‘Awrah
The covering of one’s ‘Awrah (any area of the body
that must be covered) with clothing that doesn’t reveal one’s shape, skin, or complexion.
The Messenger of Allah (sallahu alayhi wa salaam) said:
“Allah does not accept the prayer of a woman who has
reached the age of menstruation unless she wears a veil”[1]
The people
of knowledge concur that if one is able to wear clothes, but prays naked
instead, then his prayer is invalid. The ‘Awrah for man, or the area of his
body that must be covered, is the area between his belly button and his knees,
and the same goes for the female slave. The Awrah of a free woman
is her entire body except for her face, and even that must be covered when she
is in the presence of strange men.
In a
hadith related by Salamah bin Al-Akwa’, the Messenger of Allah (sallahu alayhi
wa salaam)
ordered him to cover himself, even if he had only one garment to accomplish
that.
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