Coverings required according to the infallible (a.).
[1.] Man’s nakedness:
Abu Yahya Al-Wasiti reported that Imam Al-Kazim (a.) said: “The nakedness (Awrah) is of two kinds: The pubic part and the rear part. The rear part is covered with the cheeks and then when the penis and testicles are covered, then the nudity is covered.” Muhammad Ibn Hakim reported that Imam As-Sadiq (a.) said: “The thigh does not belong to the nakedness (Awrah).” [Al-Hada’iq of Al-Bahrani, volume 7 page 6]
عن أبي يحيى الواسطي عن بعض أصحابه عن الإمام الكاظم عليه البسلام قال: العورة عورتان القبل والدبر والدبر مستور بالأليتين فإذا سترت القضيب والبيضتين فقد سترت العورة وعن لميثمي عن محمد بن حكيم عن الإمام الصادق عليه السلام قال: إن الفخذ ليست من العورة
[2.] The womans nakedness:
Mas’adah Ibn Ziyad reported that Imam As-Sadiq (a.) was asked: “What does the woman show of her adornment? He said:”The face and the hands.” Maruk Ibn Ubaid reported that Imam As-Sadiq (a.) was asked: “What is allowed to the man to see of the woman who is not forbidden to him for marriage?” He said: “The face, the hands and the feet.” [Al-Wasa’il of Al-Amili, volume 14 page 146]
عن عبد الله بن جعفر عن هارون بن مسلم عن مسعدة بن زياد أن الإمام الصادق عليه السلام سئل عما تظهر المرأة من زينتها قال: الوجه والكفين وعن محمد بن يحيى عن أحمد بن محمد بن عيسى عن مروك بن عبيد عن بعض أصحابنا عن الإمام الصادق عليه السلام قال قلت له: ما يحل للرجل أن يرى من المرأة إذا لم يكن محرما؟ قال: الوجه والكفان والقدمان
Ziyad Ibn Mundhir reported that Imam Al-Baqir (a.) said about the verse: “They do not show their adornment except that which is visible.” (24:31) said: “So it is the garments, the collyrium, the ring, the dye on the hand, and the bracelet and the adornment are three: An adornment intended for the people, an adornment intended for the one who is forbidden (for a partnership), and an adornment intended for the partner. Now as for the ornament intended for human beings, we have already mentioned this, and as for the ornament intended for the one who is forbidden (for a partnership), this is the place where the necklace is placed, that is, what is above it and the bracelet (at the elbow) and what is below it and the anklet and what is below it and as for the ornament intended for the partner, this is the whole body.” [Al-Mustadrak of An-Nuri, Volume 14, pages 275-276]
علي بن إبراهيم عن زياد بن المنذر عن الإمام الباقر عليه السلام في الآية ولا يبدين زينتهن إلا ما ظهر منها قال: فهي الثياب والكحل والخاتم وخضاب الكف والسوار والزينة ثلاث زينة للناس وزينة للمحرم وزينة للزوج فأما زينة الناس فقد ذكرناه وأما زينة المحرم فموضع القلادة فما فوقها والدملج وما دونه والخلخال وما أسفل منه وأما زينة الزوج فالجسد كله
[3.] Nakedness in the mosque:
Muhammad Al-Baqir (a.) reported that Prophet Muhammad (s.) said: “Revealing the navel, thigh and knee in a mosque is of the nakedness (Awrah).” [Al-Wasa’il of Al-Amili, Volume 5, Page 244]
محمد بن الحسن باسناده عن محمد بن علي بن محبوب، عن أحمد، عن البرقي عن النوفلي، عن السكوني، عن جعفر، عن أبيه عليه السلام أن النبي صلى الله عليه وآله قال: كشف السرة والفخذ، والركبة في المسجد من العورة
[4.] Nakedness of the believer:
Hudhaifah Ibn Mansur reported that he asked Imam As-Sadiq (a.): “People say that it is forbidden for the believer to look at the nakedness (Awrah) of the believer.” He said: “This is not what they assume. The nakedness of the believer refers to the fact that he commits a mistake or says something that is disgraceful to him, whereupon one remembers it against him in order to expose him one day.” Abdullah Ibn Sinan reported that he asked Imam As-Sadiq (a.): “Is the nakedness (Awrah) of the believer forbidden to the believer? He said: “Yes.” I said: “Do i leave from his private part?” He said: “This is not what you think of. It is about the publication of what he keeps secret.” Zaid Ash-Shahham reported that he asked Imam As-Sadiq (a.): “Is the nakedness (Awrah) of the believer forbidden to the believer?” He said: “This does not mean that one undresses, whereupon you will see something of him, but rather that you make him bad or expose him.” [At-Tahdhib by At-Tusi, Volume 1, page 375]
عنه عن البرقي عن ابن سنان عن حذيفة بن منصور قال قلت لأبي عبد الله عليه السلام شئ يقوله الناس عورة المؤمن على المؤمن حرام فقال: ليس حيث يذهبون إنما عنى عورة المؤمن أن يزل زلة أو يتكلم بشئ يعاب عليه فيحفظ عليه ليعير به يوما ما محمد بن علي بن محبوب عن محمد بن عيسى عن الحسن ابن علي عن عبد الله بن سنان قال سألته عن عورة المؤمن على المؤمن حرام فقال: نعم فقلت أعني سفليه؟ فقال: ليس حيث تذهب إنما هو إذاعة سره عنه عن محمد بن عيسى عن محمد بن سنان عن الحسين ابن المختار عن زيد الشحام عن أبي عبد الله عليه السلام في عورة المؤمن على المؤمن حرام فقال: ليس أن يكشف فترى منه شيئا إنما هو ان تزري عليه أو تعيبه
[5.] Nakedness of the disbeliever:
Muhammad Ibn Ali reported that Imam As-Sadiq (a.) said: “To look at the nakedness (Awrah) of a Muslim is frowned upon (Makruh). But as for looking at the nakedness of that which is not a Muslim, it is like looking at the nakedness of an donkey.” Ibn Abi Umair reported that Imam As-Sadiq (a.) said: “Looking at the nakedness (Awrah) of that who is not a Muslim is like looking at the nakedness of a donkey.” [Al-Hada’iq of Al-Bahrani, Volume 2, Page 5]
عن محمد بن علي عن الإمام الصادق عليه السلام قال: إنما كره النظر إلى عورة المسلم، فأما النظر إلى عورة من ليس بمسلم مثل النظر إلى عورة الحمار وعن ابن أبي عمير عن غير واحد عن الإمام الصادق عليه السلام قال: النظر إلى عورة من ليس بمسلم مثل النظر إلى عورة الحمار
[ 6. ] Nakedness of the genders
Ali Ibn Abi Talib (a.) reported that the Prophet Muhammad (s.) said: “If any of you wash yourselves on public ground, let him pay attention to his nakedness (Awrah). None of you shall enter a bathhouse without an apron. It is forbidden for a man to look at the nakedness of his Muslim brother. Whoever longs for the nakedness of his Muslim brother, he gets cursed by 70,000 angels! The woman is forbidden to look at the nakedness of the woman. Whoever deliberately looks at the nakedness of his Muslim brother, or at the nakedness (Awrah) of someone who is not allowed to, God brings him together with the hypocrites who seek the nakedness of men, and he does not leave this world until God exposes him, with the exception of the one who repents.” [Al-Wasa’il by Al-Amili, Volume 1, Page 211]
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