered. Then, when it comes to the full ritual bath, which necessarily requires removing the clothing, you remove it. It may be answered that in this matter, since it was permitted for him to expose his clothing here for the purpose of the full ritual bath, his exposure for the ablution follows suit. This matter will come to us regarding the 'awrah (part of the body that must be covered), which I have not fully detailed here; it will come to us, if Allah wills, in the section on the 'awrah (part of the body that must be covered).