Miscellaneous

Aayat of the Quraan Shareef commanding the Azwaaj-e-Mutaharaat to stay at home

Q: My wife recently had some interaction with female members of her family. Alhamdulillah, as we practice strict purdah and she remains at home, she was giving her female cousins Targheeb along these lines. 

One of her cousins is an Aalimah and then quoted the Ayat of Quran Shareef commanding the Azwaaj-e-Mutaharaat to stay at home, and then explained that this Ayat referred only to them and was not applicable to the women of today. 

My wife explained that the fitnah is far worse today and our piety cannot even be compared to their chastity and purity, but the “Aalimah” persisted saying that this is Quran and you cannot infer restriction on everyone when it is referring only to a select group. 

Please can Mufti saheb provide guidance with some proof, more for our itminaan than anything else.

Going on holiday

Q: We come from a middle-class family, and through Allah’s mercy we are able to travel locally and internationally after saving up. My dad does not want to travel next year because he is concerned about what people might say and fears the evil eye. We do not live extravagantly, nor do we post anything online. I’m unsure how to respond to this or whether this is a valid reason for choosing not to do something generally?

Family vacation and trips

Q: What is the Islamic verdict on family vacation and trips, for example to parks and most isolated places where there is not a lot of people - are only the men allowed to go while the women and girls have to stay at home or can the whole family take the occasional trip/vacation to travel and sightsee?