Treating women as awra: Difference between revisions

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 === Prohibition against Assuming the Marja‘iyya and Judgeship ===
-Another consequence of regarding women as awra is the impermissibility of their assuming social and religious offices that require presence in society. The jurisprudential argument is based on the question of how a person described as “awra” and commanded to be concealed can assume responsibility for issuing fatwas, the marja‘iyya, and judgeship. These matters intrinsically require meeting people and responding to emerging events, and such a status is incompatible with the condition envisioned for women—absolute concealment.<ref>Safi Golpayegani, Dhakhirat al-‘Uqba, vol. 1, pp. 123-124.</ref>
+Another result of treating women as awra is that it prohibits them from holding social and religious positions that necessitate their participation in society. It has been argued that how can a person take on duty of  issuing fatwas, the marja‘iyya, and judgeship while being labeled as “awra” and instructed to be hidden. These activities inevitably require meeting people and addressing issues have been arised, and such a position is incompatible with the entire concealment obligation for women.<ref>Safi Golpayegani, Dhakhirat al-‘Uqba, vol. 1, pp. 123-124.</ref>
 === Prohibition of Singing ===