I just feel like sharing on some stuffs my non-muslim friends often asked me. Frequent questions from those who never practices Islam in their life, and always got wrong facts from the wrong sources. Yes, the media.
*** Disclaimer : I TOTALLY not blaming the non-Muslims who are not against Islam teachings and Muslims.
I'm going to split the topics into three parts. For today, the part is about :
HIJAB
Hijab is from Arabic which means barrier or protection. In Islamic concept, it is wider than that.
Often people understands that hijab brings the meaning of a woman who should dress up with loosy clothes, wearing scarf and veil, fully black, face covered, et cetera. Which in contra, the world misunderstands her as a terrorist or an extremist.
Other than that, Islam haters also spread rumours where hijab symbolizes women's inferior position in Islam and their sexual segregation, based on Surah An-Nur, Chapter 24, verse 31; they say. In fact, the men were asked to control themselves first before the women!
"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''
[An-Nur; 24:30]
and there goes the next verse of the Chapter in Quran;
"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 their veils over their bosoms and not display their beauty except to their husbands, their fathers, their husbands' fathers, their sons, their husband's sons, their brothers or their brothers' sons or their sisters' sons or their women or the slaves whom their right hands possess or male servants free of physical needs or small children who have no sense of the shame of sex; and that they should not strike their feet in order to draw attention to their hidden ornaments. And O ye Believers ! Turn ye all together towards Allah that ye may attain bliss.
[An-Nur; 24:31]
Why Allah obliges us to do so?
1. When women cover up their bodies; they are telling the strangers [men] that they know their boundaries and they are NOT a toy.
Logically; have you ever seen woman in hijab being a model for any products; other than Muslimah clothing's products?
2. Hijab is a role model of morality, modesty and well behaved.
This to protect women's honour and dignity. How come you say being uncovered is a part of modernization; as there is only one type of moving creatures who do not cover up; ANIMALS. If you say so, that means animals are way ahead modern than us.
3. By being cover up, it indirectly prevent suicidal among women who always thinking of their imperfect bodies.
I remembered when i was seventeen, my Biology teacher shared to us about bulimia and anorexia nervosa; the Barbie's disease. The reason is, these diseases often occurred to the women. They want to 'look like' Barbie; slim body, white skin, long legs, long hair, with tall height.
Look how the world fantasizes the women. They feed us with beautiful photoshopped models with beautiful make ups, that turns women upside down to have same appearances with the models.
From an article I read before, the tendency to suicide occurs more to teenage girls as they suffer depression and anxiety more due to their 'no-boobies-and-booties' body.[Read the article below] So, by wearing loosy clothes and veil, this let the women to not thinking much of how they will look like in front of the community, and be more confidence to associate with the others.
From an article I read before, the tendency to suicide occurs more to teenage girls as they suffer depression and anxiety more due to their 'no-boobies-and-booties' body.[Read the article below] So, by wearing loosy clothes and veil, this let the women to not thinking much of how they will look like in front of the community, and be more confidence to associate with the others.
Every single thing that Allah obliges us to do sure have lots of reasons hidden. After all, He's the Creator; and who else know more about the creatures other than the Creator?
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| Credits |
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Sources :
- Article: Lifespan; "Negative Body Image Related to Depression, Anxiety and Suicidality". Science Daily. Science Daily, June 6, 2006
- Video: Hijab - Ask A Muslim
- Video: Why Muslim Women Wear The Veil ? - Syeikh Ahmed Deedat
- Muslim Haters' Blog : The 'Danger' in Women; Islamic Women and Religious Opression
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