“Islam is concerned with and is attentive to the importance, extraordinary value and necessity for the legitimacy of sexual relations between men and women, whether it be concerned in their touching each other, hearing each other or living together. It is such that Islamic precepts would never allow the slightest detriment in whatever form it…
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“No one has the right to enter the house…
“No one has the right to enter the house of another without first announcing one’s entrance and receiving permission; even a child has no right to enter the house of his mother or sister without permission. It is only the husband who does not need to announce his arrival. Home is a place which a…
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The modest dress did not exist among…
The modest dress did not exist among the pre-Islamic Arabs. Islam brought the covering of the head, neck, and chest, etc. and the forbidding of looking with lust. But a part of that which Islam brought existed in non-Arab areas. It was a very strong influence in Iran, in particular, among the Jews and people…
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Women should not reveal their adornment…
Women should “not reveal their adornment… except such as is outward.” What does this refer to? Is it beauty which is most often hidden under clothes that must not be revealed? Then what is that which “is outward?” There are great many traditions in relation to this. It was asked from Imam Al-Sadiq (A) what…
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Tell the believing men… to guard their private parts…
“Tell the believing men… to guard their private parts.” (24:30). To guard from what? From everything which is not correct, guard against both corruption and the glance of others. As you know, it was not the custom among Arabs in the Age of Ignorance to hide their private parts. Islam came and made it obligatory…
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