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I have read several articles by Ulama explaining why Masturaat Tabligh Jamaat is permissible, in fact incumbent.

Question

I have read several articles by Ulama explaining why Masturaat Tabligh Jamaat is permissible, in fact incumbent. Please comment in detail on these articles which I have enclosed.

Answer

Right now, we lack the time to comment in detail. The scope of these columns also precludes a detailed refutation which is necessary to debunk the baseless arguments tendered in justification of Makshufaat Jamaat. The name, Masturaat, is a misnomer. Mastur means hidden/concealed. A woman according to the Qur'aan and Hadith is Aurah. In other words, her entire body has to be concealed from the public, and such concealment is possible only within the sacred precincts of the home. In fact her description as 'Aurah' in the Hadith is stated in the context of her remaining indoors. A woman who emerges into the public domain is no longer a mastoorah. When outside the home, she sheds her mastoorah attribute which Allah Ta'ala has ordained for her. Denuded of this holy and honourable attribute, she acquires the contemptible appellation of makshoofah, hence Makshufaat Jamaat is more applicable to the women who become globe trotters regardless of the purpose of their globe-trotting.

Insha'Allah, when and if Allah Ta'ala bestows to us the taufeeq, an adequate response in refutation of the spurious arguments in favour of Makshufaat Jamaat shall be forthcoming.

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