Am I obligated to wear the hijab in front of a woman who practices lesbianism?
The jurists differed on the ruling concerning a tribadist woman looking at a chaste woman, and a chaste woman uncovering herself before her. Some of them went to the opinion of prohibition and impermissibility, because the tribadist is a transgressor (fasiqah) and it is not safe from her describing what she sees. Others permitted it, because she is a believer and her transgression does not exclude her from that. The preponderant opinion is prohibition, as a means of blocking the paths to evil and corruption. Thus, a woman known for tribadism is treated with special consideration, like the treatment of a foreign man. A chaste woman should not uncover any part of her body before her, nor should she enable her to look at her adornment or touch her body. If a woman knows in herself an inclination towards women, it is not permissible for her to look at them if she fears temptation. Some scholars have explicitly stated that a chaste woman should treat a tribadist as she would a man.
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