Can you explain women dress code inside/outside the home,supporting with hadeeth.
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Dress code of women satr
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 none worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that Muhammad
(saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.
Allah and His Messenger (saws) have neither specified nor
limited the believers to a particular Islamic dress, but rather gave some
conditions which the dress one adorns himself/herself with must be fulfilled:
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 7 Surah
Aaraaf verse 26:
26 O ye children of Adam! We have bestowed clothing upon you to cover
your shame as well as to be an adornment to you; but the clothing of ‘taqwa’
(piety, righteousness, etc.) that is the best.
Such are among the Signs of Allah that they may receive admonition!
Provided that the below five conditions of apparel are not
violated, there is absolutely no restriction on the type or color of clothing
the believers are allowed to wear in Islam:
Thus regardless of what type of outfit one chooses to
wear, if it does not violate any of the above restrictions, that it would be
deemed appropriate clothing in Islam.
The dress code for a believing woman in Shariah is not
prescribed for what is lawful to wear inside/outside one’s home; but rather
Islam guides towards the attire of the believing women she is to adorn when in
the presence of mehrams and non-mehram members of the opposite sex.
Ref: Dress code of the believing women when in the
presence of non-mehram members of the opposite sex:
Allah
says in the Holy Quran Chapter 33 Surah Ahzaab verse 59:
O Prophet, enjoin your
wives and daughters, and the believing women, that they should cast their outer
garments over their persons. It is
expected that they will thus be recognized, and not molested. Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 24 Surah
Noor verse 31:
31 And say to the believing women that they should lower their gaze and
guard their modesty; that they should not display their beauty and ornaments except
that which is displayed of itself; that they should draw their veils
over their bosoms and not display their beauty except to their husbands, their
fathers, their husbands' fathers, their sons, their husbands' sons, their
brothers, or their brothers' sons, or their sisters' sons, or their women, or
the slaves, whom their right hands possess, or male servants free of physical
needs, or small children who have no sense of the shame of sex; and that they should
not strike their feet in order to draw attention to their hidden ornaments. And O ye Believers! Turn ye all together
towards Allah that ye may attain Bliss.
There are two opinions amongst
the scholars in Islam as to what does the phrase ‘except
that which is displayed of itself’ mean and include. One opinion is that it means the face and
the hands may be left uncovered, and the other opinion is that the face also
has to be covered, and only the hands may be left uncovered.
Sunan of Abu-Dawood
Hadith 4092 Narrated by Aisha, Ummul
Mu'minin
Asma, daughter of
AbuBakr, entered upon the Messenger of Allah (saws) wearing thin clothes. The
Messenger of Allah (saws) turned his attention from her and said: ‘O Asma, when
a woman reaches the age of menstruation, it does not suit her that she displays
her parts of body except this and this’, and he (saws) pointed to her
face and hands.
The most accepted opinion is
that if the women covers everything except her face and her hands, she would be following the Command of
Allah; and if she chooses to cover her
face, then it would be considered purest
and closest to the Command of Allah Subhanah.
The difference between the
covering and leaving uncovered the face of a believing woman in ‘hijaab’ is not
one between right and wrong, but rather between what is best and what is
good. If the believing woman covers her
whole body and chooses to leave her face uncovered, it is good, acceptable and
in accordance with the guidance of the Quran and the Sunnah; but if she covers
her whole body including her face with a ‘niqaab’, it would be best and closest
to the Command of her Lord.
Ref: Dress code of the believing women when in the
presence of her mehrams:
There is absolutely no ‘satr’ or ‘hijaab’ between a
husband and a wife united in the sacred bond of marriage in Islam; and there is
absolutely no restriction in Shariah regarding which parts of her body she may
expose in the presence of her husband.
If the believing woman is in a gathering of only womenfolk
or her other mehram relatives, they should still maintain and obey the Command
of their Lord to guard their modesty.
The absolute minimum ‘satr’ of a believing woman when in the company of
her mehrams (except her husband) is that all her body parts from the beginning
of her breasts to her knees inclusive should be absolutely covered.
One should not take the absolute minimum ‘satr’ guidance
as a license to dress inappropriately when in the company of mehrams (except
her husband), but they should fear their Lord and still maintain and obey His
Command to guard their modesty and dress and behave appropriately.
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