Laughing, Talking, Joking with Non-Mehrams is not a Hijab; Some girls assume that since they are properly covered, its okay for them to sit around and talk, laugh, joke, etc. with the men, but that’s not right, even if he is ‘the Shaikh’. Allaah says: . . . then be not soft in speech, lest he in whose heart is a disease should be moved with desire, but speak in an honorable manner. [al-Ahzaab:32] So talk to them when there is a specific need, and in a manner that is not necessarily rude, yet it is polite but firm. Staring at the brothers or ‘checking them out’ is NOT Hijaab; Allaah orders us to “lower your gaze” in the above verse. Why? Because a single ‘look’ can say more than a thousand words. So, even if you are properly covered, keep those eyes down, conduct yourself with ‘Hayaa’, and avoid ‘fitnah’ ‘Chatting’ on the internet/phone is not part of Hijaab; It is haraam for a man or woman to listen to each others words with enjoyment, for fear of fitnah (temptation) There is no such thing as “we’re just friends”. Talking to non-Mahrams is wrong even if it is through the internet or telephone. There are too many stories of illegal relationships, fornications, broken homes, extra-marital affairs and runaway brides to even mention. That is why in Islam anything that leads to haraam is also haraam. Allaah says: “Do not (even) come close to fornication, for it is an indecency, and its way is evil.” (Surah Israa:32)
Posted on: Mon, 23 Jun 2014 08:33:30 +0000