HIJAB
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hijab is not required... i mean u dnt need to cover ur hairs...
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Salam,
2431 And tell the believing females to lower their gaze and maintain their chastity; and they should not reveal their beauty except what is apparent. And they should put forth their shawls over their cleavage, and they should 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 by their oath, or the male servants who are without need, or the child who has not yet understood the composition of women. And they should 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.
Nothing about shawl over your head, but over cleavage.
This verse taken from Free-Minds online Quran.
Salam
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You see, this is the problem! Some muslims say this, others that. Which translation can I trust? And how can I know who's telling the truth when everyone claims they are right?
Not a word about the 'kimar'?
Here is an example of another opinion on the subject and I am still confused..
https//www.youtube.com/watch?v=AALgGKSnU2g
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You see, this is the problem! Some muslims say this, others that. Which translation can I trust? And how can I know who's telling the truth when everyone claims they are right?
Not a word about the 'kimar'?
Here is an example of another opinion on the subject and I am still confused..
https//www.youtube.com/watch?v=AALgGKSnU2g
If it's sectarian, don't follow it. I don't know Nouman, but if he's sectarian, never open another video of him.
Here is an article on Free-Minds about the words hijab and khimar and which is correct meaning according to the study.
Remember to verify yourself what is written in this article according to 1736!
1736 And do not uphold what you have no knowledge of. For the hearing, eyesight, and heart, all these you are responsible for.
http//www.free-minds.org/womens-dress-code-islam
Salam
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You see, this is the problem! Some muslims say this, others that. Which translation can I trust? And how can I know who's telling the truth when everyone claims they are right?
Not a word about the 'kimar'?
Here is an example of another opinion on the subject and I am still confused..
https//www.youtube.com/watch?v=AALgGKSnU2g
How great part does societal pressure play in your life?
Are you free to choose clothing style as you wish without reprimands?
I don't think different translations differ that much. It is rather traditions and culture that are projected onto the text. Such can differ.Don't listen to people. Don't listen to fear, justified by thinking. Listen to your heart.
Peace
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Peace Tuva82, everyone,
Just found an old thread on this topic. Please go through it especially the last 2 pages
http//free-minds.org/forum/index.php?topic=14930.20
Quote from that thread
The word used in the Qur'aan is "khumur", and not "khimaar". "Khumur" is plural of both "khimaar" and "khimirr", which have slightly different meanings. Please see the discussion from the following post onwards
http//free-minds.org/forum/index.php?topic=14616.msg135947#msg135947
"Khumur" is used in 2431 and since this can be the plural of "khimirr" (which can mean any covering) then in terms of Classical Arabic and grammar, it is perfectly acceptable to translate it as a general covering/veil instead of a headcover.
In any case, the order in 2431 is to cover the "juyub"/cleavage with the "khumur", and not to cover the "ru'us"/heads with it. Even if it is the plural of "khimaar" meaning "head and lower face cover", that does not automatically imply that the head and lower face needs to be covered too, unless there was an explicit order to do so. The God does not forget things and neither does He leave anything vague and unclear.
For example, if I order you to cover your head with your T-shirt (which usually means a chest and abdomen covering), it does not imply that I am also ordering you to cover your chest and abdomen, but clearly indicates that my intention is for you to cover your head only.
As far as the word "hijab" is concerned, it doesn't mean an item of clothing in the quran. Please read the following article for more details on "hijab" and "khumur"
http//www.misconceptions-about-islam.com/dress-code-women-veil.htm
Quotes from above article
A headscarf (commonly called "hijab" is often worn by Muslim women, however this word is not used like this in The Quran. In fact, the word "hijab" is not even used to mean an item of clothing and simply means something which intervenes between two things, e.g. barrier, screen, seclusion. All verses where this word occurs are as follows 746, 3353, 3832, 415, 4251, 1745, 1917, 8315. It should also be noted that believing men and women are free to eat in each other's company, whether family or friends , thus a veil covering the face (commonly called "niqab", or the full veil "burqa" would obviously be impractical. Again, such an item of clothing is nowhere to be found in The Quran.
Additional notes for Arabic readers
The word "khumur" is used in 2431 and can be the plural of "khimaar" or "khimirr", and can mean any cover made of cloth or headcover, according to Classical Arabic dictionaries and Traditional Ahadith/Narrations (see Bukhari Volume 6, Book 60, Number 282). Please note the Arabic preposition "bi" meaning "with" in "bikhumurihinna", which means they are to cover their chests with their "khumur/covers/headcovers". The usage of preposition "bi" is different to the preposition "min" as used in 3359 "min jalabeebihinna" which means to use a part of their "jilbab/outer-garment" in the modification suggested, i.e. not all of it has to be lowered or drawn near, just part of it. In 2431 if God intended that part of it (e.g. headcover) stays on the head and part of it be used to cover the bosom, it would have been more appropriate to use "min khumurhinna". Furthermore, the word "yadribna" as used in 2431 has no connotation of lengthening or lowering in any other occurrence, unlike "yudneena" in 3359 which does, thus would have been more appropriate to use.
Even if "khumur" is taken to mean "headcovers" it should be noted that the order is to cover the chest, not the head - of course, one may cover their head if they wish.Also see the following thread for another angle
http//free-minds.org/forum/index.php?topic=9608391.0
Peace
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Concerning "hijab" you can always reason outside of scriptures and using your own logic. Veiling can be of practical use, but that depends on your spiritual insight and your priorities in life. And you would primarily not wear it for your own sake but make the life easier for someone else abstaining from this world. And the more young and fertile the heavier the bodily cover, while a fat old woman (or man) would perhaps not require a cover at all.
And the covering of the body is not misogynistic or used because men are above women or anything like that. It stems from spiritual insight that the instinct is something to be abstained from in this world and the women who wear it do it out of respect towards their male counterparts who would like to abstain without arousal. Much could be solved simply by "lowering the gaze", but in social interaction with women it can be tricky and then some cover can help, and it is not always possible to "look the other way".
And even a man should cover the body well.
But if primarily moving around in a community that does not care about triggering the instinct it does not matter if a woman wears it or not. It has to do with people's interests.
Additionally it should not be enforced by law to wear it.
Be well
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You see, this is the problem! Some muslims say this, others that. Which translation can I trust? And how can I know who's telling the truth when everyone claims they are right?
Not a word about the 'kimar'?
Here is an example of another opinion on the subject and I am still confused..
https//www.youtube.com/watch?v=AALgGKSnU2g
He is not being meticulous enough in his interpretation of Khimar. Scarves, Shawls, Mufflers all fall under Khimar since they are piece of cloth worn over the head. What he seem to miss is that a head cover is not basically a hair cover. The head cover is worn over the head. A woman may reveal her hair even while wearing a head cover over her head. See these images
https//flamesoftruth.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/image.jpeg
https//flamesoftruth.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/indian-woman-wallpaper-20.jpg
Arab women did dress like this at the time. The Khimar was never an airtight concealment of the head, hair and neck as Nouman Ali will have you believe. The Arab women who wore the Khimar loosely, letting out part of their hair will would not understand Qur'an 2431 as a directive to conceal every strand of their hair.
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@ neptin
is it prianka chopra on the second image?
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Peace
I agree with Neptin. Think about how hot the Arabian Peninsula and those neighboring regions are. The reason why desert dwellers wear head covers (irrespective of gender both men and women) is to shield themselves against the sun. That is the primary use for clothes in these hot regions. It's better to cover up and let garments shield against intense heat than let your exposed scalp and skin pay the price. In fact the Quran shows us this is true.
1681
WaAllahu jaAAala lakum mimma khalaqa thilalan wajaAAala lakum mina aljibali aknanan wajaAAala lakum sarabeela taqeekumu alharra wasarabeela taqeekum ba/sakum kathalika yutimmu niAAmatahu AAalaykum laAAallakum tuslimoona
And Allah (has) made for you from what He created, shades and (has) made for you from the mountains, shelters and (has) made for you garments to protect you (from) the heat and garments to protect you from your (mutual) violence. Thus He completes His Favor upon you so that you may submit.
Siin-Ra-Ba-Lam = to clothe, put on the garment, be confused. sirbil - shirt, clothing/garment, breast plate, coat of mail.
Here are some articles highlighting why loose clothing that covers entire body is much more advantageous in desert climate.
http//www.funtrivia.com/askft/Question101794.html
http//www.nature.com/nature/journal/v283/n5745/abs/283373a0.html
Allah also explains why He has made clothing for us. I think the foremost requirement for both men and women is to cover our privates.
726
Ya banee adama qad anzalna AAalaykum libasan yuwaree saw-atikum wareeshan walibasu alttaqwa thalika khayrun thalika min ayati Allahi laAAallahum yaththakkaroona
O Children (of) Adam! Verily We have sent down to you clothing, it covers your shame and (as) an adornment. But the clothing (of) righteousness - that (is) best. That (is) from (the) Signs of Allah so that they may remember.
= Lam-Ba-Siin
To wear/cover, put on a garment, be clothed in, envelop, conceal, conformed, cloak/disguise, that which is worn. Obscure/confuse/confound, mystify, render a thing obscure and confused to another.
Employed/busied/occupied himself with/within a thing, become involved/entangled/complicated, to mix/mingle/accompany a thing.Clothes are also for adornment, so wear your nice things, but I believe modesty is the best policy.
Having seen the above Ayaat we can understand that clothes are granted to us for covering our shame, protection against environment and also as adornment.
The next three ayaats are where many differ in
2431
And say to the believing women (that) they should lower their gaze and they should guard their chastity, and not (to) display their adornment except what is apparent of it. And let them draw their head covers over their bosoms, and not (to) display their adornment except to their husbands, or their fathers or fathers (of) their husbands or their sons or sons (of) their husbands or their brothers or sons (of) their brothers or sons (of) their sisters, or their women or what possess their right hands or the attendants having no physical desire among men or children who (are) not aware of private aspects (of) the women. And not let them strike their feet to make known what they conceal of their adornment. And turn to Allah altogether O believers! So that you may succeed.
In my understanding this ayaat is simply conveying modesty and covering of the cleavage by using any form of garment, whether it is a head cover or shawl.
What this ayaat is not conveying however, is for the women to remove their head covers and use them instead to cover their cleavage. Can you imagine women in the hot deserts having to take off their protective head covers which shields them from the sun, as we have seen in the ayaat above and the articles about extreme heat?! It would be a punishment to force women to remove their head covers. Hence, if khimar is referring to head cover, then one can still wrap the ends over and around the chest. It can however in my understanding refer to any form of "clothing".The women are asked to cover their bosom and to not strike their feet a.k.a switch or walk in a seducing manner that would expose shape and features. So when the women are asked to not display their adornment we can deduce that it is not necessarily referring to hair but the body.
3353
O you who believe! (Do) not enter (the) houses (of) the Prophet except when permission is given to you for a meal, without awaiting its preparation. But when you are invited, then enter; and when you have eaten, then disperse and not seeking to remain for a conversation. Indeed, that was troubling the Prophet, and he is shy of (dismissing) you. But Allah is not shy of the truth. And when you ask them (for) anything then ask them from behind a screen. That (is) purer for your hearts and their hearts. And not is for you that you trouble (the) Messenger (of) Allah and not that you should marry his wives after him, ever. Indeed, that is near Allah an enormity.
Some claim this is the evidence for why women should wear the hijab but there are few things that those who make this clam are missing
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This is referring specifically to the wives of the prophet; they are unlike any of the women. Therefore, what applies to them does not necessarily apply to all women
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The command is given to whoever enters the house of the prophet to ask from behind a screen, not to the wives!
So what is it referring to you might then ask?
Well we have to truly envision who the people the Quran was delivered to were and how they lived. They were mostly nomadic. They were tent dwellers. Envisioning this might help further understand the command. My family originates from Africa and our culture has very close similarity with Arab culture. In our homes, all the accesses to rooms/chambers are covered by a partition/curtain for privacy. Especially our parents room is screened. I should never walk to my parents room, remove the screen/partition and enter even if just to speak to them, that is improper etiquette. I should always ask permission to enter first. They may be lying in their privacy and we know Quran 2458 speaks of privacy.
Basically tent dwelling culture is most likely the same. Chambers within the tents were probably sectioned off by partitions.
The believers entering the homes of the prophet are encouraged to treat the wives of the prophets as their mothers 336 and respect their privacy and not to barge in their private chambers even if to ask for something but to keep proper etiquette and ask from behind the private chambers.3359
O Prophet! Say to your wives and your daughters and (the) women (of) the believers to draw over themselves their outer garments. That (is) more suitable that they should be known and not harmed. And is Allah Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.
I believe this ayaat was especially particular to the women of that time because they were being harassed by the neighboring peoples. So to distinguish them so that there would be no excuse about their identity for the ill intentioned harassers, they were made to cover themselves with their outer garments to be readily recognized. I believe this command reinforced modesty to protect the women.
The same applies for women today if they want to avoid being harassed they might want to follow these instructions as well.
I still however do not see this as necessarily covering your hair, although when I envision a woman back at the time of the prophet drawing a garment over herself, I do envision her drawing a shawl/ or cloak like garment over her head and around her body, because that is how those particular peoples dwelling in the desert dressed they did not take chances exposing their skin to the sun and neither do their descendants today as we have seen in above articles.That being said the hijab is more of a regional item which has had a functional purpose but has turned into a cultural item.
If you are living in regions where its functionality has benefit, by all means wear a loose fitting head cover and shield yourself from the sun's heat. However, if you live in regions where its functional purpose is obsolete then it is up to you to decide whether your sense of fashion and sense of modesty equate to wearing a head cover.The commands for modesty are in 2431 and 3359. I think it is important if one wants to fulfill these command to understand that outer garments entail loose fitting clothing, not tight fitting.
Tight fitting clothing would defeat the purpose of not displaying adornments and defeat the purpose of protecting women from harassment. I think the emphasis for modesty is in relation to the body of the woman and not her hair.For example this below defeats all purpose of modesty
http//feedmelols.com/uploads/V1yHH.jpgDear Tuva82 I hope you have understood that nowhere in the Quran does God give an explicit command for women to cover their hair.
May Allah guide us closer to His Straight Path
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