[12] Hijab of Old Woman (who cannot get married)...
[12] Hijab of Old Woman (who cannot get married): وَالْقَوَاعِدُ مِنَ النِّسَاءِ اللَّاتِي لَا يَرْجُونَ نِكَاحًا فَلَيْسَ عَلَيْهِنَّ جُنَاحٌ أَنْ يَضَعْنَ ثِيَابَهُنَّ غَيْرَ مُتَبَرِّجَاتٍ بِزِينَةٍ ۖ وَأَنْ يَسْتَعْفِفْنَ خَيْرٌ لَهُنَّ ۗ وَاللَّهُ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٌ {6024:} And (as for) women advanced in years who do not hope for a marriage, it is no sin for them if they put off their clothes without displaying their ornaments; and if they restrain themselves it is better for them; and Allah is Hearing, Knowing [24:60].
محمد بن يعقوب: عن علي بن إبراهيم، عن أبيه، عن ابن أبي عمير، عن حماد بن عثمان، عن الحلبي، عن أبي عبد الله (عليه السلام)، أنه قرأ: أَنْ يَضَعْنَ ثِيابَهُنَّ، قال: «الخمار و الجلباب». قلت: بين يدي من كان؟ فقال: «بين يدي من كان، غير متبرجة بزينة، فإن لم تفعل فهو خير لها، و الزينة التي يبدين لهن شيء في الآية الاخرى».
Muhammad Bin Yaqoub, from Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Hamaad Bin Usman, from Al Halby, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah -asws having recited [24:60] if they put off their clothes , then said: ‘The muffler and the robe’. I said, ‘In front of whosoever it may be?’ So he -asws said: ‘In front of whosoever it may be without displaying their ornaments . But if she were not to do it, it is better for her.
And the ornaments is that which shows something of her, in another Verse ( [24:31] except what appears thereof ). [13] وعنه: بإسناده عن الصفار، عن يعقوب بن يزيد، عن علي بن أحمد، عن يونس، قال: ذكر الحسين أنه كتب إليه يسأله عن حد القواعد من النساء اللاتي إذا بلغت جاز لها أن تكشف رأسها و ذراعها؟ فكتب (عليه السلام): «من قعدن عن النكاح».
And from him, by his chain from Al Saffar, from Yaqoub, from Yaqoub Bin Yazeed, from Ali Bin Ahmad, from Yunus who said, ‘Al-Husayn mentioned that he wrote to him -asws about the limitations of the rules for the women if they reach old age whether it is permissible for them to uncover their heads and their arms?’ He -asws wrote back: ‘The ones who are too old to marry’.