“Then one of the two women came to him, walking bashfully. She said, “My father is inviting you so he may reward you for watering ˹our animals˺ for us.” When Moses came to him and told him his whole story, the old man said, “Have no fear! You are ˹now˺ safe from the wrongdoing people.” (Qur’an 28:25)
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“O wives of the Prophet! You are not like any other women: if you are mindful ˹of Allah˺, then do not be overly seductive in speech ˹with men˺ or those with sickness in their hearts may be tempted, but speak in a moderate tone.” (Qur’an 33:32)
So our noble teacher, and scholar Shaykh Dr. Abdullah bin Sa’ed Al Ma’mari (May Allah continue to bless and protect him) has stated: That this matter of women speaking to men who are not their mahram has been severely criticized by a group of scholars, to the point that they claim that the woman’s voice is awrah, and we do not know of any evidence for that in the Book of Allah (swt), Nor in the Sunnah of His Blessed Messenger (saw).
As has been quoted in the Qur’an:
“She said, “My father is inviting you so he may reward you for watering ˹our animals˺ for us.” (Qur’an 28:25)
Musa (as) is a high caliber person himself, being a Messenger of Allah (swt). This itself shows that it is O.K. for a woman to speak to a man, and a man to speak to a woman. As long as the speech is not seductive. This is to protect the woman from a man who has some illness in the heart who can seek to active upon it.
Although it is permissible for her to talk in terms of origin with a foreign man, this conversation should be as much as needed, so that it does not exceed what is required, for fear of going too far in this matter, because excessive speaking is not desirable for both the man and the woman.
Likewise, when a woman speaks, she is forbidden to be seductive when speaking. That is why those of the scholars that said a woman’s voice is a fitnah, if she is seductive in speech. It is not said that it is ‘awrah, rather, it is said that it is a fitnah — i.e. for a man — if she is seductive in speaking.
“O wives of the Prophet! You are not like any other women: if you are mindful ˹of Allah˺, then do not be overly seductive in speech ˹with men˺ or those with sickness in their hearts may be tempted, but speak in a moderate tone.” (Qur’an 33:32)
“We only give this talk so that the truth is between these two extremes, so the woman is not stressed. To the point that her existence is folded, and she does not have any role in society, nor does the woman become vulgar, so that the door is opened for her to be a cause of sedition, and thus, the Muslim woman knows today that her modesty does not prevent her from taking her part in the reformation of society.” -Shaykh Dr. Abdullah bin Sa’ed Al Ma’mari (May Allah continue to bless him and benefit many by him)
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