Cloudbunny questions

[Cloudbunny]

So, i searched around the site but there wasn't a section about questions, so well, i think i'll will dedice this thread to my stupid little questions about islam ^^ and instead of creating a new thread each time, i will post them all here, hence the title :3 so, let's begin! ^^

1 : First question that always went through my mind. In Islam, they teach womens (Well, men too, but it's less regarded today or people doesn't really care) to cover themselves from the eye of men, except family member,other womens or their hubby, right? (It was in a habit somewhere, i don't remember clearly the name tough) so by following that mentallity, muslimah wear long flowing clothes who doesn't show their body too much, but then, how do they do with swimsuit? like, when going to the beach or to the pool, how do they do? and while we are on the subject of clothes, does a muslimah have to wear the hijab at home too, or in front of childrens who aren't hers?

2 : Are interfaith mariage ok? i heard that it's bad for a muslimah to marry a man who isn't of her faith but that it was okay for a muslim man to marry a women from the other abrahamic religions (Don't know why, tough) but how would it be if a muslim man married and had childrens with a non-believing (In this case agnostic) ? How would people in general, well muslims in general, react to this? just frown upon them or being accepting of their relationship as long as they are happy? since there are a lot of interfaith couples and kids in my comic i just wanted to represant it accurately, so please, help? ^^

Thanks a lot in advance ^^
PS : And that might seem unrelated, but do you know a place that have example of hijabs i could inspire myself from? like, to draw them and all that jazz.
PS2 : If this is in the bad place, don't hesitate to tell me to move this thread

 

[Itqan Ullah]

1. They don't go to beach or pool nor it is generally permissible for men to go to beaches or pools where women wear immodest clothes.

Muslim (338) narrated from Abu Sa’eed al-Khudri that the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “No man should look at the ‘awrah of another man, and no woman should look at the ‘awrah of another woman.”

See this also: islamqa.com/en/ref/159926

2. Interfaith marriages are prohibited except Muslim men are permitted to marry women from people of book, i.e Jews and Christians. However,

Islam encourages the Muslim man to marry a Muslim woman who is religiously committed, because the Muslim’s life with his wife is a complete and comprehensive life which involves chastity, lowering the gaze, and protecting and looking after the house and children. These and similar things cannot be achieved except with a religiously-committed wife.

If a muslim women marries a non-muslim her marriage is invalid.

 

[Cloudbunny]

May i ask why? like, why aren't they permitted to go to the pool or beach? that's kinda sad...but then, why does some sort of special muslim swimsuit (Don't know if there is a name) exist?

And yes, i know about that already. I just wondered how would people react if the muslim guy married and had kids with a non-religious women. Imagine that a guy at your mosquee have a non-religious wife, what would you tell him? Just think ''As long as he is happy'' or something other than that?

 

[Hajjerr]

Hello, the muslim women are not allowed to go beach or pool wearing those revealing swimsuits because in islam it is the rule of not free mixing ( men and women ) and also because strangers should not see each others naked body or private parts, it is in fact a common sense rule and usefull when you think about avoiding affairs. Ofcourse the muslim women can swim and enjoy sun and sand, but only when no strange man is around. Thank you for feeling "sad" but it is our own choice to keep a limit of modesty and noone is forcing us, as there is no compulsion in faith. All the best.

 

[Cloudbunny]

I see...and yeah, it's very awkward when going to the beach and seing someone have a monokini xD but would it be very bad if i still do some beach scenes or waterpark scenes with the muslim women in my comic? i mean, if she wear a burqini and all? it's just that there are some plot point there and it would be a bit hard to change it ^^''

Thanks for responding to me, Hejjerr ^^

 

[xAllahKnowsBestx]

There are women/children only beaches in some places in the Middle East.

 

[Cloudbunny]

Really? i wonder how it look like...but again, i don't think i could use it, since my story take place in Canada ^^'' but thanks fro the info

 

[a_stranger]

Dear Cloudbunny , Islam teaches that this life is a test , then after death we will have an eternal life. If we leave anything we like for the sake of Allah (our creator ) we will be rewarded after death. So no lose for a true Muslim . Still muslem women can enjoy swimming and sun in a place where there are no men , with suits that are modest .
I believe that people nowadays are being raised in a way against their true nature which is sincerity and modesty , Islam bring them back to those beautiful values.
With regards

 

[IHearIslam]

Hi there!! Welcome to TTI! I hope you enjoy your stay here--and I wanna thank you for trying to portray the real image of Islam and Muslims in general rather than going with the follow. It is always good to put the truth out there no matter how the society sees it and I am glad you're trying your best to put the truth about the life style of Muslims out there through your comics! Rest assured, you have come to the right place at TTI!!
About swimming, we're allowed to swim as long as the area is private--lets say a swimming pool, a Sister can go there when there are no men around (usually here in the states, they have schedules to accommodate for Muslimahs). So a certain period of time, the pool area is open only for Muslims sisters, that way they can swim without having to wear the Hijab.

Islam is a very easy religion to follow unless we make it complicated alhamdulillah. Out biggest battle isn't finding the perfect "pool" to swim in, but it is finding the inner peace and love to believe and serve almighty God, alone without any partners thats why we don't make a fuss about not going swimming and the likes. Alhamdulillah.

Ok now on the question on how people would react about a marriage between a Muslim man and a Non-Muslim woman (particularly agnostic). Islam teaches us not to judge our fellow Muslims and to always give him/her 70 excuses. That means that as Muslims we're not allowed to put our noses in other people's business! Whatever a Muslim does is between Allah and him/her alone. None in this world can judge or mistreat another Muslim just because!! Islam is ultimately a religion of mercy and before we misjudge someone, we first give them the benefit of doubt for only God almighty knows what is the truth in family matters (as well as the affairs of the human life).
I hope that makes sense,
Keep gathering the truth on everything,
You'll succeed!

 

[Cloudbunny]

a_stranger : Thanks a lot for the information ^^
IHearIslam : First, let me thanks you for the kind words i always try to make my works the more realistic possible and whitout any false informations, i take quite big pride in that ^^
I see...it would be suprising in Canada, tough, since only 2% of the population is muslim...but again, will a burqini do the job? i looked some of them on Google, and they look fine. It's just that, like i stated earlier, there are some plot points in a waterpark and on the beach, some including the muslim family, so it's kind of hard like that ^^''

 

[IHearIslam]

Well, the Muslima in your comics can be at the beach with Hijab (she doesn't necessarilyhave to be swimming)? You can still have your scene at a beach with a Muslim woman wearing Abaya and Hijab---flawy/fluffy skirt and Hijab would do it too. A non-revealing (not tight, not short, with a cardigan maybe) dress (those long maxi dresses with a Hijab that matches it would work as well. The point is to dress her and her husband modest! I hope that makes sense??? if you have any more questions feel free to ask--and it would be awesome if you shared your comics with us---

 

[Cloudbunny]

Oh, i see ^^ (Well, a bit, but again i'll use a burqini) and thanks again! and of course i'll share them ^^ but since some members here don't want to see drawings/comics or whatever, i am going to just post a link, to not disturb anyone here ^^

Ah, yes, there is another one, but it's a bit complicated and i hope you don't mind a little resumée ^^'' : I have another comic that i want to publish (Three ideas. So little time. Arg X_X) which is about a muslim convert living with his wife in a nice little suburb, but the thing is that he have two daugthers, a 5 years-old and a 10 years-old, who he didn't see since he divorced his ex-wife, but now have to take care of them when the kids mom have to go to another country for doctors whitout borders. And i wondered how he should handle the situation? like, how can he try to talk to them about his new religion and stuff? and how do he tell his kids that they can't celebrate christmas ,Easter, their birthday (well, i think birthdays aren't celebrated in Islam, or so i heard) and Valentine day anymore? another muslim i know said that he could probably just bought them gifts or chocolate eggs depending on the situation but still, i wanted to have the advice of multiples people to see what i will do ^^

 

[IHearIslam]

Sounds good, I will probably check your work out after you're done.

about your other question, I will say "I DONT KNOW." I have no knowledge to answer you on that in accordance with Islam and it is teachings. Sorry,

Hope someone else gives you the right answer,

 

[Cloudbunny]

Oh, that's fine ^^ it's a tricky question anyway, so if i don't receive an answer i'll just use what i'll feel will be okay ^^ but i can't guarentee, about my work, that it will be published soon ^^'' i have to develop my skills in drawings and to do all the writings and comics myself, so it will probably be submitted another time ^^'' (also, most of the material cost really a lot of money, so i don't even know...)

Oh, but then, can i ask another thing? why can't muslims eat pork and other things? Alchool, i can understand since it can bring health problems and addiction, but the other i don't really know...could you help me? and why is the pilgrimmage (is it the word?) to the Ka'aba (you know, the big black box-like thingie) mendatory? just wondered ^^

 

[Ron-Kid]

Assalam Alaykum dear brother,

I would suggest you to please consult someone locally there along with the set of questions that you have so that the things would be more clear to you, here on this forum Alhamdulilah we have brothers and sisters with excellent knowledge but again we are not Aleems or scholars hence would request you to please get there, To suggest you, I know of a place where you could go

The Qur'an & Sunnah Society of Canada
1865 Lawrence Avenue East, Scarborough, ON M1R 2Y3

Web: http://qssc.org/
send your questions to [email protected]

Hope that would help,

Wassalam

 

[Hajjerr]

Oh, that's fine ^^ it's a tricky question anyway, so if i don't receive an answer i'll just use what i'll feel will be okay ^^ but i can't guarentee, about my work, that it will be published soon ^^'' i have to develop my skills in drawings and to do all the writings and comics myself, so it will probably be submitted another time ^^'' (also, most of the material cost really a lot of money, so i don't even know...)

Oh, but then, can i ask another thing? why can't muslims eat pork and other things? Alchool, i can understand since it can bring health problems and addiction, but the other i don't really know...could you help me? and why is the pilgrimmage (is it the word?) to the Ka'aba (you know, the big black box-like thingie) mendatory? just wondered ^^

Hello.

I appreciate that you are honestly looking for answers regarding islam and you are on the right forum, alhamdullilah.....but please try not to take things in such ironic way - Kaaba is not a ''thingie'' but is a place we respect very much since is a prayer site build by prophet Ibrahim (Abraham) and his son Ismaeel, prophets that we all should respect, muslims, christians or jews.

And ofcourse anyone knows the harm that pig-meat cause to the health:

First and foremost, no matter how clean the farms and environments on which it is raised may be, the pig is not by nature a clean-living animal. It often plays in, and even eats, its own excrement. Due to this and its biological structure, the pig produces much higher levels of antibodies in its body than other animals. In addition, far higher levels of growth hormone are produced in the pig compared to those in other animals and human beings. Naturally, these high levels of antibodies and growth hormone pass across to and collect in the pig's muscle tissue. Pork meat also contains high levels of cholesterol and lipids. It has been scientifically proven that these significant amounts of antibodies, hormones, cholesterol and lipids in pork represent a serious threat to human health.

The existence of above-average numbers of obese individuals in the populations of countries such as the USA and Germany, in which large quantities of pork are consumed, is now well-known. When exposed to excessive quantities of growth hormone as a result of a pork-based diet, the human body first puts on excessive weight and then suffers physical deformations.

I hope you will stay with us to find out more.
All the best.

 

[Min-Fadhli-Rabii]

Hi Cloudbunny!
Welcome,
Instead we look into swimming and marriage. It's better looking into the foundation of Islam. Because without the foundation there can be no structure. You can look into pillars of Islam, pillars of Iman and the Tawheed.

I hope it helps.

 

[Cloudbunny]

Oh my, so many replies!
Ron-kid : Well, i wanted most of all to have the answers of regular muslims and just have a general idea of how X topic is viewed in the islamic community (hence why i ask multiple people) not just by specialists of the thing but also by regular,normal muslims ^^'' but thanks for the link, i will look and also, thanks for taking the time to try to help me ^^ and why brother? where you talking to someone else or?... because i am a girl ^^''

Hajjerr : I am very sorry, i didn't wanted to sound like i was making fun of the Kaaba, i just wasn't sure if it was the right name so i kind of did a little resumé of what it look like, well, to me. I did't wanted to sound rude or anything, and please accept all my sincere excuses if i did offend you or anyone else with this, it was a misunderstanding.
Ah yes, the lady who was showing me the mosquee (i once got into one for informations, it was very interesting, but different from my imagination) talked about it too, it's interesting ^^ and is it true that muslims can't eat seafood, or is it just a myth?

Min-Fadhli-Rabii : I already know about them ^^ the five pillars of islam and even the prayer you have to recite in order to properly become muslim, but thanks anyway i am glad you still took your time to reply here.

 

[Itqan Ullah]

is it true that muslims can't eat seafood, or is it just a myth?

mmm.. just a hoax, we are permitted to eat most types of sea food with some few exception that have been stated over Here.

Now I see there is a small problem, you don't understand our perception of world. (Its OK, not your fault) So things might not go so realistically as you might expect. I mean you see burqa itself is quite unacceptable in your society, so a woman who is still wearing a burqa even though she knows that people are going to have some kind of negative perception about her means she is more interested in pleasing Allah (swt) than pleasing people. So why would such a women ever ever marry a non-muslim man? How do you think a practicing muslim man who fears Allah (swt) will go to beaches where he knows he will be surrounded by ladies with immodest clothes who he is absolutely forbidden to look at?

We believe we are strangers in this world which like an examination room and life to come after day of judgement is eternal, So how can someone who is absolutely firm in his belief that his/her lord who gave him life and will cause him to die and then back to life again will be willing to compromise this short life for the one is to come and is everlasting?

I'll suggest you read some real stories of muslim women here: http://www.igotitcovered.org/

Btw I googled buquini, it seems to be a horrible invention, i.e no its not OK.

 

[Cloudbunny]

Oh, thanks ^^

Well, i just don't understand the concept of a burqa. I mean, hijab i understand of course, for modesty and all, the niqab, i guess i can sorta understand but the burqa...maybe it is because i had an absolute phobia of burqa in my youth (I tough they were soul-sucking demons, kind of like the dementors in Harry Potter. It made me have some crazy nightmare...) and because there is no face. At all. It just make me shiver and also, why? covering your body so that mens don't hit on you? well okay. Covering your face 'cept your eyes because some will hit on you some more? who am i to judge. But covering your eyes?... except if someone have a strong eye fetish, and they are pretty darn rare, i don't understand at all. Again, maybe because i have the irrational phobia of people with no face *shudder* didn't want to offense, just...i can't wrap my mind around WHY it's necessary. Also, you can't control who you fall in love with. Love is just that, love. It's irrational, you can't control who you fall for, even if you try your hardest, you can't see someone and be all''Okay, she is smart, check. She is pretty, check. She can play piano, check. She single, check Yup, she is perfect, i'm in love now!''

As for the beaches...i really became short on options now, because honestly i don't know how i will do to make the plot-point things at the beach and waterpark (Tough for the beach i can say a school trip, since they are in elementary) , an answer site on Islam said that it's haram to go on trips if it isn't for your job/go to the Kaaba/to convert, that amusement park are also forbiden (Because on the carousels there are cartoon horses, or something) and i think that going to a restaurant that doesn't serve halal meat is also forbidden, so really, i don't know what to do with them ^^'' i don't want to make them fade in the background with random cameo every now and then, but it's just really hard to work with characters like that in all theses conditions. Tough my muslim friend said that the guy who said that travelling is a sin is completly insane, since he also said to beat your kids if they didn't pray (Or just slap them, i stopped reading by that point) so i don't know... i hope i didn't say anything wrong ^^''

Why is it bad? they looked covered enough for me, i mean, you couldn't see their curves and such. It looked like a dress to me, i remember saying two women wearing that in a waterpark. Don't see what is wrong with that...care to explain? ^^