Hijab — Page 83
83 Hazrat Musleh Mau’ūd ra explained this and also presented the Promised Messiah’s as instructions in this regard, explaining that: ا ظَہَر َ مِنۡہَا مَا اِلَّا ظَہَر َ مِنۡہَا مَا اِلَّا refers to features of the body which are obvious and cannot be hidden due to some hindrance, even if they might be physical (it does not mean the enhanced appearance, but one’s natural physique. ) For example, a person’s height is a part of beauty but it is not possible to conceal it. Hence, Islamic law does not prohibit its display. Or for example, if one has to undergo medical examination of any part of the body because of an ailment (the Holy Qurān permits revealing it). In fact, the Promised Messiah as went to the extent of saying that there is a possibility that a doctor prescribes uncovering of the face for a woman. Covering it will be detrimental for her health and she should move around without it – meaning that if the doctor stops a woman from covering her face and tells her to move about in the open like that, otherwise it will be injurious for her health – in such a situation, it is permissible for the woman to leave her face uncovered and go out. In fact, according to some scholars of jurisprudence, it is legitimate for a pregnant woman to seek assistance of a male doctor for her childbirth, in a s where a good female nurse is not available, and the doctor has declared that the delivery might be life threatening if not handled by a specialist. Instead, if a woman does not let a male doctor deliver her child and dies due to it, she will be considered as sinful in the eyes of Allah as if she had committed suicide. Then, there can be constraints due to work as I explained earlier, such as the women in the household of landowners whose example I gave. (Hazrat Musleh Mau’ūd ra has explained this earlier) that they cannot survive, (if they do not work) and unless they do not assist their men in business. All such matters are encompassed in ظَہَر َ مِنۡہَا مَا اِلَّا ظَہَر َ مِنۡہَا مَا اِلَّا. . (Tafseer-e Kabeer Vol 6 page 299)