O Women! Adhere to Your Homes

The fundamental principle regarding this is that a woman knows that she was created to adhere to her house, serve her husband, and nurture her children, if she has children. And if she does not have children, it is sufficient for her to look after her house and her husband. After which, it is allowed for her to go out to fulfill certain needs that neither her husband nor any of her relatives from her Mahaarim are able to do. Or that which is not easy for others to do on her behalf. Also, there is no problem for her to go out to visit her friends or relatives within limits. Not often, as is the case with men. (This is) because men have not been addressed as women have, in the statement of Allāh, the Blessed, the Most High: (وَقَرْنَ في بيوتكن ولا تبرجن تبرج الجاهلية الأولى) "And stay in your houses, and do not display yourselves like that of the times of ignorance" (Surah Al-Ahzāb 33:33) Thus, women should always remember this, meaning that her leaving the house should not be like that of a man, without any account and without any limits, even if her husband does not object to it.