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Women
going out shopping
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Question:
Me and my wife go out to the market to buy necessary items
for her or the house, and she comes out with me completely
covered, and all praise is due to Allaah (alone), and she
does not speak to any of the traders (shop owners and assistants).
So is there any sin in her coming out (like this) or not?
(Please) advise me.
Response:
There is no harm in a woman going out to buy necessary items
from the market if she has no-one who is able to do this on
her behalf, so long as she is completely covered and remains
away from mixing with the men and unnecessarily talking to
them. And if she has a man from amongst her mahrams
with her, then that is more complete and better.
However,
if there is someone who can buy these necessary items on her
behalf, then there is no need for her to go out for that which
exists therein of fitnah
and danger, especially in this day and age in which fitnah
has increased and humility and mutual respect has decreased
- except upon those whom Allaah has shown Mercy to. So it
is obligatory for a woman to remain in her home as much as
she is able to, as He (Subhaanahu
wa Ta'aala) says:
{And
stay in your houses, and do not display yourselves like that
of the times of ignorance…}, Soorah
al-Ahzaab, Aayah
33
Shaykh
Ibn Fowzaan
al-Muntaqaa min Fataawa Shaykh Saalih al-Fowzaan - Volume
3, Page 294, Fatwa No.430
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