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

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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.

Mufti Ebrahim Salejee · Accepted Answer

The Ulama have all ruled that these verses are not restricted to the Azwaaj-e-Mutahharaat. In reverence to the Azwaaj-e-Mutahharaat they have been addressed directly, but it applies to all and sundry. When they are the mothers of the believers then the more reason the same would apply to their spiritual children.

And Allah Ta'ala (الله تعالى) knows best.

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