Re: [IslamCity] Muslim women step into whole new aquatic world

Mon, 25 Apr 2005 15:48:48 -0700

Assalamu alaikum,

 

I never said that the awrah of a woman is from the naval to the knee. 

I said that the awrah of a woman infront of other women is from the awrah to the knee, but it is not the acceptable way of dressing.  This awrah is such because of the excuse of breastfeeding that could be a hardship for a woman.

I supported the view with a hadith, in which the sheikh mentions the misconceptions that people make from this hadith.

The hadith below clearly states that the awrah of women infront of each other is from the naval to the knee.   He did not say it is sufficient for her to cover from naval to the knee. He meant that a woman is not allowed to look at the awrah of another woman which is from the naval to the knee.

As for the awrah of a woman in public, then I am of the opnion that all the woman is awrah including her face, hands and feet.

This is because the hadith, "The woman is awrah" did not exclude anything from that definition.

 

I cover from head to toe.  Infront of other women, I wear modest clothes.  But with breastfeeding [in a woman's gathering], I know women who try very hard to cover up, but many many times, as with all women I know the child themselves pull at the garments, and so forth.

Whatever is seen thereof is not haram, since there is a clear concession on that.

 

With regards to the doubts that some women have, concerning the words of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him), �Let no woman look at the �awrah of another woman and let no man look at the �awrah of another man; the �awrah of a woman in front of another woman is from the navel to the knee�, which they interpret as indicating that women may wear short clothes � the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) did not say that  it is sufficient for women�s clothing to cover the area from the navel to the knee, so this cannot be used as evidence. What he did say was that no woman should look at the �awrah of another woman, so he forbade them to look, because the �awrah of the woman who is wearing loose clothing may sometimes be exposed when answering the call of nature or for some other reason, so the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) forbade women to look at one another�s �awrahs.

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