Editing Intimate parts in Islam (section)

==In the Quran==
[[Image:Mosque.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Muslims performing the ritual prayer. During the [[Salat]], the ''awrah'' must be covered.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Amer|first=Dr Magdah|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sir3AgAAQBAJ&q=satr+islam&pg=PT238|title=An Islamic Perspective on Legislation for Women Part II|publisher=ScribeDigital.com|isbn=978-1-78041-019-7|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Moj|first=Muhammad|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qLbMBgAAQBAJ&q=satr+awrah&pg=PA181|title=The Deoband Madrassah Movement: Countercultural Trends and Tendencies|date=2015-03-01|publisher=Anthem Press|isbn=978-1-78308-446-3|page=181|language=en}}</ref>]]
The term ''<nowiki/>'awrah'' as it is used in the Quran is confined neither to women nor to the body. The Quran uses the term in various passages in [[Surah]] [[An-Nur]] and Surah [[Al-Ahzab]]. For example:

<blockquote> ... [Let] those of you who are still under age ask for your permission to come in at three times: before dawn prayer, when you take off your outer clothes at noon, and after the late evening prayer. These are three times of privacy for you. Other than these times, there is no blame on you or them to move freely, attending to one another. ({{cite quran|24|58|style=nosup}})</blockquote>

Another passage using the term ''<nowiki/>'awrah'' (in this case, to mean "vulnerable"<ref>Tafsir An-Nur Volume 2 Page 45</ref><ref name="a">{{cite book|title=Women And Islam: Critical Concepts In Sociology, Social conditions, obstacles and prospects|author=Haideh Moghissi|year=2004|page=82}}</ref>) is in Surah Al-Ahzab, where it concerns [[Withdrawal (military)|fleeing from battle]]:

<blockquote>And remember when a group of them said, “O people of Yathrib! There is no point in you staying here, so retreat!” Another group of them asked the Prophet’s permission to leave, saying, “Our homes are vulnerable,” while in fact they were not vulnerable. They only wished to flee.<ref name="a"/> ({{cite quran|33|13|style=nosup}})</blockquote>

'' 'Awrah'' is also found in the story of creation of [[Adam]] and [[Eve]]:

<blockquote>O children of Adam! We have provided for you clothing to cover your nakedness and as an adornment. However, the best clothing is righteousness. This is one of Allah’s bounties, so perhaps you will be mindful. ({{cite quran|7|26|style=nosup}}) </blockquote>

Another word with an almost identical meaning to '' 'awrah'' is the word ''farj'' ({{langx|ar|فرج}}) or the plural ''furuj'' ({{langx|ar|فروج}}).<ref>Sura Al-Anbia 91, Sura Al-Muminun 3</ref> Another quote concerning covering the '' 'awrah'' is:

<blockquote>O Prophet, tell your wives and your daughters and the women of the believers to bring down over themselves [part] of their outer garments. That is more suitable that they will be known and not be abused. And ever is Allah Forgiving and Merciful. ({{cite quran|33|59|style=nosup}})</blockquote>

The Quran admonishes Muslim women to dress [[Modesty|modestly]] and cover their private areas.<ref name="martinencylo">Martin et al. (2003), Encyclopedia of Islam & the Muslim World, Macmillan Reference, {{ISBN|978-0028656038}}</ref> It explicitly states that "O wives of The Prophet, you are not like anyone among women" and as such has separate rules specifically for the wives of Muhammad. The Quran tells the male believers to talk to the wives of [[Muhammad]] from behind a hijab (curtain or veil). This passage is as follows:

{{Blockquote|And say to the believing women that they should lower their gaze and guard their modesty; that they should not display their beauty and ornaments except what (must ordinarily) appear thereof; that they should draw their ''khimār'' over their breasts and not display their beauty except to their husband, their fathers, their [[father in law|husband's fathers]], their sons, their [[stepson|husbands' sons]], their brothers or their [[nephew|brothers' sons]], or their sisters' sons, or their women, or the [[Islamic views on slavery|slaves]] whom their right hands possess, or male servants free of physical needs, or small children who have no sense of the shame of sex; and that they should not strike their feet in order to draw attention to their hidden ornaments. ({{cite quran|24|31|style=nosup}}) }}

While the meaning of ''khimār'' is debated, it is often believed to be a head covering that pre-Islamic Arab women wore as an adornment. Part of the people mentioned in the surah above are those among a woman's [[mahram]].