hijab
TRANSCRIPT
HIJAB
ISLAMIC MODEST DRESS
Written by
‘Allamah Murtada Mutahhari
A Woman's Covering
HIJAB
HIJAB BRINGS DIGNITY TO A WOMAN
Human dignity - one of the important goals of
humanity.
All human beings share in this whether man or
woman, black or white.
“They say that the Islamic hijab
opposes a woman's dignity.”
THE DISCUSSION IS WHETHER OR NOT
HIJAB!
“Enslavement opposes human dignity.”
“The hijab for woman
in Islam is that she
should cover her body
in her associations
with men whom she is
not related to
according to the Divine
Law (non-mahram).
We will refer to the
extent of this covering
by using the Quran
and the Sunnah as
sources.”
Another Meaning of Hijab
HIJAB – Duties given to both men and women in this area relate to looking at each other.
"Say to the believing men to cast down their look and guard their private parts...” Q 24:30
The command that a man and a woman should not fix their eyes upon each other; they should not look at each other with lust (unless it is within the sacred bounds of marriage).
The desire to show off and display one's self is a
particular trait of women.
She is the hunter in the domination of the hearts of
men and man is the prey.
A woman's desire to display herself comes from this
essence of the hunter. It is the female instinct which,
because of its particular nature, wishes to capture
hearts and imprison the male.
SOLIDIFYING THE ROOTS
OF THE FAMILY
“The philosophy of the hijab is so that one legal partner will be the cause for the well-being of the other, whereas in the system of free sexual relationships, one's legal partner is psychologically considered a competitor, someone who gets in the way of that person's 'fun' like a prison guard. As a result, the basis for the family becomes enmity and hatred.”
- ECONOMIC REASON
- ETHICAL REASON
- PSYCHOLOGICAL
REASON
THE COMMAND TO ANNOUNCE YOUR
ENTRANCE TO SOMEONE'S HOUSE
"O believers, do not enter houses other than your
houses until you first ask leave and salute the
people thereof; that is better for you; haply you will
remember.” Qur’an 24:26
Describes the duty of a man who is not mahram,
to the house of another person whose wife is not
mahram to him.
THE COMMAND TO 'CAST DOWN
THEIR LOOK'
"Say to the believing men that they cast
down their look and guard their private
parts; that is purer for them. God is aware
of the things they do.” Q 24 : 30
ALLOWABLE EXPEDIENCES
AND NON-EXPEDIENCES
* It is not obligatory for a woman to cover
her face.
* It is not forbidden for a man to look at a
woman's face as long as it is not a look of
lust.
* If a woman is told that she must cover
her face as well, this prevents her from
doing many things; it restricts her freedom
of action.
