2. Islam uplifted [URL="http://www.kalemasawaa.com/vb/t7520.html"]women [/URL]
and gave them equality and expects them to maintain their status.
Islam uplifted the status of
[URL="http://www.kalemasawaa.com/vb/t7520.html"]women [/URL]and granted them their just rights 1400 years ago.
[URL="http://www.kalemasawaa.com/vb/t7520.html"]islam [/URL]expects
[URL="http://www.kalemasawaa.com/vb/t7520.html"]women [/URL]to maintain their status.
Hijaab for men
People usually only discuss ‘
hijaab’ in the context of women. However, in the Glorious Qur’an, Allah 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
[URL="http://www.kalemasawaa.com/vb/t7520.html"]women [/URL]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:
All the remaining five criteria are the same for men and women.
4. Hijaab includes conduct and behavior 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.
5. Hijaab prevents molestation
The reason why
Hijaab is prescribed for
[URL="http://www.kalemasawaa.com/vb/t7520.html"]women [/URL]is mentioned in the Qur’an in the following verses of Surah Al-Ahzab:
"O Prophet! Tell thy wives and daughters, and the believing
[URL="http://www.kalemasawaa.com/vb/t7520.html"]women [/URL]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
[URL="http://www.kalemasawaa.com/vb/t7520.html"]women [/URL]so that they are recognized as modest
[URL="http://www.kalemasawaa.com/vb/t7520.html"]women [/URL]and this will also prevent them from being molested.
6. Example of twin sisters
Suppose two sisters who are twins, and who are equally beautiful, walk down the street. One of them is attired in the Islamic
hijaab i.e. the complete body is covered, except for the face and the hands up to the wrists. The other sister is wearing western clothes, a mini skirt or shorts. Just around the corner there is a hooligan or ruffian who is waiting for a catch, to tease a girl. Whom will he tease? The girl wearing the Islamic
Hijaab or the girl wearing the skirt or the mini? Naturally he will tease the girl wearing the skirt or the mini. Such dresses are an indirect invitation to the opposite sex for teasing and molestation. The Qur’an rightly says that
hijaab prevents
[URL="http://www.kalemasawaa.com/vb/t7520.html"]women [/URL]from being molested.
7. Capital punishment for the rapists
Under the Islamic
shariah, a man convicted of having raped a woman, is given capital punishment. Many are astonished at this ‘harsh’ sentence. Some even say that
[URL="http://www.kalemasawaa.com/vb/t7520.html"]islam [/URL]is a ruthless, barbaric religion! I have asked a simple question to hundreds of non-Muslim men. Suppose, God forbid, someone rapes your wife, your mother or your sister. You are made the judge and the rapist is brought in front of you. What punishment would you give him? All of them said they would put him to death. Some went to the extent of saying they would torture him to death. To them I ask, if someone rapes your wife or your mother you want to put him to death. But if the same crime is committed on somebody else’s wife or daughter you say capital punishment is barbaric. Why should there be double standards?
8. Western society falsely claims to have uplifted women
Western talk of women’s liberalization is nothing but a disguised form of exploitation of her body, degradation of her soul, and deprivation of her honor. Western society claims to have ‘uplifted’ women. On the contrary it has actually degraded them to the status of concubines, mistresses and society butterflies who are mere tools in the hands of pleasure seekers and sex marketers, hidden behind the colorful screen of ‘art’ and ‘culture’.
9. USA has one of the highest rates of rape
United States of America is supposed to be one of the most advanced countries of the world. It also has one of the highest rates of rape in any country in the world. According to a FBI report, in the year 1990, every day on an average 1756 cases of rape were committed in U.S.A alone. Later another report said that on an average everyday 1900 cases of rapes are committed in USA. The year was not mentioned. May be it was 1992 or 1993. May be the Americans got ‘bolder’ in the following years.
Consider a scenario where the Islamic
hijaab is followed in America. Whenever a man looks at a woman and any brazen or unashamed thought comes to his mind, he lowers his gaze. Every woman wears the Islamic
hijaab, that is the complete body is covered except the face and the hands upto the wrist. After this if any man commits rape he is given capital punishment. I ask you, in such a scenario, will the rate of rape in America increase, will it remain the same, or will it decrease?
10. Implementation of Islamic Shariah will reduce the rate of rapes
Naturally as soon as Islamic
Shariah is implemented positive results will be inevitable. If Islamic
Shariah is implemented in any part of the world, whether it is America or Europe, society will breathe easier.
Hijaab does not degrade a woman but uplifts a woman and protects her modesty and chastity.