PURDAH EVEN FROM THE BLIND
Submitted by Mohammed Gilani on
Hazrat Umme-Salma and Hazrat Maymoona (Radiyalllahu anhuma) were
once in the presence of Rasulullah (Sallallahu alayhi wasallam) when a blind
Sahabi, Hazrat Abdullah bin Ummi-Maktoom (Radiyalllahu anhu) came
to him, upon which Rasulullah (Sallallahu alayhi wasallam) instructed them to
observe Purdah.
They replied: “O Rasulullah (Sallallahu alayhi wasallam) is he not blind?” (in other
words, why should we make Purdah from a blind man?)
Rasulullah (Sallallahu alayhi wasallam) answered:
“Are the two of you blind?” (Tirmidhi)
N.B. Thus women are not allowed to look at strange men, even
though they are within the purdah themselves. Where the
Qur’aan Majeed prohibits men from gazing at women, in the
very next verse women are also instructed to keep their gazes
low from strange men.
It is thus
unlawful for them to look at any strange man. Many women
are totally ignorant of this Mas’ala. Many are there who peep
and stare away at strange men from the slits of their veils
(Niqaab), thinking that none is looking at them, but remember
Allah Ta'ala is Ever-Present, Ever-Watchful.
Effective remedies to spiritual maladies (Hazrat Shah Hakeem Muhammad Akhtar Rahimahullah)