Taking the Similitude of Women

Taking the Similitude of Women

Ibn Abbaas رضي الله عنهما said:

قال ابن عباس رضي الله ع نهما: "لعن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم المتشبهين
من الرجال بالنساء والمتشبهات من النساء بالرجال " (رواه البخاري )

"Allaah's Messenger (sallaa Allaahu ‘aleihi was sallam)  cursed those men who are in the similitude (assume the manners) of women and those women who are in the
similitude (assume the manners) of men."[63]

When Abdullaah bin Umar saw a woman wearing a bow and walking in a way
assuming the manners of men, he said:

" ليس منَّا من تشبه بالرجال من النساء، ولا من النساء بالرجال" (صحيح)

"Women who assume the manners of men are not from us and also those of men
who assume the manners of women."[64]

There is no doubt that assumption of the manners of women by shaving the
beard is more clear and vivid than the wearing of a bow by a woman assuming
the manners of men.
If a woman puts on a faked beard on her face, she would be assuming the
resemblance of men. By the the same talking, the man who takes off his beard,
which Allaah beautified him with, would be imitating women.
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[63] Saheeh Al-Bukhaaree, V.7, hadeeth # 773.
[64] Reported by Imam Ahmad and Abu-Na'eem. It is an authentic hadeeth as the author said. Also
Shayekh Al-Albaanee authenticated it in his book Al-Hijab ,PP. 66-67.


Taken from: http://abdurrahman.org/character/TheThreeLetters.pdf