Tabarruj means impermissible exposure of women's adornment and beauty before non-Mahram (marriageable) men. This applies to exposure of jewels, arms, legs, chest, neck, face, and so on.

　　Shaykh Abu Al-A‘la Al-Mawdoodi said:

　　Tabarruj for women means:

• Exposure of the beauty of the face and body before non-Mahram men.
• Exposure of the beauty of the clothing and jewelry before ‎non-Mahram men.
• Behaving in an alluring manner (walking, strutting, speaking, and so on) before non-Mahram men.

　　Exposure of woman’s beauty before non-Mahram men is prohibited as proved by the Quran, Sunnah (tradition) and consensus of the Muslim scholars. The whole body of the woman is ‘Awrah (part of the body that must not be exposed) and none but her Mahrams (non-marriageable men) are allowed to see any part of her body, hair, jewelry or underclothes.

　　What most women today do by exposing their beauty, adornment and jewelry in the streets, is in fact committing sins openly, imitating the disbelieving women, and arousing Fitnah (trial).

　　The woman who leaves her house uncovering her head, neck, arms or legs, commits a major violation of the rules of the pure Sharee‘ah (Islamic legislation).

　　This also applies to going out wearing clothes that expose the woman’s beauty or transparent clothes that do not cover her body, because all this falls under the prohibited exposure of beauty.

　　One of the gravest sins and most harmful temptation is what most women do today by going out exposing their beauty and adornment and wearing perfume and intermixing with men -- an act that incurs the wrath and punishment of Allah The Exalted.

　　Proofs of the prohibition of the exposure of woman’s beauty:

　　The main two sources of legislation in Islam, the Quran and the Sunnah, forbid the woman’s exposure of her beauty and warn the woman who does this of a severe punishment because of the evil consequences that result from this attitude:

　　1- Beautiful clothes

　　· Allah The Almighty Says (what means): {And women of post-menstrual age who have no desire for marriage -- there is no blame upon them for putting aside their outer garments [but] not displaying adornment.}[Quran 24:60]

　　This verse allows menopausal women who are no longer desired by men to put aside their outer garments and Khimaars (external covering garment). Nevertheless, the verse states that it is better for them to modestly refrain from doing so: {But to modestly refrain [from that] is better for them.}[Quran 24:60]

　　If this is the case with older women, then, what about the young women who can still tempt men? The Prophet, , said: “I am not leaving behind me a more harmful temptation to men than women.”[Al-Bukhari and Muslim]

　　He also said: “Beware of this worldly life and of women. The first trial of the Children of Israel was through women.” [Muslim]

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