bestowed upon you clothing to conceal your private parts and as
adornment. But the clothing of righteousness -- that is best. That is
from the signs of Allaah that perhaps they will remember. O children
of Adam, let not Satan tempt you as he removed your parents from
Paradise, stripping them of their clothing to show them their private
parts. Indeed, he sees you, he and his tribe, from where you do not
see them. Indeed, We have made the devils allies to those who do not
believe.{]Quran 7:26-27[
O Muslim brothers! It is a great favor conferred by Allaah The
Almighty upon His servants that He bestowed upon them clothing to
screen their private parts, in order to safeguard their honor and
protect them from being played with or violated. Allaah The Almighty
prescribed and commanded that the'Awrah)private parts( should be
concealed, and nothing thereof should appear except what He made
permissible, so that modesty is maintained among people. He legislated
for both men and women the'Awrahthat suits the nature of each of them,
and made it impermissible for either of the sexes to go beyond the
limits of His command.
It is of utmost importance to discuss the'Awrahand how to screen it
particularly in the context of women, because of the influence and
temptation they exert upon men, and by extension, on societies. To
maintain the woman is to maintain the whole society, and to waste her
is to waste the entire society. The Messenger of Allaah,sallallaahu
'alayhi wa salam, warned of the temptation caused by women,
saying:"Safeguard yourselves )from the temptation of( women, for the
first temptation from which the Children of Israel suffered was in
women."
Ruling onHijaab
When the Noble Verse ofHijaab)Islamic covering( was revealed, i.e.
)the statement of Allaah The Almighty, what means(:}…and to wrap ]a
portion of[ their headcovers over their chests{]Quran 24:31[
'Aa'ishah, may Allaah be pleased with her, said,
I have never seen better ]women[, more trusting in the Book of Allaah,
and more believing in the Divine revelation than the women of the
Ansaar )Helpers(. When that Noble Verse of Hijaab was revealed, there
was no woman among them except that she got up and took hold of her
sheet, and in the morning, they came to offer Morning Prayer wrapped
in them.
They hastened to comply with the command of Allaah The Almighty. As
they had no clothes fit to implement what they were ordered to do,
they got up and cut their garments and made from them headcovers to
screen themselves with.
Compare this behavior with the conduct of such women who claim to be
"civilized", who consider that theHijaabis ]a manifestation of[
extremism, or that she has not yet been convinced of the need to wear
it, or many such excuses which will not avail her any benefit from
Allaah The Almighty on the Day she will stand before Him.
Allaah The Almighty Says after forbidding a display of beauty:}…and do
not display yourselves as ]was[ the display of the former times of
ignorance.{]Quran 33:33[ He further Says )what means(:}It is not for a
believing man or a believing woman, when Allaah and His Messenger have
decided a matter, that they should ]thereafter[ have any choice about
their affair. And whoever disobeys Allaah and His Messenger has
certainly strayed into clear error.{]Quran 33:36[
Hijaabis no less obligatory than prayer, Zakaah)obligatory purifying
alms( and fasting; and this is an indisputably established ruling of
Islam. Who could dare to deny that it is obligatory in the following
statement of Allaah The Almighty )what means(:}O Prophet, tell your
wives and your daughters and the women of the believers to bring down
over themselves ]part[ of their outer garments.{]Quran 33:59[
Islam Wants the Woman to Be a Well-Guarded Jewel
When Allaah The Almighty prescribedHijaabfor the woman, and commanded
her to adhere to it, He wanted her to be a well-guarded jewel and a
concealed pearl, kept far from playful hands, and screened from the
poisonous arrows )of strangers' eyes(. She achieves this when she
abides by the Command of her Lord, and observes herHijaab:}That is
more suitable that they will be known and not be abused.{]Quran 33:59[
When our women from among the righteous predecessors understood
thatHijaabis an obligation from Allaah The Almighty on them, and
consequently, they adhered to it, goodness emerged in the form of
illumination on the foreheads of the generation brought up at their
hands. How excellent were those women as righteous daughters,
sincere sisters, honorable wives guarding )their chastity(, and
nursing mothers! Consequently, at that time, there was not much
deviation in society. But today, when the women abstain from following
the commands of Allaah The Almighty in all the affairs of life, the
result is the outbreak in our societies of adultery, sexual
perversion, rape, violation of honor even against children, increasing
number of spinsters and divorce cases. On the other hand, the great
effect ofHijaabon communities is not hidden, as regards the
maintenance of honor, self-reassurance, chastity and the elevation of
man to higher purposes.
The woman'sHijaabis her honor, dignity and freedom, and with these she
is liberated from servitude to anyone )or anything( other than Allaah
The Almighty; it means freedom from the servitude to the body, the
self, the restrictions of fashion, the )futile( traditions of the
community and the pressure applied by the West.
How Satan Misleads Servants by Stripping Them of Their Clothing
Consider the Statement of Allaah The Almighty )what means(:}O children
of Adam, let not Satan tempt you as he removed your parents from
Paradise, stripping them of their clothing to show them their private
parts{]Quran 7:27[ It shows that Satan started his mischief on earth
by misleading servants and stripping them of their clothing, and
disclosing their private parts. Indeed, he did not ask them to do so
from the beginning, for he knows with certainty that such a request
would be rejected. But, he made his speech alluring to them, and paved
the way for it, as told by Allaah The Almighty )what means(:}But Satan
whispered to them to make apparent to them that which was concealed
from them of their private parts. He said, "Your Lord did not forbid
you this tree except that you become angels or become of the
immortal." And he swore ]by Allaah[ to them, "Indeed, I am to you from
among the sincere advisors."{]Quran 7:20-21[ He claimed to have pity
and sympathy for them, and pretended that he was just an adviser to
them as he intended nothing but their benefit, and took an oath
regarding that. Thus, they opposed the Command of Allaah The Almighty
which led to their being driven out of Paradise, and sent down to this
earth.
The enemies of this religion realize the danger ofHijaab, as it
obstructs their plans of neutralizing the effect of Islam upon the
Muslim world. Therefore, they do their best to remove it and replace
it with unlawful exposure. In order to achieve this goal, they make
their speech about it alluring )to women(. They do not call directly
for women to remove it, but they do so indirectly in the name of
progress and civilization, personal freedom, and equality between men
and women.
Hijaab: Concepts and Morals
According to 'Abdullaah Al-Huthayl,
Anyone who ponders on the history of the shocks that the West directed
against the Muslims, will find that removing the Hijaab has been one
of their top priorities for which they exerted all possible efforts,
making it the basis for destroying every Islamic community. This has
been done to the extent that one of them stated that by no means would
the East be set aright unless Hijaab is removed from the woman's face
and instead, placed over the Quran. In this way, they succeeded in
many of their schemes after long years of planning.
The more one looks at the state of communities, the more one realizes
that the Hijaab is confronting a war from poisonous hands in the name
of progress and civilization, under the pretext that it restrains the
woman and subjects her to humiliation. One of them dared to address
the Muslim woman saying: "Tear that veil, and throw it away. Tear it!
What evil you are doing? What darkness you are in? What humiliation
are you in? What grave you are in? Destroy it! Destroy the terror
violently without hesitation! Destroy the silence and say and express
your wishes as you like! Destroy the prison…!"
Thus, the woman has been driven by the allurement of speech behind
such claims, and has removed her honor with her own hands, and become
a plaything. However, the Muslim woman who sticks to the command of
her Lord, repulses all the hands that stretch to remove herHijaabfrom
her and unlawfully expose her face,proves competently that
herHijaabnever impedes her from being active in society, taking and
giving. She, all perfect praise be to Allaah The Almighty, is present
in all fields, areas and places: as a physician, an engineer, a
university professor, a lawyer...
According to the Islamic concept, the woman has a pioneering role in
the formation and advancement of society. HerHijaabis not merely a set
of clothes, rather, it is a set of concepts and morals. It is an act
of worship, of higher thought, culture and civilization; and these are
the real standards of evaluating women.
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