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Assalamu alaikum,
Brother, I appreciate the question, but one reminder. I am a Muslim and the greeting of the Muslim is Assalamu alaikum, not Hello.
If I upset you over something, then I apologize, but kindly use the Islamic greeting when addressing me.
As for your question, YES, I AM SURE of what I said about the AWRAH OF WOMEN IS FROM NAVAL TO THE KNEE. I will support this with proof. Now, the known fact is that a woman's appropriate dress infront of other women is her whole body except her head, hands and feet.
But if a woman sees the calf of a woman (below the knee), then that is not considered Haram because it is still within the boundary of what is permissible. And if a woman is breastfeeding in the presence of other women, then she is not doing something haram because the breast in this case does not fall into the haram category. But it is not permissible for women to appear topless, or in two piece bathing suits infront of each other. That is contrary to the modesty that a Muslim woman should have. The fact that what is above the naval was made permissible was due to need for women to breastfeed
Here are various fatwas I found on the subject from http://www.islam-qa.com
This fatwa covers the topic I was talking about, and I will cut and paste that paragraph as well as the whole question:
With regards to the doubts that some women have, concerning the words of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him), “Let no woman look at the ‘awrah of another woman and let no man look at the ‘awrah of another man; the ‘awrah of a woman in front of another woman is from the navel to the knee”, which they interpret as indicating that women may wear short clothes – the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) did not say that it is sufficient for women’s clothing to cover the area from the navel to the knee, so this cannot be used as evidence. What he did say was
that no woman should look at the ‘awrah of another woman, so he forbade them to look, because the ‘awrah of the woman who is wearing loose clothing may sometimes be exposed when answering the call of nature or for some other reason, so the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) forbade women to look at one another’s ‘awrahs.
So brother, I hope this has clarified the matter for you better.
Assalamu alaikum
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