After Allah informs (PBUHH) about marriage with certain relations...

After Allah informs (PBUHH) about marriage with certain relations, He further reminds: “It is not allowed to you to take women afterwards, nor that you should change them for other wives, though their beauty be pleasing to you, except what your right hand possesses and Allah is Watchful over all things.” (5) In the above verse, it is clearly mentioned that (PBUHH) was also in a position to see the “Husn” i.e.

Beauty of women and this clearly establishes that women not related to the (PBUHH) did not wear “Niqab” or veils to cover their faces when they used to appear in front of him. We must realize that attributing anything to Allah which He has not ordained is a very serious action on our part.

Allah has informed us through His messenger that attributing anything to Allah which He did not make as an obligation is “haraam” i.e Forbidden, as the following verse states: “Say: Surely my Sustainer has prohibited (made haraam) indecencies, those of them that are apparent as well as those that are concealed, and sin and rebellion without justice, and that you associate with Allah that for which He has not sent down any authority, and that you say against Allah what you do not know.” (6) “Niqab” has not been made mandatory by any verse of the Quran, it is a cultural practice of pagan tribes and unbelievers.

The Quran also identifies unbelievers who used to cover themselves up with their garments. Allah informs us through Noah: “And whenever I have called them that Thou mayest forgive them, they put their fingers in their ears, cover themselves with their garments, and persist and are puffed up with pride.” (7) We should strive to form and reform ourselves through Quranic guidance. CAN WOMEN TALK TO MEN TO WHOM THEY ARE NOT RELATED (NOT MARRIED)? UNDER WHAT CIRCUMSTANCES?

In the Quran, we have the example of the Prophet Moses (a.s) as he is shown to hold a conversation with two women who are not married to him yet. This conversation clearly indicates that women can talk to men who are not related to them, provided it is for important tasks only and not complacent speech, as complacency in speech is not allowed by verse 33:32. The following verses identify the conversation of Moses with the two women who are not related to him.

“And when he came to the water of Madyan, he found on it a group of men watering, and he found besides them two women keeping back (their flocks). He said: What is the matter with you?