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A.A. Brother, I wanted to know if islam forbids the father to see his baby daughter naked.

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Answer:

Islam forbids father from seeing daughter naked

In the name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His help and ask for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can misguide, and whoever He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. We bear witness that there is none worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.

Islam absolutely and categorically forbids and prohibits the believers, regardless of whether male or female, from intentionally watching the private parts of another adult except one’s spouse bonded in the sacred union of marriage.

Islam obviously does not encourage a father from watching the private parts of one’s children.…. but if one’s child, regardless of whether male or female, is an infant or in the earliest stages of childhood when they have developed absolutely no sense of shame, and there is a necessity (like changing of diapers, or giving them a bath, etc.), there is no harm if the father happens to see or witness the private parts of one’s child.

But if and when one’s child, regardless of whether they are male or female, reach the age when they develop the sense of shame……it would be akin to piety and righteousness that their parents and guardians guide them to scrupulously guard their private parts.

Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only due to Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me alone. Allah Alone Knows Best and He is the Only Source of Strength.

Your brother and well wisher in Islam,

Burhan