can a woman show her feet?

Islamic Hijaab

Question: What is the Islaamic hijaab?

Response: The Islaamic hijaab is for the women to cover everything that is forbidden for her to expose. That is, she covers everything that she must cover. The first of those bodily parts that she must cover is her face. It is the source of temptation and the source of people desiring her. Therefore, the woman must cover her face in front of those men that are not mahram. As for those of who claim that the Islaamic hijaab is to cover the head, shoulders, back, feet, shin and forearms while allowing her to uncover her face and hands, this is a very amazing claim. This is because it is well-known that the source of temptation and looking is the face. How can one say that the Sharee'ah does not allow the exposure of the foot of the woman while it allows her to uncover her face? It is not possible that there could be in the Esteemed, Wise and Noble Sharee'ah a contradiction. Yet everyone knows that the temptation from uncovering the face is much greater than the temptation that results from the uncovering of the feet. Everyone also knows that the most sought after aspect of the woman for men is the face. If you told a prospective groom that a woman's face is ugly but her feet are beautiful, he would not propose to such a woman. However, if you told him that her face was beautiful but her hands, palms, or shins were less than beautiful, he would still propose to her. From this one can conclude that the face is the first thing that must be covered. There are also evidences from the Book of Allaah and the sunnah of our Prophet (sal-Allaahu `alayhe wa sallam). There are also statements from the Companions, the leading Imams and the great scholars of Islaam that indicate that it is obligatory for the woman to cover all of her body in the presence of non-mahram men. This obviously indicates that it is obligatory upon the woman to cover her face in front of such men. However, this is not the place to quote all those authorities.

And Allaah knows best.

Shaykh Ibn 'Uthaymeen
Fataawa al-Mar.ah

So this explains that she must cover her feet. It is the opinion of the majority of the scholars.

format_quote Originally Posted by Ruwaydah

ibn taymiyah n ibn qayuum were followers of hanbalim madhaab
its good to follow all four madhaabs. Allahu a3laam

Would someone confirm this?

Am I really able to follow any method I want or should I stick to one and their beliefs?

I ask because I follow the hanbali method at times and then at times I follow the hanafi. So someone told me its better to stick to one.

[QUOTE=Rahmah;693405][FONT="Georgia"][COLOR="Navy"]Islamic Hijaab

Question: What is the Islaamic hijaab?

Response: The Islaamic hijaab is for the women to cover everything that is forbidden for her to expose. That is, she covers everything that she must cover. The first of those bodily parts that she must cover is her face. It is the source of temptation and the source of people desiring her. Therefore, the woman must cover her face in front of those men that are not mahram. As for those of who claim that the Islaamic hijaab is to cover the head, shoulders, back, feet, shin and forearms while allowing her to uncover her face and hands, this is a very amazing claim. This is because it is well-known that the source of temptation and looking is the face. How can one say that the Sharee'ah does not allow the exposure of the foot of the woman while it allows her to uncover her face? It is not possible that there could be in the Esteemed, Wise and Noble Sharee'ah a contradiction. Yet everyone knows that the temptation from uncovering the face is much greater than the temptation that results from the uncovering of the feet. Everyone also knows that the most sought after aspect of the woman for men is the face. If you told a prospective groom that a woman's face is ugly but her feet are beautiful, he would not propose to such a woman. However, if you told him that her face was beautiful but her hands, palms, or shins were less than beautiful, he would still propose to her. From this one can conclude that the face is the first thing that must be covered. There are also evidences from the Book of Allaah and the sunnah of our Prophet (sal-Allaahu `alayhe wa sallam). There are also statements from the Companions, the leading Imams and the great scholars of Islaam that indicate that it is obligatory for the woman to cover all of her body in the presence of non-mahram men. This obviously indicates that it is obligatory upon the woman to cover her face in front of such men. However, this is not the place to quote all those authorities.

And Allaah knows best.


ffended: but..what about people that go to school? It's hard to cover the face because the teacher has to see the students face etc. so...what should I do?
&& one's have to cover Its feet when Its salaad, right?
coz I do..

format_quote Originally Posted by noodles

Would someone confirm this?

Am I really able to follow any method I want or should I stick to one and their beliefs?

I ask because I follow the hanbali method at times and then at times I follow the hanafi. So someone told me its better to stick to one.

There's nothing wrong in taking from all for schols of thought or even salafi or "******" school. Bottom line is that we should take what is from Quran and Sunnah regardless which school is saying it. However, it's recommended you stick to one madhab and follow them so its easier and lets confusing. Some madhabs are stricter than others but both are right. For instance, hanafi do 20 rakh taraweeh in ramadan and some other madhab might do only 11 or 8. Both are right as the propet *S* done it both ways, one madhab just took the "more" route and is doing more rather then less.

Also, there are people who tend to fall in the "pick and choose" mentality. Where they will pick and choose from different madhabs according to whatever they find supportive of their views. This is dangerous as you are starting to mock islam now and Allah. So normaly it's recommended you pick on madhab as you would pick on mentor and stick to that inshallah.

The prophet pbuh said the only part a woman can reveal is her face and hands. (not feet).

format_quote Originally Posted by youngsister

The prophet pbuh said the only part a woman can reveal is her face and hands. (not feet).

The hadeeth of Ayeshah (Radhiallaahu Ánha) when Asmaa (Radhiallaahu Ánha) the daughter of Abu Bakr came to the Rasulullaah (Sallallaahu Álayhi Wasallam) while wearing thin clothing. He approached her and said: 'O Asmaa! When a girl reaches the menstrual age, it is not proper that anything should remain exposed except this and this. He pointed to the face and hands.

But this hadeeth is WEAK because of 2 main weaknesses.
1. There is no link between Ayeshah (Radhiallaahu Ánha) and Khalid bin Dareek, who narrated the hadith from her. And in every chain of narrators Khalid bin Dareek is mentioned.
2. In the chain of narrators Sa'eed bin Basheer appears, who is known by most of the Muhaditheen as being a weak narrator.

This has been mentioned by Imaam Ahmad bin Hanbal (Rahimahullah), An-Nasai (Rahimahullah), Ibn Madeeni (Rahimahullah) and Ibn Ma'een (Rahimahullah). This is also why Imaam Bukhari (Rahimahullah) and Muslim (Rahimahullah) did not except this hadeeth to be in their books. (From Shaikh Ibn Uthaymeen in the book "Hijaab" pages # 17 and 18.)

We also have to see that the Muhadith Abu Dawood when he quoted this hadeeth put with it that it is Mursal (with a broken chain that does not lead up to the Sahabah).
(From The Book "Hijaab wa Safur" under the fatwaa of Shaikh Abdul Aziz Bin Bazz on Page #61. Also stated as being weak by Shaikh Nasiruddeen Al-Albaani in his Daeef Sunan Abu Dawud in Kitab-ul-Libas under hadeeth number 4092 (which is the original hadeeth number.) It has also been mentioned in the magazine called "Al Hijrah" that Ulama agree this hadeeth is weak.)

An other thing that shows the weakness of this hadith is that after the ayah for hijab (Surah Al-Ahzaab – Verse #59) was revealed then the women of Sahaba wore a complete veil and covered the faces and hands. This includes Asmaa (Radhiallaahu Ánha) the daughter of Abu Bakr, who is supposed to have narrated this hadeeth. Asmaa (Radhiallaahu Ánha) covered herself completely including the face, this has been narrated in authentic hadeeth in Imaam Malik's "MUWATTA Book 20 Hadeeth # 20.5.16."

Some people have a foot fetish...

format_quote Originally Posted by islamirama

There's nothing wrong in taking from all for schols of thought or even salafi or "******" school. Bottom line is that we should take what is from Quran and Sunnah regardless which school is saying it. However, it's recommended you stick to one madhab and follow them so its easier and lets confusing. Some madhabs are stricter than others but both are right. For instance, hanafi do 20 rakh taraweeh in ramadan and some other madhab might do only 11 or 8. Both are right as the propet *S* done it both ways, one madhab just took the "more" route and is doing more rather then less.

Also, there are people who tend to fall in the "pick and choose" mentality. Where they will pick and choose from different madhabs according to whatever they find supportive of their views. This is dangerous as you are starting to mock islam now and Allah. So normaly it's recommended you pick on madhab as you would pick on mentor and stick to that inshallah.

You know, I ask this because, there are many things I find attractive about each madhab. For instance, hanafi method of praying 20 rakats of taraweeh is more appealing to me than 11 or 8. Similarly, I find the hanbali method of raising our hands to our ears after 'Allahu akbar', appealing. There are many such examples that I find attractive in a manner of praying.

So I do both, but I'm wondering if it is disliked.


Oh and I am very sorry for straying off topic.

format_quote Originally Posted by noodles

You know, I ask this because, there are many things I find attractive about each madhab. For instance, hanafi method of praying 20 rakats of taraweeh is more appealing to me than 11 or 8. Similarly, I find the hanbali method of raising our hands to our ears after 'Allahu akbar', appealing. There are many such examples that I find attractive in a manner of praying.

So I do both, but I'm wondering if it is disliked.


Oh and I am very sorry for straying off topic.

All of that is from sunnah so you can choose option A (20 rakah) or option B (8 rakah) or what not. Islam is made easy for us in this way so if we want to do more we can and if we want to do less we can also. I don't see anything wrong in taking from all of the madhabs as everything is from Islam.

But I think they disliked so you don't get confused or have conflict of interest and then you could fall into sin if you start pick n chooose path.

For example. If a woman gives her milk to a someone's baby when he/she is under 2yrs of age. Wahab/salafi show the hadeeth that if it is 5 full sucklings then the child becomes part of her kin and her kids and he/she are siblings now (not allowed marry). The hanafi madhab is strict about it and says 2 sucklings is enough to be cautious. Now if a child grows up and starts liking the woman's daughter, but everybody is unsure how many sucklings it was. He could follow hanafi madhab and not do anything becuase 2 sucklings is enough to stop him. Or if he thinks its under 5 but maybe more than 2, then he could follow ******/salafi view of 5 to support his interests.

I believe thats why they say its disliked to not stick to one so that you don't fall into this self-interest mode and start making a mockery of Islam. Otherwise everything is from Islam and inshallah we can follow what we want. Like i'm hanafi but i don't do 20. I do more or less depending on how tired i'm on a particular day.

wearing socks solves all your problem

Thanks brother ^ really appreciate it

And yes Socks solve your problems and for the people who want to show off their Henna on their feet, get a pair of socks with design on them!!!