Women, veil, marriage and related issues in Islam

Often, a situation arises in Muslim families where a separate room or private space for a Muslim woman is not available—either in the house she lives in or in a temporary arrangement she has come to, such as during travel or while staying in the home of relatives. A common misunderstanding is that she may only share a room with a female and not with her adult mahram. In reality, Islam not only allows a woman to sleep in the same room with her male mahram, but even on the same bed, provided they each have separate covers. Sayyiduna ʿAbdullāh ibn ʿAmr ibn al-ʿĀṣ (RA) narrates that the Prophet ﷺ said: “Tell your children to pray when they are seven years old, and strike them (lightly) if they do not do so when they are ten years old, and separate them in their beds.” (Sunan Abī Dāwūd, 495) The scholars agree that “separate them in their beds” means either providing them with separate beds or ensuring that they each have their own cover/blanket/duvet even i...

The verse 24:31 of Quran grants an exemption to women regarding covering their adornments in the presence of their male slaves. "And tell the believing women to lower their glances and guard their private parts and not expose their beauty (zeenah) except only that which is apparent and to wrap [a portion of] their headcovers over their chests and not expose their beauty except to their husbands, their fathers, their husbands’ fathers, their sons, their husbands’ sons, their brothers, their brothers’ sons, their sisters’ sons, their women, that which their right hands possess [i.e. male and female slaves], or those male attendants having no physical desire, or children who are not yet aware of the private aspects of women. And they should not strike their feet, drawing attention to their hidden charms. And turn to Allāh in repentance, all of you, O Believers, that you might succeed." [Sura an-Nur 24:31]   This is also validated by Sunnah : وبما روي عَنْ أَنَسٍ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ...