Gender Relations PART 1

Friends neighbourssiblings cousins Class mates

BOYBOY BOYBOY GIRLGIRL GIRLGIRL

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Allah (SWT) says in the Quran …. And, let them not reveal their beauty except to their husbands, or their fathers, or their husbands' fathers, or their sons, or their husbands' sons, or their brothers, or their brothers' sons, or their sisters' sons, or their women [i.e. Muslim women], or their slaves, or male servants free of desire, or children who have no sense of the shame of women's nakedness." (Surah An Noor 23: Verse 31)

“Mehrams” Mehram : Close Male Relative

YOU DAD MEHRAM UNCLE DADANANA UNCLE BROTHER DAD’S UNCLES MOM’S UNCLES BROTHER’S SONS SISTER’S SONS

OTHERS Cousins Class mates Teachers Neighbours Aunty’s/Uncle’s sons Servants Colleagues Total strangers

OOur dress requirements are different in front of mehrams and non-mehrams SSimilarly our “Attitude” requirements are also different

Guys of Our Lives mehrams Father Brother Husband Uncles Grandfathers Nephews Father in law Sons Strangers x Y z Significant Others Cousins Class mates Teachers Friend’s brothers Neighbours Aunty’s sons Colleagues Servants Fiance’

Total Strangers

Mehrams

Significant Others

Cousins Being kind to relatives is stressed in the Qur’an and Sunnah The Prophet (PBUH) said: One who cuts blood ties will not enter Paradise {Bukhari & Muslim}

Tough nut to crack

Cannot be “growling rude”

Politely casual

Class Mates