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3 . Allah's laanat is on he who stares and on her who he stares at. Meaning he who stares intentionally without a shariah valid excuse and she who intentionallymakes herselfthe obj ect ofgawking. (Baihaqi) 4. "When a man and woman are alone together then Shaitaan is a third person amongst them." (Bukhari, Muslim) 5 . "Stop yourselves from frequenting women". Rasoolullah� was asked, "What about the brother-in-law?" He replied, "A brother-in-law (brother of a husband) is maut death. Meaning coming before the brother-in-law is like facing death as fitna is feared here more than anywhere else . (Bukh a ri . Muslim) 6. One man should not see the private parts of another man nor should a woman see the private parts ofanotherwoman. (Muslim) 7 . Awoman should not sitwith another woman and begin to describe her husband as ifshe has seen him (meaning begin to describe hisphysique andanatomy) (Bukhari) 8 . For a woman to read namaaz in her home is better for her than performing it in the Sehn (open-area) ofthe musj id and reading it in the basement ofthe home is better thanjust in the home. (Abu-Dawood) 9 . Once Rassoollalah $ asked the Sahaaba ,$, "What i s the best for a woman?" Al l present including Hazrat Ali�, remained silent and did not answer. When HazratAli�went home ,he asked Sayyidah Fatima� this very question and she replied, "Neither should they look at men who are strangers nor should men who are strangers look at them."When her answer was conveyed by Hazrat Ali�, Rassoollalah�, (out of happiness) exclaimed, "Indeed she is my beloved." (Daar Qutni) 1 O.Once while Hazrat Umme Salma� and Maimoona �(bothfrom the Azwaaje-Mutaharaat) were sitting with the Holy Prophei�, Abdullah bin Maktoom � who was a blind Sahaabi came to Rassoollalah �and entered his home. The Holy Propheti said to them, "Both ofyou should make Purdah from him," to which they submitted "0 Prophet of 8 1