Purpose Of Khimar, Hifz-e-furuj And Difference Between Khimar And Sayyab
– A normal shirt covering the chest area of a woman properly is sufficient to fulfill the directive of the Quran. In principle, a decent dress is what is required according to the norms of the society. Etiquettes of dressing may vary from situation to situation as well as from time to time. For salah, the etiquettes are different than for sports, for example. In all cases, the requirement of وَ یَحْفَظْنَ فُرُوْجَھُنَّ ( covering of private parts and covering of parts annexed right next to private parts to ensure proper and complete covering of privates ) must be observed in additon to other directives in Surah Nur, however, it’s application may very from situation to situation and from society to society. – Hukam of Hifz-e-Furuj includes all the private parts. – Khimar ( بِخُمُرِ ) and Sayyab ( ثیاب ) are synonymous words. Here it is explained that this directive of covering the embellishments of the chest and the neckline does not pertain to old women have lost their sexual urge and towards whom men feel no attraction. If they want, they can dispense with the cloth. There is no harm in it provided they no longer have the desire to be embellished and show themselves to others . It is about the desire ( inner feeling ), not about their actual state of adornment. They’re exempted from covering their embellishments on the chest and neckline provided they don’t have any desire to show it off to others and to be embellished the way young women do. For comments of Ghamidi Sahab regarding use of words Khimar (بِخُمُرِ) and Sayyab (ثیاب) , please refer to the video below from 1:03:04 to 1:06:40 https://youtu.be/O8vHB7KW_YU?t=3784
Since I don’t know Arabic, I often get confused by translations. What I actually wanted to ask was that if the phrase غیر متبرجٰت بزینة mean : 1)a(n) (old) woman who is not (at a given time) displaying her embellishments or 2) a(n) (old) woman who generally lacks the desire /habit of displaying her embellishments ? Because this would give two totally different meanings to the verse. The first one would be that old women are allowed to remove ثیاب only if they aren’t wearing any embellishments at that particular time(and this meaning would again cause confusion because of what I think a lack of complete compatibility with khimaar verse as I mentioned above). The second one would be that old women who aren’t interested in displaying their adornments are allowed to remove their ثیاب (which would clear what appears to me a slight incompatibility with the khimaar verse ) . I am learning so obviously my opinions don’t have any authority , am just asking questions .