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Assalaamualaikum.
I know that wacthing pronograghy is not allowed and it is strickly prohibited in islam but i want to know whether womens can wacth the naked photos of other womens or not?one of my friends says that we can do this is it right according to sharia?please give reply to my question im in confussion,pls help me i will b very thankfull to u. 

 

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Answer:

 

Women watch naked women

In the name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His help and ask for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can misguide, and whoever He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. We bear witness that there is no one (no idol, no person,  no grave, no prophet,  no imam,  no dai,  nobody!) worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.

 

Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 7 Surah Aaraaf verse 33:

33      Say: ‘The things that my Lord hath indeed forbidden are: ‘faahisha’ (shameful deeds) whether open or secret; sins and trespasses against truth or reason; assigning of partners to Allah for which he hath given no authority; and saying things about Allah of which ye have no knowledge.

 

Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 16 Surah Nahl verse 90:

90      Allah commands justice, the doing of good and liberality to kith and kin, and He forbids all ‘faahisha’  (shameful deeds), and injustice, and rebellion: He instructs you that ye may receive admonition.

 

Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 6 Surah Anaam verse 151:

151    Say: "Come I will rehearse what Allah hath (really) prohibited you from: join not anything as equal with Him; be good to your parents: kill not your children on a plea of want;  We provide sustenance for you and for them;  come not nigh to ‘fahisha’ (shameful deeds) whether open or secret; take not life which Allah hath made sacred except by way of justice and law: thus doth He command you that ye may learn wisdom.

 

Indeed, the Lord Most High has Commanded and declared absolutely forbidden every ‘faahisha’ or indecent or shameful acts or deeds.

 

Your Question: i want to know whether womens can wacth the naked photos of other womens or not?

Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 23 Surah Muminoon verses 1-7:

1        The Believers must (eventually) win through

2        Those who humble themselves in their prayers;

3        (Those) who avoid vain talk;

4        (Those) who are active in deeds of charity;

5        (Those) who scrupulously guard their private parts,

6        Except with those joined to them in the marriage bond or (the captives) whom their right hands possess for (in their case) they are free from blame

7        But those whose desires exceed those limits are transgressors

 

Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 24 Surah Noor verses 30-31:

30      Say to the believing men that they should lower their gaze and guard their modesty: that will make for greater purity for them: and Allah is well acquainted with all that they do.

31      And say to the believing women that they should lower their gaze and guard their modesty;

 

 

Shariah Law Commands that the ‘satr’ (or the parts of the body which must remain covered) of the believing woman when in the presence of even her mehrams or other woman-folk is from the very beginning of her breasts to her knees inclusive.  The believing woman, who sincerely fears Allah and the Last Day is neither allowed to expose her ‘satr’ to other mehrams or womenfolk, nor is she allowed to view the ‘satr’ of others. 

 

The only exception where there is absolutely no ‘satr’ is between the husband and the wife in Islam; other than that one relationship, it is absolutely forbidden for the believing men and the believing women to expose their minimum ‘satr’ to anyone else, or to view the ‘satr’ of others.

 

It would be absolutely forbidden and prohibited for a believing woman to intentionally watch or view the ‘satr’ of other women in Islam.

 

Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only due to Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me alone.  Allah Alone Knows Best and He is the Only Source of Strength.

 

Your brother and well wisher in Islam,

 

 

Burhan