Dress Code For Men In Front Of Other Men
Good point John bro. The Fuqaha developed these limitations based on Qiyas(logical reasoning) mentioned in Quran, Sunnah & Hadith about ethics of modesty. The Quran gives a general guidance to men that they should guard their private parts in public. Now its natural to assume here that the Prophet was instructing this guidance keeping in mind that his audience knew very well, what their private parts were and how to guard them. Every Hukam of the Quran has a specific context with respect to its audience & surrounding and must be understood in that sense. This Hukam is obviously not applicable while alone in privacy of your bedroom or in front of your spouse. But rather its applicable when men interact with different people in society whether male or female. And the Quranic context makes it clear that its talking about interaction between men & women in public. As the Proceeding verses talks about modesty and decency for women. Common sense, rationality and decency dictates that body parts which are involved in sexual intimacy are being called as Hafiz e Furuj in Quran. For Men obviously these are Penis, Testicles and Hips & the body parts near them i.e Navel & Theighs(My apologies for being graphic here).