The Permanent Standing Committee
& Sheikh Saalih al Fawzaan حفظه
الله
The Permanent Standing Committee said:
“The woman’s voice is not ‘awrah in principle, for women used to complain to
the Prophet صلّى اللَّهُ عليه وسلّم,
and ask him about Islaamic matters. They also did that with the
rightly-guided Khaleefahsرضي الله عنهم and the rulers
after them. And they would greet non-mahram men with salaams and return
greetings, and none of the imâms of Islaam denounced them for that. But it is NOT permissible for a woman to speak in a soft
or alluring voice, because Allaah سُبحانه وتعالى says:
يَا نِسَاء النَّبِيِّ لَسْتُنَّ كَأَحَدٍ مِّنَ النِّسَاء إِنِ اتَّقَيْتُنَّ فَلَا تَخْضَعْنَ بِالْقَوْلِ فَيَطْمَعَ الَّذِي فِي قَلْبِهِ مَرَضٌ وَقُلْنَ قَوْلًا مَّعْرُوفًا
“O wives of the
Prophet! You are not like any other women. If you keep your duty (to Allaah),
then be not soft in speech, lest he in whose heart is a disease (of hypocrisy,
or evil desire for adultery) should be moved with desire, but speak in an
honourable manner.”
[al-Ahzaab 33:32]
because men may be tempted by that, as is
indicated by this aayah. And Allaah is the source of strength.
(Ref: Fataawa
al-Lajnah al-Daa’imah li’l-Buhooth al-‘Ilmiyyah wa’l-Iftaa, 6/83.)
Sheikh Saalih al-Fawzaan حفظه الله said:
"If
a woman speaks to the owner of the shop according to necessity and in a manner
in which there is no fitnah, there is nothing wrong with that. Women used to
speak to men about ordinary needs and matters in which there is no fitnah and
within the bounds of necessity.But if it is accompanied by laughter or chitchat
or an alluring tone, then this is haraam and is NOT permissible.
Allaah سُبحانه وتعالى says to the wives of His Prophet
(blessings and peace of Allaah be upon him and may Allaah be pleased with them):
يَا نِسَاء
النَّبِيِّ لَسْتُنَّ كَأَحَدٍ مِّنَ النِّسَاء إِنِ اتَّقَيْتُنَّ فَلَا
تَخْضَعْنَ بِالْقَوْلِ فَيَطْمَعَ الَّذِي فِي قَلْبِهِ مَرَضٌ وَقُلْنَ قَوْلًا مَّعْرُوفًا
“.. then
be not soft in speech, lest he in whose heart is a disease (of hypocrisy, or
evil desire for adultery) should be moved with desire, but speak in an
honourable manner.”
[al-Ahzaab
33:32]
Honourable speech is that which
people recognize and is limited to what is necessary; anything more than that,
if it involves laughing or speaking in an alluring tone and so on, or if she
uncovers her face in front of him (some scholars allow for women to uncover
their face), or uncovers her arms or hands, all of that is haraam and is an
evil deed and a means that may lead to temptation and falling into immoral
actions.
(Ref: Al-Muntaqa
min Fataawa al-Sheikh al Fawzaan)
It
says in al-Mawsoo’ah al-Fiqhiyyah (a fiqh encyclopedia): With
regard to the woman’s voice, if the listener finds pleasure in it or fears that
he may be tempted, it is haraam for him to listen to it, otherwise it is not
haraam. There are reports about the Sahaabah رضي الله عنهم talking to women and listening to their voices; these reports
are to be understood as referring to cases in which there was no fear of
fitnah.
A
woman should not make her voice soft and alluring, because this is the cause of
temptation and because Allaah says: “then be not soft in speech, lest
he in whose heart is a disease (of hypocrisy, or evil desire for adultery)
should be moved with desire.”
(Al-Mawsoo’ah al-Fiqhiyyah
al-Kuwaitiyyah, 4/90)
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