“Haya is from Faith”, declared our beloved Prophet (pbuh). Haya includes bashfulness, shame, self respect and modesty. If a man prefers his women to be modest but he himself mixes up with the other females then he is not modest in a complete sense. Among the companions of the Prophet (pbuh), Umar bin Al Khattab (r.a.) possessed a great amount of gheerah (read ‘Gairat’ in Urdu). It was his ardent desire that the verses of hijab were revealed by Allah. When the Prophet was shown in dream, Umar’s hoor performing wudhoo in Jannah he did not enter the palace as a mark of respect for Umar’s gheerah. Hijab is a way to modesty. Hijab liberates women from being exploited. Hijab protects women from being gauged by the lustful eyes of men. Hijab prevents men from grading a woman’s figure or looks. Hijab is a barrier between the evil and the good. But the main question arises: Have we really understood the concept of hijab or just we have picked up some information about hijab? Every Muslimah should answer this question to herself. There will be no surveys or any public announcement.
Posted on: Tue, 27 Aug 2013 06:08:53 +0000
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