the Righteous Wife

believing woman that helps her preserve her honor, dignity and status.
All righteous wives are bashful in their behavior and in everything
else - their clothing, their movement, their speech, their dealings
and their manners.The bashfulness of the believing wife makes her more
adherent tothe Islamic dress code, whether it be Hijaab or the face
cover. She does not wear any thing that is transparent, tight, similar
to men's clothes, ostentatious, scented or enticing. How can she not
do all this when it is an obligation and she would bear sins if she
did not abide by these rules? Allaah The Almighty Says (what means):
} and to wrap [a portion of] their headcovers over their chests { [Quran 24:31]
} O Prophet, tell your wives and your daughters and the women of the
believers to bring down over themselves [part] of their outer
garments. That is more suitable that they will be known and not be
abused. { [Quran 33:59]
} and do not display yourselves as[was] the display of the former
times of ignorance { [Quran 33:33]
How can a woman display herselfas righteous while she displays her
charms to every eye in order to attract attention? What wouldshe then
keep special for her husband? The Prophet, sallallaahu 'alayhi wa
sallam , said: "Bashfulness and faith are inseparable; if one of them
is missing, the other will be missing as well." The woman who exposes
her beauty is not bashful as she does not have this essential
characteristic of Islam. The Prophet, sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam ,
said: "Every religion has distinctive morals and bashfulness is the
distinctive moral in Islam." Moreover, the bashfulness of the
believing woman makes her lower her gaze. Allaah The Almighty Says
(what means): } And tell the believing women to reduce [some] of their
vision and guard their private parts and not expose their adornment
except that which [necessarily] appears thereof. { [Quran 24:31]
The righteous believing woman also knows what Allaah The Almighty says
through the wordsof the Prophet, sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam : "The
[forbidden] gaze is one of the poisonous darts of Iblees [Satan]. The
one who avoids it out of fear of Me will be granted such faith that he
feels its sweetness in his heart." Givingfree rein to the gaze brings
nothing but harm as the forbidden gaze is the seed of all evil and can
only lead to evil as it is one of the gates of the devil. The
righteous woman does not underestimate this. The Prophet, sallallaahu
'alayhi wa sallam , saidto Umm Salamah and Maymoonah, may Allaah be
pleased with them: "Are you blind? Do you not see him?" when they were
looking at 'Abdullaah ibn Umm Maktoom, who was a blind man.
The bashfulness of the righteous woman is also exhibited in the way
she speaks. Allaah The Almighty Says (what means): } Then do not be
soft in speech [to men], lest he in whose heart is disease should
covet .} [Quran 33:32] The bashfulness of the believing woman is clear
in her behavior, movement and way of walking. Thus, every Muslim woman
should be an embodiment of bashfulness. The best example of
bashfulness is that of the two girls who met Moosa (Moses), may Allaah
exalt his mention. Their bashfulness prevented them from mixing with
men at the well of Madyan. They said (what means): } "We do not water
until the shepherds dispatch [their flocks.]" { [Quran 28:23] This is
the example of the righteous woman who stays at home, and if she
leaves it for a dire necessity then she does so