qn on intermingling

[Ummu Sufyaan]

what are the guidelines (if any) of members of the opposite gender intermingling where there is a huuuge age gap.
i mean are say young men allowed to talk/sit with women who are post their child bearing age?

 

[- Qatada -]

:wasalamex

IX – Old women who are past marriageable age

Old women who are past marriageable age may uncover their faces and what usually appears in front of non-mahram men, but it is still better for them to remain covered.

Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning): “And as for women past child-bearing who do not expect wedlock, it is no sin on them if they discard their (outer) clothing in such a way as not to show their adornment. But to refrain (i.e., not to discard their outer clothing) is better for them…” [al-Noor 24:60].

Ibn Qudaamah said: “In the case of old women who are past marriageable age, there is nothing wrong if they show what ordinarily appears, because Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning), ‘And as for women past child-bearing who do not expect wedlock…’ [al-Noor 24:60].” Ibn ‘Abbaas said concerning the aayahs (interpretation of the meanings), “Tell the believing men to lower their gaze…” [al-Noor 24:30] and “Tell the believing women to lower their gaze…” [al-Noor 24:31]: “Old women who no longer expect to get married were exempted from this. The same exemption also applied to women who are deformed and are not desirable.” (Al-Mughni, 7/463; al-Sharh al-Kabeer ‘ala Matan al-Muqni’, 7/347-348).

http://www.islam-qa.com/en/ref/2198/24:60%20old

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[alcurad]

^it doesn't mean they can uncover their faces, there is no explicit statement of that, where is uncovering the face specifically in the verse?
since women don't need to cover their faces at any age, as in it's not wajib, the verse probably refers to hair and so on.

 

[Ummu Sufyaan]

IX – Old women who are past marriageable age

JAzakallahu khair...

since women don't need to cover their faces at any age, as in it's not wajib, the verse probably refers to hair and so on.

Old women who are past marriageable age may uncover their faces and what usually appears in front of non-mahram men, but it is still better for them to remain covered.

so the hair, etc isnt excluded...

 

[Ummu Sufyaan]

Another qn: what if its the other way around. i.e can a young lady sit/talk etc with an old man eg someone who is the age of her dad/grandad?