Authenticity Of Ahadith About Pardah
Peace! Yes, dear sir, I got which verse you were talking about. I had also attached a link which lead to Ghamidi Sahab’s tafsir or that verse. The issue actually arises from translation. Know this: translations of the Quran (most probably) always have the interpretations of the translators included in them. This is because it is extremely difficult (if not impossible) to translate the Quran into English without some interpretation. Now, the verse in question says that there is no sin if an elderly woman takes off her ثوب, which means a garment or a cloth with which one covers oneself (part or whole). The mufassiroon wondered which ثوب was the verse talking about. Obviously, it could not mean that elderly women were allowed to take off all their clothes. So, they thought it meant the outer clothes:جلباب، ملخفة، رداء, big shawls worn by women over their clothes. Here is where Ghamidi Sahab disagrees. There is only one ثوب discussed previously by the Surah and that is the خمار over the خيب. So, it is only reasonable to say that the ثوب here refers to what the Surah already talks about, which is the خمار over the جيب and that is what elderly women are allowed to forego if they are adorned. This is what I inferred from his tafsir. Here is the link to it: https://www.javedahmedghamidi.org/#!/quran?chapter=24&paragraph=27&type=Ghamidi#fn_102 Once again, feel free to inquire further until you are satisfied.
Salam bro Yes,but if we look at other ahadith, like the one on praying without a khimar I shared in another forum, wearing a khimaar means putting on a headcover, right? And the hadith in thos forum states that when those women heard this verse, they tore those sheets and “khimaared themselves” with it. Wouldn’t this mean that they put on a headcover? And thank you for your patience!