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For some reason people just assume hijabi or niqubi women are somehow better and more religious than other women.....well the sad truth is that this isn't true for everyone. I've met niqabi women who won't even give me the time of day, who pray like they are running late for dinner and who throw garbage out the window when there is the garbage can 3 feet away, you call that religious???? on the other hand I've met niqabi women who don't even speak the same language as me who come up and say salam and who are genuinely kind and good Muslims. The same goes for women in hijab, not all are pious, some are just showing an Islamic dress and inside they are not very good Muslims. INSIDE IS WHAT COUNTS, the beauty lies inside someone not in their hijab.
:salam2: i have posted this article because i thought it will be useful to the sisters.
Jabba as you have mentioned above that some people think that women with hijab are better then those without it. Well the formers are at least obeying what Allah SWT has order them to do. As Allah has said in the quran (And say to the faithful women to lower their gazes, and to guard their private parts, and not to display their beauty except what is apparent of it, and to extend their headcoverings (khimars) to cover their bosoms (jaybs), and not to display their beauty except to their husbands, or their fathers, or their husband's fathers, or their sons, or their husband's sons, or their brothers, or their brothers' sons, or their sisters' sons, or their womenfolk, or what their right hands rule (slaves), or the followers from the men who do not feel sexual desire, or the small children to whom the nakedness of women is not apparent, and not to strike their feet (on the ground) so as to make known what they hide of their adornments. And turn in repentance to Allah together, O you the faithful, in order that you are successful Surah an-Nur ayah 31).Allah has also said in Surah al-Ahzab ayah 59(O Prophet

Say to your wives and your daughters and the women of the faithful to draw their outergarments (jilbabs) close around themselves; that is better that they will be recognized and not annoyed. And God is ever Forgiving, Gentle) Wether some women as you have stated are disobeying some of Allah's laws that is then something between them their lord. Allah will inform us all our deeds in the day of judgement.However, not only women should lower their gazes or guard their private parts, but also men should lower their gazes and guard their private parts as Allah has mentioned in the quran (Say to the believing man 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. And say to the believing women that they should lower their gaze and guard their modesty; and that they should not display their beauty and ornaments except what must ordinarily appear thereof; that they should draw their veils over their bosoms and not display their beauty except to their husbands (Qur'an 24:30-31).To me, the obligations of hijab are clear and detailed when I look at both the Quran and the Sunna.There is no question in my mind; I am convinced that Allah SWT has indeed commanded hijab. Inshallah, I hope that after you have studied the dalils of the quran and sunnah you agree with me on this.
may allah guides us all to the right path amiin
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