Why Does "What Normally Appears" In Verse 24:31 Mean Face, Hands And Feet?
I will have to read up on what Imam Tabari has written (the actual text). But if they believed زينة meant anything other than ornaments, that would just be against Arabic and the context of the verse. As far as I know, reports about Ibn Abbas and Ayesha رضي الله عنهما confirm the view of Ghamidi Sahab. I don’t know the soundness of these reports but they can be found in لسان العرب. They specifically mention ornaments which can be revealed and not what body parts may be revealed. Ibn Abbas’s report also mentions the face but that means the embellishments of the face, as is evident from the context. Zamakhshari has also explained that the word means ornaments and even detailed which ornaments can be exposed. To my knowledge, the مؤمنات did uncover the shins when they tended to wounded soldiers during some of the wars. They wouldn’t have done that if they considered it Haram.