Treating women as awra: Difference between revisions

'''Regarding women as awra''' is the majority opinion of jurists based on several narrations that regard women as awra. Some rulings resulted from this view are: obligation of maximal covering (according to some jurists, hands and face must be covered), recommendation of staying in home; [[Women Assumption of Social Offices|prohibition of women from holding social positions]]; [[Women Serving as Judges|prohibition of women from serving as judges]]; and [[Women Singing|prohibition of women from singing]]. In contrast, the second view comprises the criticisms of certain contemporary authors who, by questioning the issuance of the narrations and relying on their conflict with the overall spirit of the Holy Quran, have rejected the authority of this proposition. According to this group, the Quran affirms women’s social presence, honors their status, and reserves the punishment of confinement to the home for women who engage in indecency. Through historical analysis and reference to the exception concerning female slaves, this group maintains that, even assuming their issuance, the ruling in question is not an intrinsic truth—a universal proposition—but rather a ruling pertaining to the cultural conditions of the period of issuance and an external proposition that was temporary in nature and consistent with the customs of its time.