The Virtues of The Hijab

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20-06-2008

With the name of Allah the most gracious the most merciful

1. The Hijab is an act of Obedience

Wearing hijab is an act of obedience to Allah (swt). Obedience manifests as worship to Allah (swt) which is part of our Tawheed. ýAllah says in the ýQur'an:

It is not for a believer, man or woman, when Allah and His messenger have ýdecreed a matter that they should have an option in their decision. And whoever disobeys ýAllah and His Messenger has indeed strayed in a plain error. [Surah Al Ahzab 33:36]

2.  The Hijab is Modesty

Allah (swt) made the adherence to the hijab a manifestation for chastity and ýmodesty. Allah says:

O Prophet! Tell your wives and your daughters and the women of ýthe believers to draw their cloaks (veils) over their bodies (when outdoors). That is most ýconvenient that they should be known and not molested. [Surah Al Ahzab 33:59]

In the above verse ýthere Allah (swt) gives the hijab as a preventative action to safeguard their chastity.

Abu Dawud related that `Aiesha (ra) ýsaid:

"After this Ayah was revealed the women of the Ansar appeared like crows (because of ýthe color and shape of the cloaks they wore).

3. The Hijab is Tahara (Purity)

Allah (swt) had shown us the hikmah (wisdom) behind the legislation of the hijab:

And ýwhen you ask them (the Prophet's wives) for anything you want, ask them from behind a ýscreen; that is purer for your hearts and their hearts. [Surah Al Ahzab 33:53]

The hijab makes for greater purity for the hearts of believing men and women because it ýscreens against the desire of the heart. Without the hijab, the heart may or may not desire. ýThat is why the heart is more pure when the sight is blocked (by hijab) and thus the ýprevention of fitna (evil actions is very much manifested. The hijab cuts off the ill ýthoughts and the greed of the sick hearts: ý

Be not soft in speech, lest he in whose heart is a disease (of hypocrisy or evil desire for ýadultery, etc) should be moved with desire, but speak in an honourable manner. [Surah Al Ahzab 33:32]

4. The Hijab is a Shield

The prophet (saw) said:

"Allah, Most High, is Heaven, is Ha'yeii (Bashful), Sit'teer ýý(Shielder). He loves Haya' (Bashfulness) and Sitr (Shielding; Covering)."

The Prophet ýý(saw) also said:

"Any woman who takes off her clothes in other than her husband's ýhouse (to show off for unlawful purposes), has broken Allah's shield upon her. "

5. The Hijab is Taqwah (Piety)

Allah (swt) says in the Qur'an:

O children of Adam! We have bestowed raiment upon ýyou to cover yourselves (screen your private parts, etc) and as an adornment. But the ýraiment of righteousness, that is better. [Surah Al A'raf 7:26]

The widespread forms of dresses in the ýworld today are mostly for showing off and hardly taken as a cover and shield of the ýwoman's body. To the believing women, however the purpose is to safeguard their body ýand cover their private parts as a manifestation of the order of Allah. It is an act of ýTaqwah (piety). ý

6. The Hijab is Iman (Belief or Faith)

Allah (swt) did not address His words about the hijab except to the believing women, Al-ýMu'minat. In many cases in the Qur'an Allah refers to the "the believing women".

Aiesha ýý(ra), the wife of the Prophet (saw), addressed some women from the tribe of Banu ýTameem who came to visit her and had light clothes on them, they were improperly ýdressed:

"If indeed you are believing women, then truly this is not the dress of the ýbelieving women, and if you are not believing women, then enjoy it." ý

7. The Hijab is Haya' (Bashfulness)

There are two authentic hadith which state, the Messenger (saw) said:

"Each religion has a morality and the ýmorality of Islam is haya'" and "Bashfulness is from belief, and belief is in Al-Jannah ýý(paradise)."

The hijab fits the natural bashfulness which is a part of the nature of women. ý

8. The Hijab is Gheerah

Gheerah is a driving emotion that ýdrives the straight man to safeguard women who are related to him from strangers. The hijab fits the natural feeling of Gheerah, which is intrinsic in the straight man who ýdoes not like people to look at his wife or daughters.

The ýMuslim man should have gheerah for all Muslim women in response to lust and ýdesire, men look (with desire) at other women while they do not mind that other men do ýthe same to their wives or daughters. The mixing of sexes and absence of hijab destroys ýthe Gheera in men.

Islam considers Gheerah an integral part of faith. The dignity of the ýwife or daughter or any other Muslim woman must be highly respected and defended. ý

Submitted by a Mujahid

Interesting I am a Muslim but I know very little of this.

Posted on Jun. 21st, 2008 at 02:04 pm

 

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