Hijab Issue in Saudi
Mu' meneen Brothers
and Sisters,
As Salaam
Aleikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh. (May Allah's Peace, Mercy and
Blessings be upon all of you)
One of our
brothers/sisters has asked this question:
Salam Burhan,
Why does the Saudi women say that the word Hijab is not written in the Al-Quran and therefore it is considered as
an invention by scholars and imans after the death of our beloved Nabi
SAW. They says at most the Quran says to believing women to cover
yourself and that doesn't in any way says covering of the hair is
mentioned.
Therefore following these scholars and imans' point of view who reco mmended us
to wear the hijab, these Saudi women believe it is shirik to wear the
Hijab. These women only don the Hijab out of respect for the law imposed
by the government (Saudi) and not for fear of Allah SubhanaAllah.
Is that why we see so
many Eygptian women in their country wearing ultra short mini skirts and
exposing themselves just like non believing women do? Please help me to
understand this. thank you
(sister)
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Answer:
Hijab Issue in Saudi
In the name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His help and ask
for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can misguide, and whoever
He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. We bear witness that
there is no one (no idol, no person, no grave, no prophet, no imam,
no dai, nobody!) worthy of
worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that Muhammad(saws) is His
slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.
Allah says in the Holy Quran Chapter 24 Surah Noor verse 31:
And says (O Prophet) to the believing women to restrain their
gaze, and guard their private
parts, and not to display their
adornment except that which is displayed of itself, and to draw their veils over their bosoms, and not to display their adornment except
before their husbands, their
fathers, the fathers of their
husbands, their sons, and the sons of their husbands (from other
wives), their brothers, their brother’s sons, their sister’s sons, their female associates, and those in their possession, and male attendants incapable of sexual
desire, and those boys who have not yet
attained knowledge of sex matters concerning women. Also forbid them to stamp their feet on the ground, lest their hidden ornaments should be
displayed.
Allah says in the Holy Quran Chapter 33 Surah Ahzaab verse 59:
O Prophet, enjoin your wives
and daughters, and the women of the
believers, that they should let down
over their faces a part of their outer-garments. It is expected that they will thus be recognized, and not molested. Allah is Oft-Forgiving and Very Merciful.
The
Glorious Quran is extremely clear in its commandments for the believing women
to cover themselves from the non-mehram males. Besides, one must not
judge an aayah of the Quran by how some ‘Saudi’ women, or how some ‘Saudi’ scholars understand the
verse! One must see how did the
Messenger of Allah (saws) understand the above command of Allah, and how did he implement this command on
his wives and his daughters, and the women of the believers.
There are
several authentic narrations of the wives and daughters of the Prophet (saws)
and the believers, on how they
implemented these aayahs when they were revealed in
Thus the
‘Saudi’ women who say that the Quran does not call the believing women to cover
themselves and their hair from the non-mehram males, have given a wrong decision in their ignorance. And their saying that to wear a hijaab is
equivalent to the heinous sin of ‘shirk’,
is absolutely incorrect, and not
from the guidance of the Quran and the Sunnah.
It may
happen that at times, some people, in their ignorance of the Divine Laws, and
in their arrogance of not obeying the commands of Allah and His Messenger
(saws); come up with all kinds of
justification to allow them to move around in a way which is acceptable to
them, rather than to Allah
Subhanah! In making such blasphemous
decisions of some of the clear commands of the Glorious Quran, these ‘Saudi’ women have tried to justify
their own lusts and desires, rather
than submit to the clear commands of Allah Subhanah. May Allah have mercy on them and guide them to the Truth of
Islam.
Allah says in the Holy Quran Chapter 33 Surah Ahzaab verse 36:
It does not behove a believing man and a believing woman that when
Allah and His Messenger have given their decision in a matter, they should exercise an option in that
matter of theirs. For whoever disobeys
Allah and His Messenger, has indeed
strayed into manifest error.
Your Statement: These women only don the Hijab out of
respect for the law imposed by the government (Saudi) and not for fear of Allah
SubhanaAllah.
The women
who don the hijaab out of respect for the law imposed on them by the Saudi
government, should expect to get their
reward by the Saudi government; as they
will not receive any reward from Allah on the Day of Judgment.
But the
believing women, who sincerely fear
Allah and the Last Day, and are the
foremost in obeying the commands of Allah and His Messenger (saws); and their reason for donning their hijaab
is because their Lord has commanded them to do so…..will receive a generous
reward from their Bounteous Lord on a Day,
when the Government and Sovereignty will belong only to the One All
Mighty Lord of the Universe!
Your Statement: Is that why we see so many Eygptian women in
their country wearing ultra short mini skirts and exposing themselves just like
non believing women do?
The law
of Allah is that every person will be responsible for his/her own deeds. If some Egyptian women in their country
wear ultra short mini skirts, and expose themselves to non-mehram males; they will have to answer for their deeds in
the Just Court of Allah. They might
have preferred to follow the latest trends of fashion and immorality as practiced
by the ungodly and ignorant-so-called-modern-world, rather than be honored to be dressed in the uniform that Allah
has decreed for them.
May Allah
have mercy on them, and guide them to
the Straight Path of Islam.
But I
assure you that there are millions of good believing women in
To follow
the guidance of Allah and His Messenger (saws), we must not see what is happening in a particular country like
Saudia, or
Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only due to
Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me. Allah Alone Knows Best and He is the Only
Source of Strength.
Your Brother in
Islam,