Gender Relations

PART 1

Friends

neighbourssiblings

cousins

Class mates

B

O

Y

B

O

Y

G

I

R

L

G

I

R

L

G

I

R

L

G

I

R

L

G

I

R

L

B

O

Y

B

O

Y

B

O

Y

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

UNCLEDADANANAUNCLE

BROTHER

DAD’S UNCLESMOM’S UNCLES BROTHER’S SONS SISTER’S SONS

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

• Total strangers

Our dress requirements are different in front of mehrams and non-mehrams

Similarly our “Attitude” requirements are also different

Guys of Our Lives

Total Strangers

Total Strangers

Mehrams

Significant Others

CousinsBeing 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