Предписание носить Hijab в мусульманстве: Ответ к критикам


22-ое сентября 2005

Rafidah Abdul Jamal & Mohd Elfie Nieshaem Juferi

Над летами, Кодему платья среди мусульманских женщин давало большое внимание, специально по отношению к hijab (головное заволакивание) напрактикуйте в рассмотрено как символ «утеснения» к мусульманским женщинам. Пока мусульманством не будет некоторо единственное вероисповедание для того чтобы ввести практику головки заволакивания, оно продолжается быть центр нападения и тяжело обсужено как женщины справедливо выдайте специально внешний мусульманский мир. Furthermore, это было включено как политическая повестка дня в некоторые страны, которые take away результатам в мусульманских женщинах будучи угнетанными и их свободе для того чтобы напрактиковать их вероисповедание. Уныло, мы также видим что некоторые so-called «мусульманские» secularists и hypocrites, под ложной пронырливостью что носить hijab будет утеснением для женщин, делают смешоной заявкой т Qur' «не делает заявление о покрывать волос». Очевидно, эта заявка stem from их заносчивость совмещенная с их отвесным незнанием на деле. Цель этой бумаги должна ответить заявки этим критикам' для того чтобы показать им что их лож не держат воду.

В Qur' мы прочитали following предписание о hijab:

«Пророк Oh! скажите thy супруг и дочей, и веря женщин, что они должны бросить их наружные одежды над их людьми (когда зарубежом): то самое удобное они должны быть известный (как такие) и после того как я molested и аллах Oft-Прощает, большинств Merciful.»

[Перевод святейшего Qur'an, al-Ahzaab Yusuf Али Sura, вирши 59; Арабское транслитерирование является следующим: «ghafoorar-raHeema kaana-llaahu wa yu'thayna laa fa rafna `ay-yu adnaa thaalika jalaabeebihinna alayhinna `yudneena mu'mineena nisaaa'i-l wa banaatika wa azwaajika qul-lil ayyuhan-nabiyyu yaa минимальное»]

В вышеуказанных виршах, потребованы, что бросают их наружные одежды для их как пристойная женщина, и более далее избегают женщины любой harassment в любом случае. Слово используемое в виршах, jalabib (plural jilbab), refer to наружная одежда которая покрывает тело вполне, и так это будет также аргумент in favour of покрывать волос. While the above verse does not specifically mention what is the right dress code applied (apart from the fact that women should cover their body), it clearly shows that the basic underlying concept is modesty. It is widely agreed that women who dressed and behaved modestly are respectable, and it helps in having respectful relationship with other women and men in their daily life. This is the most important reason behind the rules set in Islam, in which it gives total respect to women with regards to their body and preserve their dignity, and at the same time act as a guard and protection to them, at least to a certain extent, from being physically and emotionally harassed.

We also hear another claim from the Critics that “…a [Muslim] woman has to cover certain parts of her body, parts which no sane woman exposes already.” This is as ludicrous as

A) How would covering the breasts distinctly identify a woman as a Muslim in particular. Were all the other women of the time walking around topless? Thus, would covering the breasts and/or “neckline” be a specifically Muslim practice? Will these Critics say that the Jews and Christians of Arabia allowed their women to march around topless? No, they were not, as anyone even slightly competent in history would know. These are all pathetic assumptions and a sad attempt to twist a religious tenet to fit one’s personal whims.

B) If God had only revealed a verse about covering breasts and/or “neckline”, He would then be forced to address every other part of the body. According to this argument, the midriff or “belly” is not addressed and thus, waltzing around in a belly dancer outfit would be halal. Again, this is insipid, to say it nicely.

The Qur’an further extend the guidelines in relation to the Muslim woman’s dress code through the following verse:

“And say to the believing women that they should lower their gaze and guard their modesty, that they should not display their beauty and ornaments except what (must ordinarily) appear thereof, that they should draw their veils over their bosoms and not display their beauty except to their husbands, their fathers, their husband’s fathers, their sons, their husband’s sons, their brothers or their brothers’ sons, or their sisters’ sons, or their women, or the slaves whom their right hand posses, or male servants free of physical needs, or small children who have no sense of the shame of sex, and that they should not strike their feet in order to draw attention to their hidden ornaments. And O ye believers ! Turn ye all together towards God, that ye may attain Bliss.” (Sura’ An-Nur : 31)

Again, the main subject behind the Islamic dress code is modesty. Coupled with a number of hadiths, this verse being the only verse within the Qur’?to mention about wearing veil to be included in the package to safeguard women’s dignity.

While most Western societies often consider veil to cover women’s hair as a radical and violation to women’s right, Muslim women feel that veil gives them freedom. Different from the definition of freedom set by the West, a Muslim woman who follows Islamic dress code consider themselves free from being judged by her physical features, but rather to be judged by her character. What important is their intellectual and personality, and not the discrimination for their beauty. While women always emphasize on their beauty to fulfil the standard of attractiveness set by men, Muslim women set themselves free from being such a display object , but rather consider themselves as humans who have an exclusive right over themselves.

Following the Islamic dress code including wearing veil to cover women’s hair obviously has no effect on women’s social interaction. The rights of each Muslim woman to get proper education and enjoy equal right with other women and men is not denied although they are required to wear veil and cover themselves according to Islamic requirement. With that reason, the word “oppressive” assigned to Islamic women’s dress code certainly has no basis at all. Unfortunately, this has been a favourite issue for some countries to deny the right of these Muslim women from getting proper education and play a major role in the society, without realising that they give a heavy burden upon these Muslim women, and that is what we call oppression!

If these so-called “Muslim” critics do not wish to follow Islam, the world is full of many other religions they can choose from. Christianity, for example, will let you do whatever you want, eat whatever you want, drink whatever you want, or wear whatever you want, as long as you accept the blood of Jesus to cleanse your sins. But if these same critics know that Islam is the truth, then please do not play games with it just because they do not wish to wear the hijab. The Prophet Muhammad(P) had stated that in later generations of his Umma’ there would be “…women who would be dressed but naked and on top of their heads (what looks like) camel humps. Curse them for they are truly cursed.” (Sahih Muslim). We would like to challenge these critics to find a single historian who will say that the Muslims in the time of Muhammad(P) did not believe that wearing a head scarf was commanding by God and His Messenger. Just one, simple request…otherwise, desist.

One Response to “The Injunction of Wearing the Hijab in Islam: An Answer to the Critics”

  1. George Carty said on 14 August 2006:

    I remember seeing on an atheist anti-Islam site an image of a pro-hijab demonstration, captioned “These women see themselves as 96% vagina and 4% person”. I wonder if these people advocate compulsory near-nudity?

Leave a Reply

You must be logged in to post a comment.