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can of any woman, other than fornication or not? So the core of matter, being confining all the successes to the sphere of family and legal spouses, or setting free the successes and extending them to environment of society." 153
On this basis, my intention, in this article is neither to prove the seclusion of woman nor talking about a special issue. i.e. covering of the woman as Sitr, but what I intend is a more distant subject within the framework of which many Islamic legislated rules can be propounded through a harmonious thought structure, like obligation of Hijaab "cover", prohibition of gazing at a foreigner, and abominations such as adultery and homosexuality and alike.
The following pages are determined to give answers to questions such as:

1 . What is intended by Islam from veil and covering?

2 . What criteria Islam depended upon in regard of limits of relations between women and men?

3 . What is philosophy of covering?

4 . Have various religious precepts like necessity of covering, prohibition of gazing at women, and forbiddance of "committing" abominations and alike, been enacted for the sake of diminishing any contact or touching between women and men or is there any other purpose behind them?

5 . What thing can withstand the sexual liberalism, unrestrainment "tahallul" and displaying "woman's" charms? Beside other questions.
Also it should be known that in the recent century many writings in forms of books and articles, in Persian and Arabic, 154 have been composed analysing and investigating into so many of

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153 . Mas'alah Hijaab, pp. 82- 83 .

154 . Masaadir An-Nizam Al-Islami, Al-Mar'ah Wal-Usrah, by Abd Al-JAbbar Ar-Rifa'i, pp. 149-150 & pp. 178- 185 & pp. 284 - 288 .