I heard Shaykh 'Abd al-Rahim al-Tahan say on a recorded tape: whoever opens a window in his house onto the road is a *diwath* (one who is indifferent to his wife's honor); is this statement correct?
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The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner: Shaykh ... is there no harm?
The Shaykh: There is nothing wrong with it.
The questioner: Are you well?
The Shaykh : Praise be to Allah, I am well.
The questioner: O Shaykh, I have a question.
The Shaykh : Bring it.
The questioner: I heard it on a tape of Shaykh 'Abd al-Rahim al-Tahan.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner: That a person who has a house and in it ... he has ... in the house.
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner: A window, he has a window in the house. Hello? Hello?
The Shaykh: Speak, my brother, what is the window? What is the matter with the window?
The questioner: Hello? He has a window in the house, Shaykh 'Abd al-Rahim al-Tahan says he is a *diwath* (one who is indifferent to his wife's honor), is this correct, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh: Where did you read this statement?
The questioner: I heard it on a tape of Shaykh 'Abd al-Rahim al-Tahan.
The Shaykh: Let me hear the tape so we can see.
The questioner: Huh?
The Shaykh: Let me hear the tape.
The questioner: Shall I play the tape for you?
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner: Wait, O Shaykh, wait.
The student: Shaykh 'Abd al-Rahim al-Tahan, if he has a window overlooking the street ...
The Shaykh: He says he is a *diwath* (one who is indifferent to his wife's honor).
The student: That is what Shaykh al-Tahan says, whoever has a window onto the road is a *diwath* (one who is indifferent to his wife's honor).
The Shaykh: That is what he says.
The student: He said because he means he does not fear for his honor [sound of the tape]The Shaykh : 'Abd al-Rahim al-Tahan: ... but this house that he lives in ... that a person if he builds a house and makes for it a window opening onto the street, he is lacking in manliness, deficient in justice, his testimony is rejected and his narration is not accepted. Why? Because he allows his women to look at the men in the streets, so what do our imams say in this time when ... and the balconies, and the *diwath* (one who is indifferent to his wife's honor) sits with his wife and daughters ...
The questioner: Hello, Shaykh.
The Shaykh: Yes, I heard, and the voice was faint. There is exaggeration in the statement, did you hear?
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh: Did you hear what I said?
The questioner: No, I did not hear you.
The Shaykh: And how can we hear you?
The questioner: Now I hear you, I hear you now, speak, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh: I say there is exaggeration in his statement.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh: There is exaggeration, but his intention is good.
The questioner: Hmm, I do not hear you.
The Shaykh: There is exaggeration in his statement, but his intention is good, and it is the preservation of the honor of women and their chastity.
The questioner : I understood.
The Shaykh : Do you understand?
The questioner : Yes, Shaykh.
The Shaykh: Peace be upon you.
The questioner: May Allah bless you, and upon you be peace and the mercy of Allah and His blessings.
The student: This is with al-Tahan that it is not permissible for women to look at men absolutely.
The Shaykh: This is understood from his statement, this is ignorance, and therefore when I traveled about two years ago for the first time, and I toured in Saudi Arabia, we gathered with many people whom we did not know.
The questioner: Shaykh ... is there no harm?
The Shaykh: There is nothing wrong with it.
The questioner: Are you well?
The Shaykh : Praise be to Allah, I am well.
The questioner: O Shaykh, I have a question.
The Shaykh : Bring it.
The questioner: I heard it on a tape of Shaykh 'Abd al-Rahim al-Tahan.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner: That a person who has a house and in it ... he has ... in the house.
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner: A window, he has a window in the house. Hello? Hello?
The Shaykh: Speak, my brother, what is the window? What is the matter with the window?
The questioner: Hello? He has a window in the house, Shaykh 'Abd al-Rahim al-Tahan says he is a *diwath* (one who is indifferent to his wife's honor), is this correct, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh: Where did you read this statement?
The questioner: I heard it on a tape of Shaykh 'Abd al-Rahim al-Tahan.
The Shaykh: Let me hear the tape so we can see.
The questioner: Huh?
The Shaykh: Let me hear the tape.
The questioner: Shall I play the tape for you?
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner: Wait, O Shaykh, wait.
The student: Shaykh 'Abd al-Rahim al-Tahan, if he has a window overlooking the street ...
The Shaykh: He says he is a *diwath* (one who is indifferent to his wife's honor).
The student: That is what Shaykh al-Tahan says, whoever has a window onto the road is a *diwath* (one who is indifferent to his wife's honor).
The Shaykh: That is what he says.
The student: He said because he means he does not fear for his honor [sound of the tape]The Shaykh : 'Abd al-Rahim al-Tahan: ... but this house that he lives in ... that a person if he builds a house and makes for it a window opening onto the street, he is lacking in manliness, deficient in justice, his testimony is rejected and his narration is not accepted. Why? Because he allows his women to look at the men in the streets, so what do our imams say in this time when ... and the balconies, and the *diwath* (one who is indifferent to his wife's honor) sits with his wife and daughters ...
The questioner: Hello, Shaykh.
The Shaykh: Yes, I heard, and the voice was faint. There is exaggeration in the statement, did you hear?
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh: Did you hear what I said?
The questioner: No, I did not hear you.
The Shaykh: And how can we hear you?
The questioner: Now I hear you, I hear you now, speak, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh: I say there is exaggeration in his statement.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh: There is exaggeration, but his intention is good.
The questioner: Hmm, I do not hear you.
The Shaykh: There is exaggeration in his statement, but his intention is good, and it is the preservation of the honor of women and their chastity.
The questioner : I understood.
The Shaykh : Do you understand?
The questioner : Yes, Shaykh.
The Shaykh: Peace be upon you.
The questioner: May Allah bless you, and upon you be peace and the mercy of Allah and His blessings.
The student: This is with al-Tahan that it is not permissible for women to look at men absolutely.
The Shaykh: This is understood from his statement, this is ignorance, and therefore when I traveled about two years ago for the first time, and I toured in Saudi Arabia, we gathered with many people whom we did not know.
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