Voice of the women is not ^Awrah?

[Alsunna Teacher]

The voice of the women is not a " ^Awrah" or unlawful to occur in front of men, as some people claim. If the women was reciting Qur'an out loud in front of men, or was giving an Islamic lecture or the like, there is no harm in such an act.

Al-Bukhariy related from ^a'isha (Prophet's Wife - Radiallahu ^Anha) that she was at home once, and she had with her 2 females who were chanting. Their chants were pretty loud that the person in the other room could hear. The Prophet (May peace be upon him) came to the house. He went and laid down on the couch facing the other side, so he won't be looking at them. He didn't not ask ^a'isha (Radiallahu ^Anha) to stop them from chanting! He did not say it is a ^awra, or 'nakedness' or anything.

Abou bakr, came later on, and asked ^a'isha to stop them, but the Prophet, may Peace be upon him, told him that it's ok.

We all know that the Prophets do not ignore it, they say it's wrong. If the voice of the women is 3awra, the Prophet Muhamad (May peace be upon him) would've asked the females to stop chanting.

Simply, we conclude that if the voice of the women was a ^awrah, than the Prophet would have told the women that would talk to him, and ask him or talked to the Sahabah in front of him, not to do that. And certainly the Sahabah spoke to women infront of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam.

Those who misunderstood al-Qur'an, came with such opinion. However, their opinion is not accepted based on the teachings of the Prophet. sallallahu alayhi wa sallam

In other Hadiths, narrated by Ibn Hibban and at-Tirmidhiy it was confirmed that a women chanted to the Prophet with Duff.

Allah knows best.

[Alsunna Teacher]

The ^Awrah of the of the free (that excludes the slave) woman is all her body except the face and her hands.

So, the face of the women is not considered a ^awrah, and she is free to uncover her face and hands. She may cover it however, as an optional act in following the doings of the wives of the Prophet (Sallallahu ^Alayhi Wa Sallam).

Allah knows best.

[Alsunna Teacher]

روي البخاري في صحيحه (كتاب النكاح) عن عائشة أنها زفت امرأة إلى رجل من الأنصار فقال نبي الله صلى الله عليه وسلم (يا عائشة ما كان عندكم لهوُ فإن الأنصار يعجبهم اللهو)

قال الحافظ ابن حجر العسقلاني في شرحه : في رواية شريك، فقال (فهل بعثتم معها جارية تضرب بالدف وتغني ؟) قلت: تقول ماذا ؟ قال : ( تقول : أتيناكم أتيناكم فحيا نا وحياكم ولولا الذهب الأحمر ما حلٌت بواديكم ولولا الحنطةالسمرا ما سمنت عذ ا ريكم

روى الترمذي وابن حبان أن امرأة قالت للرسول إني نذرت إن ردك الله سالما أن أضرب بين يديك بالدف فقال رسول الله: إن كنت نذرت فأوفي بنذرك, فضرب الدف أجازه النبي لهذه المرأة ولم يحرمه لأن نذر الحرام لايجوز الوفاء به

روى ابن ماجه عن أنس بن مالك أن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم مرّ ببعض المدينة فاذا هو بجوار يضربن بدفهنّ ويتغنين ويقلن : نحن جوار من بني النجار__يا حبذا محمد من جار . فقال النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم :الله يعلم اني لأحبكن .

من العلماء الذين قالوا بأن صوت المرأة ليس عورة: مرتضى الزبيدي ( اتحاف السادة المتقين ) ابن حجر العسقلاني ( فتح الباري ) 13 \ 304 . النووي ( شرح صحيح مسلم )13 \10 . ابن عابدين ( القنية ) 5 \236 . زكريا الأنصاري ( أسنى المطالب ) 3 \110 .