are the same. If a part of their private parts is uncovered - whether small or not, they knew about it or not, they must repeat their Sal?t unless these parts were uncovered accidentally due to wind blowing or falling of clothes. However, one should haste to cover them otherwise Sal?t should be repeated. As for the man’s private parts they extend from navel down to his knees. The woman’s private parts are the whole of her body except her face and hands to the wrists.’ (1)

To conclude, women should pay much attention to the way they cover themselves in Sal?t -not to mention when they go outside their homes. Many of them “cover the upper part of their bodies perfectly- I mean their heads, hair and necks -but regretfully, they do not pay much attention to the rest of their bodies; they wear thin, tight or short clothes that may not even reach the middle of their shins!! Sometimes, they cover their legs with nylon socks that make their legs even prettier. Offering Sal?t in such clothes is something impermissible. They should instead take an example in those women who were the first to emigrate [from Makkah to Mad?nah] when the verse about Hij?b was revealed , they hastily tore part of their garments and covered their heads and bosoms with.

We are not asking women of today to tear their clothes in order to cover their heads with, but we indeed ask them to prolong and widen them that they may cover the whole of their bodies’. (2)

I would like to dedicate the following paragraphs for concisely clarifying that a woman’s feet and legs are part of her private parts because many muslim women -in some Islamic countries- commonly wear the short Jilb?b and do their Sal?t wearing it. May All?h ( - ) grant us prosperity in all our affairs. All?h ( - ) says:

[ ولا يضربن بأرجلهن ليُعلم ما يخفين من زينتهن]

‘ And let them not stamp their feet so as to reveal what they hide of their adornment’. (3)