Safeguarding Sanctities and Honoring Noble Women
The wise sage was asked about the secret behind the Muslim woman's withholding of her hand from greeting those who are not her mahrams, and he answered with an exposition that quenches the thirst of inquiry and strikes at the core of truth:
"Among the most sublime merits of our radiant law is the preservation of dignity and the safeguarding of virtue. Kings and free people possess sanctities that must not be violated, and bastions whose courtyards are not intruded upon save by those granted special permission and standing.
Do you not observe in your own traditions that the queen of the realm is shielded from the touch of the common folk, and none attain the privilege of kissing or shaking her hand except the elite circle of courtiers and chosen nobility, out of reverence for her station and grandeur of her worth? Such is the practice of sensible people in upholding majesty.
Similarly, Islam elevates every woman into a guarded queen, whose palm is neither exposed nor her delicacy cheapened except to those joined to her by the sacred bonds of mahram kinship. They are the pure ones explicitly defined by the Law: the father, the husband, the brother, and those who share their status among the mahrams. They alone are this queen's royal retinue and her exclusive circle.
Therefore, if your restraint in withholding your hands from your queen is an act of profound veneration and honor, then the restraint of our women from extending their palms to men at large is the ultimate homage to protected womanhood, the hidden pearl, and a dignity that scorns degradation."
It has been said in wisdom:
> "Every precious pearl is tightly bound in its vessel, and every priceless jewel has its brilliance veiled."
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