Fatwa: # 19365
Category: Misc. Fiqh
Country: South Africa
Date: 9th July 2011

Title

I would like to know if a womens voice is purdah? If so what is your view of females broadcasting on radio? Is this permissible?

Question

I would like to know if a womens voice is purdah? If so what is your view of females broadcasting on radio? Is this permissible?
 

Answer

Assalāmu `alaikum Warahmatullāhi Wabrakatuh,

 

وَقُلْ لِلْمُؤْمِنَاتِ يَغْضُضْنَ مِنْ أَبْصَارِهِنَّ وَيَحْفَظْنَ فُرُوجَهُنَّ وَلَا يُبْدِينَ زِينَتَهُنَّ إِلَّا مَا ظَهَرَ مِنْهَا وَلْيَضْرِبْنَ بِخُمُرِهِنَّ عَلَى جُيُوبِهِنَّ وَلَا يُبْدِينَ زِينَتَهُنَّ إِلَّا لِبُعُولَتِهِنَّ أَوْ آبَائِهِنَّ أَوْ آبَاءِ بُعُولَتِهِنَّ أَوْ أَبْنَائِهِنَّ أَوْ أَبْنَاءِ بُعُولَتِهِنَّ أَوْ إِخْوَانِهِنَّ أَوْ بَنِي إِخْوَانِهِنَّ أَوْ بَنِي أَخَوَاتِهِنَّ أَوْ نِسَائِهِنَّ أَوْ مَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَانُهُنَّ أَوِ التَّابِعِينَ غَيْرِ أُولِي الْإِرْبَةِ مِنَ الرِّجَالِ أَوِ الطِّفْلِ الَّذِينَ لَمْ يَظْهَرُوا عَلَى عَوْرَاتِ النِّسَاءِ وَلَا يَضْرِبْنَ بِأَرْجُلِهِنَّ لِيُعْلَمَ مَا يُخْفِينَ مِنْ زِينَتِهِنَّ وَتُوبُوا إِلَى اللَّهِ جَمِيعًا أَيُّهَ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُفْلِحُونَ [النور : 31]

“And tell the believing women that they must lower their gazes and guard their private parts, and must not expose their adornment, except that which appears thereof, and must wrap their bosoms with their shawls, and must not expose their adornment, except to their husbands or their fathers or the fathers of their husbands, or to their sons or the sons of their husbands, or to their brothers or the sons of their brothers or the sons of their sisters, or to their women, or to those owned by their right hands, or male attendants having no (sexual) urge, or to the children who are not yet conscious of the shames of women. And let them not stamp their feet in a way that the adornment they conceal is known. And repent to Allah O believers, all of you, so that you may achieve success.”

 

The voice of a woman is naturally alluring and attractive to man. When there is a genuine need for a woman to speak to a man then she should speak in a straightforward manner. For a woman to speak to a man without a genuine need is not permissible.[1]

 

And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best

Mawlana Ali bin Cassim

Student Darul Iftaa

 

Checked and Approved by,
Mufti Ebrahim Desai.
www.daruliftaa.net



[1]احكام القران للتهانوي ج3 ص483

رد المحتار - ط. بابي الحلبي - (1 / 406)

قوله ( وصوتها ) معطوف على المستثنى يعني أنه ليس بعورة ح

 قوله ( على الراجح ) عبارة البحر عن الحلية أنه الأشبه

 وفي النهر وهو الذي ينبغي اعتماده

 ومقابله ما في النوال نغمة المرأة عورة وتعلمها القرآن من المرأة أحب

 قال عليه الصلاة والسلام التسبيح للرجال والتصفيق للنساء فلا يحسن أن يسمعها الرجل ا هـ

 وفي الكافي ولا تلبي جهرا لأن صوتها عورة ومشى عليه في المحيط في باب الأذان

 بحر قال في الفتح وعلى هذا لو قيل إذا جهرت بالقراءة في الصلاة فسدت كان متجها ولهذا منعها عليه الصلاة والسلام من التسبيح بالصوت لإعلام الإمام بسهوه إلى التصفيق ا هـ

 وأقره البرهان الحلبي في شرح المنية الكبير وكذا في الإمداد ثم نقل عن خط العلامة المقدسي ذكر الإمام أبو العباس القرطبي في كتابه في السماع ولا يظن من لا فطنة عنده أنا إذا قلنا صوت المرأة عورة أنا نريد بذلك كلامها لأن ذلك ليس بصحيح فإنا نجيز الكلام مع النساء للأجانب ومحاورتهن عند الحاجة إلى ذلك ولا نجيز لهن رفع أصواتهن ولا تمطيطها ولا تليينها وتقطيعها لما في ذلك من استمالة الرجال إليهن وتحريك الشهوات منهم ومن هذا لم يجز أن تؤذن المرأة ا هـ

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