Is it permissible for a woman to display her adornment before her maternal uncle and paternal uncle despite their not being mentioned in Surat An-Nur, and is there a correlation between mahramiyyah (whether permanent or not) and the permissibility of displaying adornment, and does the permissibility of khalwa necessitate the permissibility of displaying adornment?
The impermissibility of a woman for a man is of two types:
1. Temporary impermissibility: This does not permit privacy with the woman (khalwa) or the displaying of adornments (zina), because this impermissibility ceases when its cause is removed. 2. Permanent impermissibility (due to lineage, affinity through marriage, or suckling): This is accompanied by the permissibility of privacy with her and the permissibility of displaying adornments to her. Thus, for permanent mahrams, it is permissible to travel with the woman, to be in privacy with her, and to look at her adornments, whether they are mentioned in Surat An-Nur or not, because the underlying reason is the same.
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