The Muslim Woman and her Rabb (Lord)
This chapter is taken from the book entitled The Ideal Muslimah by Dr. Muhammad Ali Al Hashimi
She wears correct Hijab
The Muslim Woman wears correct hijab when she goes out of her house. Hijab
is the distintive Islamic dress whose features have been clearly defined by
the Qur'an and Sunnah. She does not go out of the house, or appear before non-mahram
men, wearing perfume, make-up or other fineries, because she knows that this
is haram according to the Quran:
{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 husbands, their fathers, their husbands' fathers, their sons, their husbands sons, their brothers, or their brother's sons or their sister's sons, or their women, or their slaves whom their right hand posess, or male servants free of physical needs, or small children who have no sense of sex; and that they should not strike their feet in order to draw attention to their hidden ornaments. And O you believers! Turn all together towards Allah, that you may attain bliss.}
(Qur'an 24:31)
The Muslim woman would tremble with fear at the terrifying picture which the Prophet (s.a.w.) drew of those painted and adorned temptresses who have gone astray:
"There are two types of the people of Hell that I have seen: people with whips like the tails of oxen, with which they beat the people, and women who are dressed yet still appear naked, who are inclined to evil and make their husbands incline towards it also. Their heads are like the humps of camels, leaning to one side. They will not enter Paradise, or even smell its scent, although its scent can be discerned from such-a-such distance."
The Muslim woman wear hiajb on the basis of her belief that it is a comman from Allah(swt), revealed to protect the Muslim woman, to make her character distinct, and to keep her away from the slippery slope of immorality and error. So she accepts it willingly and with strong conviction, as the women fo the Muhajirin and Ansar accepted it on the day when Allah(swt) revealed his clear and wise command. According to a report narrated by Bukhari, Aishah(ra) said:
"May Allah have mercy on the Muhajir women. When Allah(swt) revealed: {...that they should draw their veils over their bosoms...} (Qur'an 24:31), they tore their wrappers and covered their heads and faces with them."
Proper dress for women was not something novel introduced by Islam; it existed in all laws of Allah(swt) revealed before Islam. This can be seen in what remains of those laws in altered books (i.e. the Bible). We also see it in the modest dress of the Christian nuns who live in the Islamic world and also in the West, and in fact that the women of the people of the book cover their heads when they enter their churches. The modern rejection of the idea that women should be covered and modest goes against all divine laws, from the time of Ibrahim, Musa, and Eesa (may peace be upon them), until the hanafi way brought by Islam. This attitude is an attempt to escape the decree of Allah(swt), which Allah(swt) has sent to mankind throughout the ages, brought time after time by His Messengers to guide mankind to truth and righteousness, so that they would become one nation, worshipping and obeying one Lord:
{Mankind was but one nation, but differed [later]. Had it not been for a Word that went forth before from your Rabb, their differences would have been settled between them.} (Qur'an 10:19)
{O Messengers! Enjoy things good and pure, and work righteousness; for I am well-acquainted with that you do. And verily this Brotherhood of yours is a single Brotherhood. And I am your Rabb and Cherisher: therefore fear me.} (Qur'an 23:51-52)
The determination of many modern societies that women should be uncovered, living naked and immoral lives, is an indication of how far they have deviated from the guidance of Allah (swt), not only in the Muslim lands, but in all countries of the world. The Westerners may not care about this, and may go ahead and invent more means of immorality without finding any deterrent in their corrupted books, but the Muslims who worship Allah(swt) by reciting his perfectly preserved Book night and day will never accept such deviance, no matter how negligent and weak they are in their practice of Islam, because they constantly hear the definitive words of the Qur'an and Sunnah warning those who disobey Allah(swt) and his messenger of the test in this life and the severe punishment to come in the Hereafter:
{Let those beware who withstand the Messenger's order, lest some trial befall them, or a grievous penalty be inflicted on them.} (Qur'an 24:63)
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