Women and the Phone [Part 9]

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If one of the speakers on the phone happens to be a woman, then it is important that she doesn’t beautify her voice. Allaah, The Glorified, has prohibited the wives of the Prophet [May the Peace and Blessings of Allaah be upon him], the mother of the believers [May Allaah be Pleased with them all], not be luring in their conduct. In the time of prophethood, the generation of the Companions [May Allaah be Pleased with them all], despite being that virtuous were still commanded to control their voices, as the Most High says;

“O wives of the Prophet, you are not like anyone among women. If you fear Allaah , then do not be soft in speech [to men], lest he in whose heart is disease should covet, but speak with appropriate speech.”

[Ahzaab 33:32]

So how would it be for other than them? They have been prohibited from making their voices appealing as this is more befitting for them to be in this way, as it is stated that they must fear Allaah as they are believing women thus this becoming a characteristic of them. Not only this, they were commanded to use beneficial talk and spread righteousness in their conversations. They were prohibited from speaking to others in a lustrous and arousing fashion, thus it is not permissible to talk to a foreign man in a manner that they may talk to their husband.

So be cautious! A woman shouldn’t extensively talk to a foreign man if there is no need for it, the Shariah has prohibited this and to turn away from this. Rather, there must be a point for her to talk to this person.

So be cautious! Be wary of raising and stretching your voices, be wary of beautifying and making your voices soft in front of others, be wary of contracting and thinning your voices, be wary of rhythm and submissiveness in your voices.

If this has been prohibited for the women, then it is also prohibited for the man to listen to women talking like this. Even if she is reciting Quraan! The point being, if this type of behaviour continues within the conversation between the sexes then there will undoubtedly be a spread of Fitnah.

Here, I would like to point something out to the men. The man is responsible for his family, it is his responsibility to make sure that the layout of his house has privacy and it protects the right of his womenfolk. It is not befitting for a woman to answer the phone when men are readily available to do so. The man shouldn’t always be absent from the house for this to happen, rather he should be there to protect her affairs and be ready to attend to her requirements if she needs him. And upon her is to listen and obey her husband in matters of piety and what is upright, as being obedient in this brings about harmony and leaving it off brings about dispute.