What are the boundaries of the awrah? Is the knee included in it?
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Question:
Is the knee included in the awrah?
Answer:
No, the knee and what is below it are not part of the awrah. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) sat one day in a well and exposed his knees, and Abu Bakr, 'Umar, and 'Uthman sat with him in the same manner.
Q: And what is above the knee?
A: What is above the knee is awrah, and the knee and what is below it are not awrah.
Q: Some scholars divide the awrah into: light and heavy?
A: The heavy awrah is the private parts: the back passage and the front passage. This is the heavy awrah, and what is below that is not heavy awrah down to the knee.
Q: But the ruling regarding covering is the same?
A: Yes, it is obligatory to cover it.
Is the knee included in the awrah?
Answer:
No, the knee and what is below it are not part of the awrah. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) sat one day in a well and exposed his knees, and Abu Bakr, 'Umar, and 'Uthman sat with him in the same manner.
Q: And what is above the knee?
A: What is above the knee is awrah, and the knee and what is below it are not awrah.
Q: Some scholars divide the awrah into: light and heavy?
A: The heavy awrah is the private parts: the back passage and the front passage. This is the heavy awrah, and what is below that is not heavy awrah down to the knee.
Q: But the ruling regarding covering is the same?
A: Yes, it is obligatory to cover it.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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