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Why can't she question Qur'an? She's not questioning the authority of it, or whether or not its the word of Allah, she's questioning whether or not it's clear and specific pertaining to the issue of hijab. There's a huge difference.
She's voicing her opinions. She has a right to do that, even if you think she's right or wrong.
The problem is, I don't see it as revealed clearly at all in the Qur'an. I didn't question hadiths in my statements before I edited, and I don't now. Furthermore, the sister in the video didn't question hadith - she questioned the clarity of the Qur'an.
Not once have I even alluded to this having anything to do with feminism. I have never once stated that women shouldn't wear hijab. I have said that in certain situations, the niqab can be a barrier when dealing with certain people, but in the same sentence I made it quite clear that all women should have the right to wear the hijab and niqab. However, the issue of wearing a hijab is gender related simply because it's women and only women who wear the scarf. I am quite aware that men also have a dress code, but they don't wear scarves, which is what makes this different and specific to women.
I don't see at all how I'm not obeying the rules. First off, this is the News and Current affairs section of the forum, which is where, generally, people are free to give their thoughts on a certain topic. Pretty much everyone else has voiced their opinion - sometimes in a very harsh, and rude way pertaining to the middle sister. So why can't I tell you my opinion? Because it's different than yours? I am not telling people that they shouldn't wear hijab, nor am I telling people that it's not in the Qur'an. I have tried to make it clear through all my statements that I think it is unclear in the Qur'an, and that I personally don't find that part of the Qur'an to be absolutely clear in the English translations that I have read. I have also tried to make it clear that it is clear in the hadith. If I am somehow failing at getting this point across, I apologize, and hopefully people can understand now.
The main point that I was trying to get across is that people making rude comments and bashing her because of her personal choice and because of her opinion, whether right or wrong, should stop because a) it's just not something you should do, especially to a sister and, b) our judgments don't matter. Only Allah's judgment matters, and only Allah can pass final judgment on her, so there's no point in making ourselves look bad by lashing out at her.
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Here are lot of fact and proof.....yet if we dont accept it that its our fault and when its word of god then why do we have to question? even if we know the fact? its like doubting. If she had question abt it she could have searched for it.We can question, but untill we see the explanation.yet if we keep on doing than its like " we take what we like and leave what we dont like, upon our conveniences"
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Islam uplifted the status of women and granted them their just rights 1400 years ago. Islam expects women to maintain their status.
Hijaab for men
People usually only discuss ‘hijaab’ in the context of women. However, in the Glorious Qur’an, Allah (swt) first mentions ‘hijaab’ for men before ‘hijaab’ for the women. The Qur’an mentions in Surah Noor:
"Say to the believing men that they should lower their gaze and guard their modesty: that will make for greater purity for them: and Allah is well acquainted with all that they do."
[Al-Qur’an 24:30]
The moment a man looks at a woman and if any brazen or unashamed thought comes to his mind, he should lower his gaze.
Hijaab for women.
The next verse of Surah Noor, says:
" And say to the believing women that they should lower their gaze and guard their modesty; that they should not display their beauty and ornaments except what (must ordinarily) appear thereof; that they should draw veils over their bosoms and not display their beauty except to their husbands, their fathers, their husbands’ fathers, their sons..."
[Al-Qur’an 24:31]
3. Six criteria for Hijaab.
According to Qur’an and Sunnah there are basically six criteria for observing hijaab:
Extent:
1-The first criterion is the extent of the body that should be covered. This is different for men and women. The extent of covering obligatory on the male is to cover the body at least from the navel to the knees. For women, the extent of covering obligatory is to cover the complete body except the face and the hands upto the wrist. If they wish to, they can cover even these parts of the body. Some scholars of Islam insist that the face and the hands are part of the obligatory extent of ‘hijaab’.
All the remaining five criteria are the same for men and women.
2-The clothes worn should be loose and should not reveal the figure.
3-The clothes worn should not be transparent such that one can see through them.
4-The clothes worn should not be so glamorous as to attract the opposite sex.
5-The clothes worn should not resemble that of the opposite sex.
6-The clothes worn should not resemble that of the unbelievers i.e. they should not wear clothes that are specifically identities or symbols of the unbelievers’ religions.
Hijaab includes conduct and behaviour among other things
Complete ‘hijaab’, besides the six criteria of clothing, also includes the moral conduct, behaviour, attitude and intention of the individual. A person only fulfilling the criteria of ‘hijaab’ of the clothes is observing ‘hijaab’ in a limited sense. ‘Hijaab’ of the clothes should be accompanied by ‘hijaab’ of the eyes, ‘hijaab’ of the heart, ‘hijaab’ of thought and ‘hijaab’ of intention. It also includes the way a person walks, the way a person talks, the way he behaves, etc.
Hijaab prevents molestation
The reason why Hijaab is prescribed for women is mentioned in the Qur’an in the following verses of Surah Al-Ahzab:
"O Prophet! Tell thy wives and daughters, and the believing women that they should cast their outer garments over their persons (when abroad); that is most convenient, that they should be known (as such) and not molested. And Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful."
[Al-Qur’an 33:59]
The Qur’an says that Hijaab has been prescribed for the women so that they are recognized as modest women and this will also prevent them from being molested.
This is taken from Dr. Zakir Naik website
www.irf.net he is a very very great scholar whom Ahmad Deedat gave a special degree of "Ahmed Deedat Plus".
for that but Alhumdolilah she had a stong belief that she has to wear it and I left it on her own I said u have to decided i wont force it to u do it whenever u like to and she does wear now infact to tell u the truth that now tht she is wearing hijab there are lot of ppl curious at her work n askher question and once she had dropped her hijab pin somewhere and u knw what her boss came up to her and said that i think mam this should be urs and handed it to her... u knw i felt that i was so stupid not to encourage her to wear it i was afraid of ppl and not Allah but now MashaAllah it seems so true that if we seek the right path Allah does guide onto it.
