Questions and Answers about Islamic Veil

there is no other way of obtaining necessary goods, such as making an unattractive old woman do the shopping or sending for things by phone, then whilst fulfilling the requirements of the veil, women can do the shopping.

My master A’lā arat, Maulānā Shāĥ Imām Amad Razā Khān  عَـلَيْهِ رَحْمَةُ الـرَّحْمٰن said in Fatāwā Razawiyyaĥ, volume 6, pages 487-488: If a man’s wife walks around outside unveiled, such that any part of her body that must be concealed e.g. arms, stomach, hair, any part of her shins etc. are exposed, or she wears thin clothing that exposes the colour of her body, and he is aware but does not make his     best attempts to stop her from this, then he is a sinner (Fāsiq) and shameless (Dayyūš). The Greatest and Holiest Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم said, ‘Three people will not enter Heaven, he who hurts his parents, a shameless man (Dayyūš), and a woman who adopts masculine styles.’ (Al-Mustadrak, vol. 1, pp. 253, Ḥadīš 252)

Durr-e-Mukhtār states, ‘Any man who has no shame regarding his wife or any Maārim female relative is shameless (a Dayyūš).’

(Durr-e-Mukhtār, vol. 6, pp. 113)

A’lā arat رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه further wrote: Similarly, if a woman is young and could cause mischief in case of walking around freely and he does not prohibit this despite being aware, then he is openly shameless (Dayyūš), even if she exits her home fully covered. It is a sin to allow such men to lead alāĥ and offering alāĥ behind them is Makrūĥ Tarīmī and close to arām. One must not offer alāĥ led by them, if one does then he must repeat that alāĥ.

(Fatāwā Razawiyyaĥ referenced, vol. 6, pp. 487, 488)

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب           صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

 

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