Female dress code
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Peace
If we understand the reason God says there is a "dress code" from that we can understand what women should wear
O Prophet! say unto thy wives and thy daughters and women of the believers that they should let down upon them their wrapping-garments. That would be more likely to distinguish them so that they will not be affronted. And Allah is ever Forgiving, Merciful.
3359God wants women to be acknowledged as women not as sex objects or pieces of meat. At large Men cannot help but look if its there and men cannot help but think certain things when they see women dressed a certain way. They will address the woman differently and maybe ask her questions that would offend her. I understand that women should cover their chest and not to wear clothes that hang loose as not to accentuate their body ina provocative manner. Its more to do with respect for oneself and modesty is my understanding
And say thou unto the believing women that they shall lower their sights and guard their private parts and shall not disclose their adornment except that which appeareth thereof; and they shall draw their scarves over their bosoms;
2431Theres one quote about having gaments lie loose over you but I cannot find it right now.
Peace
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the dress code mentioned on submission.org is quite liberal, does anyone agree with them?
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I agree fully with that link Angel. It is all there in the Qur'an (think I read it on free minds first). Hijab, Burka etc are influences from the culture before Islam. Where the sand blown in from the desert would have seared the skin of your face. Even the Men wore Burka, its all culture. However the influence of the Arabs seeped into the religion.
My belief is if a woman wants to wear hijab, go for it! Burka, Go for it! As long as she knows its not in God's message and that it is only her preference nothing else. Also that she does not look down on women from other cultures who are just as moderate by the Qur'an but choose not to wear the hijab or burka.
Peace
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what do you believe are the minimum requirements for the female dresscode?
please explain your answer.
peacePeace,
Respectfully.726 O Children of Adam, We have sent down for you garments to alleviate your sin, as well as feathers; and the garment of righteousness is the best. That is from God?s signs, perhaps they will remember.
2431 And tell the believing women to lower their gaze and keep covered their private parts, and that they should not reveal their beauty except what is apparent, and let them put forth their shawls over their cleavage. And let them not reveal their beauty except to their husbands, or their fathers, or fathers of their husbands, or their sons, or the sons of their husbands, or their brothers, or the sons of their brothers, or the sons of their sisters, or their women, or those committed to them by oath, or the male servants who are without need, or the child who has not yet understood the composition of women. And let them not strike with their feet in a manner that reveals what they are keeping hidden of their beauty. And repent to God, all of you believers, that you may succeed.
3359 O prophet, tell your wives, your daughters, and the wives of the believers that they should lengthen upon themselves their outer garments. That is better so that they will not be recognized and harmed. God is Forgiver, Merciful.
Glory be to our God.
Glory be to our God.
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2431 And tell the believing women to lower their gaze and keep covered their private parts, and that they should not reveal their beauty except what is apparent, and let them put forth their shawls over their cleavage. And let them not reveal their beauty except to their husbands, or their fathers, or fathers of their husbands, or their sons, or the sons of their husbands, or their brothers, or the sons of their brothers, or the sons of their sisters, or their women, or those committed to them by oath, or the male servants who are without need, or the child who has not yet understood the composition of women. And let them not strike with their feet in a manner that reveals what they are keeping hidden of their beauty. And repent to God, all of you believers, that you may succeed.
Peace,
"And let them not strike with their feet in a manner that reveals what they are keeping hidden of their beauty."
I think that means no teasing men either.
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http//submission.org/dress.html
http//submission.org/women/hijab.htmlThe minimum requirement is to cover your private parts. Full dress code is explained well in those articles.
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what do you believe are the minimum requirements for the female dresscode?
please explain your answer.
peace
I don't think there are any universal requirements.
I think we'd all agree that it is beneficial for women to dress "modestly." That word means different things in different culture. I think it's VERY easy to decide what is modest and what is not in your culture/community/environment.
And it changes from place to place too (within a culture). A swim suit doesn't attract much attention at the beach but at a funeral it would.Also, BEHAVIOR is a huge part of being modest. You can dress whichever way you like but it is ultimately the way you act that makes you modest or immodest.
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Peace,
As we know, Allah doesn't leave anything out in the Quran. Allah says that we must wear good garments, they should at least cover the private areas and we should lengthen our garments. Allah does not say how long they should be lengthened but this really depends on our own take on modesty.
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The maximum would be one of those nice-looking headscarves that are sort of see through and are about shoulder-length! But those are simply fantasies. -)
I do not think it can specifically be stated that a women should not wear this and that this one is more appropriate. I could be wrong.
You should avoid being immodest, but apparently clothing is a necessity (aside from protecting us from enviromental hazards - sun, biting cold, wind swept debri) and garments lengthened appropriately perhaps to avoid any primary significance to an immodest attire, but also be modest in the attitude and be chaste cause if you're wearing nice clothes but being all flirty with your sexiness than I think that falls in line with being immodest. Not that you cannot be sexy, cause you will be if you are anyway and you are not encouraged to go out of your way to look ugly, but to dress nice in your apparel.
Joe
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Peace,
Respectfully.I have seen sunni women wearing hijabs and they look much more immodest wit them because of the make up on their faces and the way they put on their hijabs.
veil has a different job - on many occasionas it puts face as a target so the perosn stares at her face and cannot remove the look due to the prettiness of the face and with the eye liner she's using ......Glory be to our God.
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Salam.
Personally I think dress is explain very well in the quran, bascially I think the three main things to remember
is to Cover out private parts I'll leave that to your imagination, Lengthen our garment *Nothing far too short
that when you sit down or bow down for whatever reason that your private parts are showing hence what Allah
said.
I agree what some of you guys said that modesty plays a huge part on how you behave. Me personally I'm not a wild
person, I'm shy, quiet and humble, although i wear hijab Only because of my mother, i would still dress modestly.Narma
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Salam,
As to my understanding, I believe that covering from your bosom down to your knees is the minimum requirement for women.
3355 The women commit no error by dressing comfortably in the presence of their fathers, their sons, their brothers, the sons of their brothers, the sons of their sisters, the women and their servants.
3359 O you prophet, tell your wives and your daughters, and the believing women to lengthern their garments. Thus, they will be recognised and will not be insulted.
As this verse explains...'they will be recognised' is the community in each country. People are recognised by their garments. Indians by their sari for example.
BUT, wearing sari is only possible for women in India or whomever comfortable with it.
For me, as an Indian, I do not fancy the 5 metre long material as it is not comfortable.
I am more comfortable with western style that is a blouse which goes with a skirt or a pants.
So, it should be our Rights to wear what we are comfortable with.
726 O children of Adam, we have sent down to you garments to cover your bodies, and to serve as luxury. The garments of righteousness is the best.
The word 'bodies' will again refer to our private parts mainly but since its on our bodies, so the best is to cover from bosom down to our knees.
Haseena
