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Bismillaahir Rahmaanir Raheem
Assalaamu?alaykum wa rahmatullaahi wa barakaatuh
I would be grateful if one/some of the tullaab could send a detailed post on the issue of screening, and by that I mean a curtain or wall placed between unrelated men and women. If you could include as many of the following points as you are able inshaa?Allaah your efforts would be much appreciated.
1) Screening in the homes and an explanation of the part of the ayah:
...And when you ask (his wives) for anything you want, ask them from behind a screen, that is purer for your hearts and for their hearts.
Al-Ahzab - 33:53
claimed by modernists to apply only to the wives- radiyAllaahu Ta?aalaa ?anhunn-of the Messenger of Allaah-salAllaahu alayhi wa sallam.
2) The issue of brothers-in-law and cousins.
I found this fatwa of Shaykh Ibn Baaz, rahimahullaah, a bit confusing.
Question: Is it allowed for a woman to sit with her husband?s relatives while she is wearing the proper hijaab?
Response: It is allowed for a woman to sit with her brother-in-law, her cousins and so forth if she is attired in the proper hijab, meaning her face, hair and all of her body is covered. This is because she is to be covered and she is a source of temptation. However, that sitting must be without any questionable or suspicious aspects and without her being in private with anyone of them. As for the sitting in which there is privacy or which may lead her to be accused of doing some evil, such gatherings are not allowed. Similarly, her sitting with them to listen to singing, music and so forth is also not allowed.
Does this apply only to cousins and brothers-in-law etc. who are often considered as family? If so, then does this imply that they are somehow different from other non-mahram men?
3) Screening and teaching
In reference to the following fatwa;
Question: Due to talks and lessons that are held in Islaamic centres men, women and children gather together in the lecture room or in the masjid, each in their separate place. Is there any harm in this?
Response: I cannot see any harm in it because women and children gathered at the time of the Prophet (sal-Allaahu `alayhe wa sallam). The women would come with them to the prayer. Not only that, but the Prophet (sal-Allaahu `alayhe wa sallam) ordered the women to leave their houses at the time of the two 'Eed festivals. He even ordered menstruating women and thawaat ul-khudoor to leave their house but told the menstruating women to avoid the place of prayer. This was in order that they might witness this time of blessing and the prayer and supplication of the Muslims. If, therefore, there is benefit and blessing in the women and children attending the talks while the women are by themselves and no-one is exposed to temptation, then it is permitted and there is no harm in it.
Shaykh Ibn 'Uthaymeen
al-Aqalliyaat al-Muslimah - Page 68, Fatwa No.8
Does this mean without a screen and if so then can it be understood that it is permissible for a man to teach a group of unrelated women without one? What are the conditions apart from the women being properly attired? What was the practice of the Messenger of Allaah- salAllaahu alayhi wa sallam?
4) Large gatherings
What is the ruling regarding large indoor gatherings in which men and women sit separately in the same hall without a screen between them, not set up for a lecture but for a meal? Is this not considered ikhtilaat? Are there any specific fataawa regarding this?
I would be grateful for information on any of the above. BarakAllaahu feekum,
Wassalaamu?alaykum wa rahmatullaah
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MSbN.Ahmad
13-12-2002 @ 12:00 AM
