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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Your Questions Answered (volume 7) Q. 40: Character of Rights Q. 50: Minimum Hijab What is the minimum requirement of Islamic Hijab? A: Covering the whole head and body except face and hands upto wrist - without decoration (i.e. make up). Q.5I: MIXED GATHERING: If a mixed gathering of women and men is organised, and there is no possibility of preventing it, then is attending such a gathering - religious or otherwise -- lawful?

A: Attending such a gathering with full observance of the rules and when one does not look at the things which are haram to look at, is without any difficulty in itself. But if it encourages the women to non-observance of the rules of shari'ah then attending such gathering is not lawful. Q.

52: LOOKING AT FACE OF A GHAYR-MAHRAM MAYYIT: I shall be grateful if you will kindly advise me if a ghayr-mahram is allowed, in our Shari'ah, to view the face of a dead man (after having been given Ghusl, Hunoot and Kafan). And in the same way is a ghayr-mahram man allowed to see the face of a dead woman? A: The restrictions of hijab which are applicable to or about a person during his/her life, continue to be applied after his/her death too. Q. 53: WHY DIFFERENT PUNISHMENT FOR WOMEN?

If any of your women are guilty of lewdness, take the evidence of four (reliable) witnesses from amongst you against them; and if they testify, confine them to houses until death do claim them, or Allah ordain for them some (other) way. If two men among you are guilty of lewdness, punish them both. If they repent and amend, leave them alone; for Allah is Oft-Retuming, Most Merciful. (Qur'an, 4:15-16) Why different punishment meted to women for the same sin?

A: I do not know which translation you have used while writing these questions.You should choose a good translation and avoid confusion which results from motivated and/or mutilated translations. Even some non-Muslims like Arbury have mostly given correct meanings. In the above quotation, the translator writes in V.16: :If two men among you are guilty of lewdness..." He has added the word 'men' arbitrarily. Does he want to say that the verse speaks about sodomy? Astaghflrullah!

In fact, both verses speak about fornication and adultery. They were revealed in the early Madinite period, when the code of family life was not yet promulgated.