{"id":426,"date":"2015-02-26T03:53:23","date_gmt":"2015-02-26T03:53:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/azmi.co\/cust\/ngba-wp\/?page_id=426"},"modified":"2022-10-22T17:54:43","modified_gmt":"2022-10-22T17:54:43","slug":"hijabhead-covering","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nogodbutallah.org\/?page_id=426","title":{"rendered":"Hijab\/Head covering"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the name of All\u0101h,<\/span>
\nthe Beneficent, the Merciful.<\/span>
\nPeace and Blessings of All\u0101h on Mohammad.<\/span>
\nDEDICATED TO<\/span>
\nAll\u0101h\u2013the Glorious and the High,<\/span>
\nLord of the worlds<\/span>
\nAND TO<\/span>
\nMohammad\u2013who brought the world<\/span>
\nto our feet and eternity to our arms.<\/span>
\n*<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 HIJAB\/KHIMAR<\/span><\/span>
\nThe Bible also requires that women cover their heads-(Numbers 5:18; 1Corinthians 11:5-6). Mary, the Christian’s\u00a0 “Mother of God”, as Christians depict her, wore hijab.
\n<\/span>Shirin Ebadi stated:<\/span> \u201cInstead of telling [Iranian] girls to cover their hair, we should teach them to use their heads.\u201d<\/span>1<\/span><\/sup>\u00a0Why not both? Covering hair does not diminish mental ability.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Islam does not require the Muslim woman to veil her face.<\/span>
\n<\/i><\/span>The Muslim woman\u2019s head-cover is not a symbol of her \u201cservitude.\u201d (Is the nun\u2019s head-cover a symbol of her \u201cservitude\u201d? The nudist might view all clothing, including the bikini and thong, as a symbol of \u201cservitude\u201d or repression). <\/span>Only those unaware of the significance of the hijab would oppose, revile, or militate against it. <\/span>These garments \u2013overcoat (jalaba)<\/i> and head-cover (hijab)<\/i>\u2013 are to distinguish the Muslim woman from other women, a mark of devotion and of distinction: of being the exalted nation<\/span>\u2013(Qur\u2019an 33:59; 24:31; 2:143; 3:110). (Given that Allah forgives all sins [Qur’an 6:54; 39:53], even if a woman lived a loose life, when she turns to Allah she is endowed with this lofty distinction of being of the exalted nation).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

“O Prophet, tell thy wives and thy daughters<\/span>
\nand the women of believers to let down upon<\/span>
\nthem their over-garments. This is more proper,
\nso that they may be known, and not
\nbe given <\/span>trouble<\/span><\/span>“<\/span>
\n(Qur’an 33:59).<\/span>
\n“And say to the believing women…..let them<\/span>
\nwear their head-coverings over their bosoms”<\/span>
\n(Qur’an 24:31).<\/span>
\n“And thus We have made you an exalted<\/span>
\nnation that you may be the bearers<\/span>
\nof witness to the people…..”<\/span>
\n(Qur’an 2:143).<\/span>
\n-“You are the best nation raised up for men:<\/span>
\nyou enjoin good and forbid evil<\/span>
\nand you believe in Allah”<\/span>
\n(Qur’an 3:110.<\/span>
\nAs their is no hypocrisy in Islam, <\/span>
\nto enjoin good we ourselves are to do good, <\/span>
\nto forbid evil we ourselves are to avoid evil,<\/span>
\n else we lose this lofty\/honorable status. <\/span>
\nBelief in Allah means He is One and Only,<\/span>
\n the Eternal Absolute Who begets not, <\/span>
\nnor is begotten; <\/span>
\nand incorporates belief in ALL His Angels, <\/span>
\nAll His Books (though Books prior to the Qur’an, <\/span>
\nas shown elsewhere on this site, are not
\nin their pristine purity), in<\/span>
\nALL His Messengers\/Prophets, <\/span>
\nin the Resurrection and Day of Judgment).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

That these garments -hijab and jalaba-<\/span> were not of temporary usage is evident from the Prophet\u2019s saying to Asma, who was wearing thin clothes at the time: \u201cO Asma, when a woman reaches the age of menstruation, it does not suit her that she displays her parts of body except this and this, and he pointed to her face and hands\u201d Abu Dawud Vol. 3, #4092.
\n<\/span>While this hadith is said to be \u201cmursal\u201d \u2013lacking the name of the narrator who transmitted it from \u2018Aishah\u2013 it is in accordance with Qur\u2019an 24:31 and 33:59. These verses and hadith also show that the Muslim woman\u2019s face is to be uncovered.
\nThat when the verse on hijab was revealed women cut cloth and covered their faces except their eyes, this was only the women\u2019s understanding NOT THE REQUIREMENT. As clearly shown in Qur\u2019an 24:31 women are to \u201cwear their head-coverings<\/strong> over their bosoms<\/strong>\u201d not over their faces).<\/span><\/p>\n

All\u0101h God has conferred upon the Woman of Islam the loftiest position. Islam has ennobled woman. It has adorned her with a crown of excellence. The scarf is more than a piece of cloth on the head; it is embroidery for the soul. To help mold the Woman of Islam into a fortress of modesty and virtue. (Men are to be covered from the navel to the knees and one part of the chest).<\/span>
\nIslam intends the scarf to be a symbol of piety and humility. A symbol of beauty and excellence: a beauty and excellence manifesting from within \u2013manifesting through love and obedience to serve our Creator, Nourisher and Sustainer. A beauty that never ages nor tarnishes. A beauty that becomes increasingly resplendent with time.<\/span>
\nThere is no beauty more lustrous, more alluring and more enduring than beauty of the soul; and no woman more beautiful than she who vests her self for the love of All\u0101h.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Islam does not forbid women from wearing fine garments and jewelry, (Allah likes to see His bounties on His servants). But it does not allow such appareling for the purpose of vain display. <\/span>A person cannot attain piety until and unless he has achieved humility. To achieve humility one must exercise simplicity and modesty. The act of covering one\u2019s self helps to build modesty.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Muslim woman\u2019s body is not a thing to be \u201cashamed\u201d of, as one critic ignorantly claimed. Islam esteems womanhood as the symbol of purity and motherhood as the gateway to paradise. The Muslim woman covering her body<\/span> \u2013which is an identification and a reflection of her being of the exalted nation (Qur\u2019an 33:59; 24:31; 2:143; 3:110)\u2013<\/span> is no \u201cshame\u201d but her passport to Paradise.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

Muslim children, male and female, are to be taught from kindergarten the purpose, excellence and magnificence of the hijab:
\n-Purpose of the hijab:<\/span> it is an identification and a symbol of purity
\n-Excellence of the hijab:<\/span> it is mark of distinction\/exaltation of being of high moral and spiritual standard
\n-Magnificence of the hijab:<\/span> it is the Muslim woman\u2019s passport to paradise.
\n(Notably:<\/span> Even the Muslim woman who choose to not wear the hijab can attain Jannah. There are varying degrees of being a Muslim according to one\u2019s practice\/deeds \u2013much like a person who does more work will receive higher wage\u2013 \u201cAnd for all are degrees according to their doings\u201d (Qur\u2019an 6:133).<\/span> Seemingly, as sinners are grouped into seven classes for the seven gates of Hell<\/a>,<\/span> righteous are grouped into seven classes for the seven Jannahs; according to scholars there are seven Jannah\u2019s:\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Jannat-al-Adan<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Jannat-al-Firdaws (the most prestigious)<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Jannat-an-Naim<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. Jannat-ul-Mawa<\/span><\/li>\n
  5. Dar-ul-Khuld<\/span><\/li>\n
  6. Dar-ul-Maqaam<\/span><\/li>\n
  7. Dar-us-Salam (ref. https:\/\/zamzam.com\/blog\/seven-levels-of-heaven\/<\/span>\u00a0If link does not connect, please “Google” the address. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Thank you).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    While the hijab, like prayer, is a Divine requirement, there is no prescribed punishment or physical forcing of Muslims to observe these injunctions.\u00a0 Though we would have to account to Allah for our deliberate refusal to observe them.
    \nMuslim women do not need to seek any “rights” from source(s) outside of Islam. Allah has given woman rights for which she has nothing more to strive, alongside man from birth to Jannah. Muslim women are to learn these rights that Allah\/Islam has given them and demand them from their “leaders.” Let these leaders know they cannot defy Allah and deny the Muslim woman her Allah-given rights and yet expect for Allah to give them Jannah!)
    \n    Islam-liberated women.<\/span><\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

    (To women who are of the view that it is discrimination against them, in that men are not required to cover their heads:
    \n-men have to shave their heads at the hajj, women do not;
    \n-men are required to be circumcised, women are not;
    \n-men are required to give women dowry, even though she may possess greater wealth than him;
    \n-men are required to maintain women, whereas women are free to do whatever with their finances. And men also have a dress code \u2013to cover the area from, and including, the navel to the knees and half of the chest.<\/span>
    \nEven without comprehending the excellence of the hijab, covering the head when required is no price to pay for Allah\u2019s everlasting beauty.
    \n<\/span>As stated, these garments\u2013overcoat (jalaba)<\/i> and head-cover (hijab)<\/i>\u2013are to distinguish the Muslim woman from other women, a mark of devotion and of distinction: of being the exalted nation\u2013(Qur\u2019an 33:59; 24:31; 2:143; 3:110).
    \n<\/span><\/p>\n

    Women who are wearing jeans under their over-garment in revolt against Islam must know that they are dressing themselves for the Fire. There is nothing in Islam to protest against \u2013Islam regards womanhood as the symbol of purity; and motherhood as the gateway to Paradise.<\/span>
    \n<\/span>Whereas choosing to not wear the hijab (and jalaba) is one matter, why would the Muslim woman desirous of All\u0101h\u2019s everlasting grandeur revile the hijab?
    \nRevolt against the hijab is revolt against Islam; revolt against Islam is revolt against All\u0101h; revolt against All\u0101h is the Sureway to Hell-fire.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

    Significantly, whereas the critics of Islam charge that Islam discriminates against women and that the hijab<\/i> is a symbol of the Muslim woman\u2019s subservience; Islam requires that:<\/span><\/p>\n

    -men give a gift to their brides even though she may be wealthier than he is
    \n<\/span>-men maintain their wives even though she may have a mountain of money
    \n-men be circumcised and women not
    \n<\/span>-men shave their heads at the Hajj and women not<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

    yet no critic of Islam has charged that Islam discriminates against men; or that Islam teaches hatred of men; or that Islam favors women over men; or that these are symbols of the Muslim man\u2019s subservience to women.<\/span><\/p>\n

    Interestingly, whereas All\u0101h reveals in His Qur\u2019an 2:228 that women have rights similar to those against her He did not say that men have rights similar as those against him; thus, arguably, women would seem to have more rights on men than men have on women.
    \n<\/span>Allah is a Just God. He will not discriminate against Woman because of her form and physiology \u2013a form and physiology He gave her; a form and physiology of which she had no choice.<\/span>
    \nIn fact, if form and physiology is the measure of superiority, Woman is superior to Man \u2013she having carried man, gave birth to him and nursed him.<\/span> Three degrees of excellence and superiority that Man have yet to acquire. Women even have a fourth degree of excellence over men \u2013cloning! Whereas the male sperm can be dispensed with in duplicating the being, the female\u2019s ovum is necessary to develop the clone.<\/span><\/p>\n

    (According to one view, women who wear the veil and burqa run the risk of suffering from a deficiency of vitamin D. That vitamin D supplement is necessary to maintain health.
    \n<\/span>That the Islamic head-cover and over-garment result in a deficiency of vitamin D seems to imply that Allah requires Muslim women to dress in manner that is injurious to her health.
    \n<\/span>Incidentally, Catholic nuns are similarly dressed as Muslim women and are secluded in convents and monks are confined in monasteries; has any test been done on them to determine if they suffer from vitamin D deficiency?
    \n<\/span>Muslim women or not, the woman who are mostly indoors would suffer from a deficiency of vitamin D. This would also be true of men.<\/span><\/p>\n

    Islam does not require women to cover their faces: the face, hands and feet [though feet are usually in shoes], as taught by the Prophet, are to remain uncovered. If this precept is followed, women should not suffer from vitamin D deficiency [unless one is in a wintry country, in which even non-Muslim women would then require supplement]<\/span>. For we have men in the middle Eastern countries who dressed similarly as women \u2013with head wear and long robe with only their faces and hands and feet being exposed\u2013<\/span> and there is no report of them suffering from vitamin D deficiency. In fact, people in warm climates are mostly covered \u2013wearing full shirts and pants and shoes, and even suits and ties; and also in cold countries men and women are deprived of sunshine for most of the year.<\/span>
    \n<\/span>Enough sunlight on the face and hands should be sufficient for health. And many food products and health tonic are fortified with vitamin D. Though periodic checkup at your doctor is a good consideration).<\/span><\/p>\n

    Seemingly, pre-Islamic usage of the headscarf is also being used to dissuade Muslims from wearing it. So what if the head-scarf was worn 5000 years ago in the Sumerian era by certain women \u201cinitiating\u201d young males into \u201csex\u201d? The Ka\u2019bah once housed hundreds of idols and was circuited by naked men.
    \n<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0Are the many non-Muslim women of today who wear head-scarves do so for the purpose of \u201cinitiating\u201d young males into \u201csex\u201d?
    \n<\/span>Islam is the only Divine-revealed religion, see     Home<\/span><\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0*<\/span><\/p>\n

    NOTES<\/span><\/p>\n

    1.<\/span> The Weekly Standard; cited in Readers Digest, Aug; 2008; p. 49.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    In the name of All\u0101h, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Peace and Blessings of All\u0101h on Mohammad. DEDICATED TO All\u0101h\u2013the Glorious and the High, Lord of the worlds AND TO Mohammad\u2013who brought the world to our feet and eternity to our arms. * \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-426","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nogodbutallah.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/426","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nogodbutallah.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nogodbutallah.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nogodbutallah.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nogodbutallah.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=426"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"https:\/\/nogodbutallah.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/426\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6033,"href":"https:\/\/nogodbutallah.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/426\/revisions\/6033"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nogodbutallah.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}