Burqa- Safeguard of women?s chastity and honour Part 6

<span style="font-size: 14px">With the husband, there is no Purdah. The husband can see the wife from head to toe and vice versa. It is mentioned in etiquettes (aadaab) that they should not see each other&rsquo;s private parts. As given in Mausu&rsquo;atul Fiqhiya, Vol. 1, Pg No: 53). About other relatives like father, brother etc., the rule is that from a woman&rsquo;s navel to her knees, nobody can see. Nobody from the Maharim can see this area of a woman&rsquo;s body. Other parts like face, ankles, arms etc can be seen provided there is no fear of corruption, as given in <br /> <br /> (Hidayah Kitab Ul Karahiya, Pg No: 461) . <br /> <br /> Allah SWT says about seeing the Maharim in <br /> <br /> verse 31 of Surah Noor: <br /> <br /> That they should not display their beauty and ornaments except what (ordinarily) appear thereof; 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,.......... <br /> <br /> According to this verse, it is allowed to reveal one&rsquo;s beauty before them and revealing one&rsquo;s beauty means revealing the areas of beauty. The wrists, ears, neck, feet are all included in this. These are called the areas of beauty i.e. the areas where beauty is expressed. If there is any fear of any corruption, then even the face should be covered. If there is no such fear, then there is no problem in keeping the face and palms uncovered. As said by Allah SWT: <br /> <br /> That they should not display their beauty and ornaments except what (ordinarily) appear thereof; <br /> <br /> As given in <br /> <br /> (Hidayah in Kitabul Karahiya, Pg No: 452) <br /> <br /> that according to Hadhrat Ali and Hadhrat Ibn Abbas (May Allah be well pleased with them) that except &ldquo;what (ordinarily) appear thereof&rdquo; means the Kohl of the eyes and the ring. </span>