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i have been haivng an on going debate with a friend who insists that the hijab is a cultural thing and not a relgious thing.
I provided a quote from the Qur'an which said that a woman should hide her a bueaty, but he says that it doesnt specify hair, or nething like that
And how did he arrive with that knowledge/ interruption? Did he read the Tafsir (explantion of the Quran) or ask the people of knowledge? If one is going to speak about a matter in Islam, he he should speak with evidence, so ask him where he got that from.
The Hijab is not a culture thing, as he puts, it is a commandment from Allah just like the prayer, and as you correctly presented him with the proof from the Quran, he should know we do not understand the Quran according to what suits us, but how the Prophet (sal-Allaahu 'alayhe wa sallam) undertood it and the best of generation, the Companions (radhi-Allaahu 'anhum).
Al-Ahzab 33:59:
O Prophet! Tell your wives and your daughters
and the women of the believers to draw their cloaks (veils)* all over their bodies (i.e. screen themselves completely except the eyes or one eye to see the way). That will be better, that they should be known (as free respectable women) so as not to be annoyed. And Allah is Ever Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.
The Command of Hijab
Here Allah tells His Messenger to command the believing women -- especially his wives and daughters, because of their position of honor -- to draw their Jilbabs over their bodies, so that they will be distinct in their appearance from the women of the Jahiliyyah and from slave women. The Jilbab is a Rida', worn over the Khimar. This was the view of Ibn Mas`ud, `Ubaydah, Qatadah, Al-Hasan Al-Basri, Sa`id bin Jubayr, Ibrahim An-Nakha`i, `Ata' Al-Khurasani and others. It is like the Izar used today. Al-Jawhari said: "The Jilbab is the outer wrapper. `Ali bin Abi Talhah reported that Ibn `Abbas said that Allah commanded the believing women, when they went out of their houses for some need, to cover their faces from above their heads with the Jilbab, leaving only one eye showing. Muhammad bin Sirin said, "I asked `Ubaydah As-Salmani about the Ayah:
[يُدْنِينَ عَلَيْهِنَّ مِن جَلَـبِيبِهِنَّ]
(to draw their Jalabib over their bodies.) He covered his face and head, with just his left eye showing.''
[ذلِكَ أَدْنَى أَن يُعْرَفْنَ فَلاَ يُؤْذَيْنَ]
(That will be better that they should be known so as not to be annoyed. ) means, if they do that, it will be known that they are free, and that they are not servants or *****s.
[وَكَانَ اللَّهُ غَفُوراً رَّحِيماً]
(And Allah is Ever Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.) means, with regard to what happened previously during the days of Jahiliyyah, when they did not have any knowledge about this.
http://www.tafsir.com/default.asp?sid=33&tid=42166
This is why we said in the book ‘The Muslim Woman’s Hijaab’ that when a Muslim woman leaves from her home, she is obligated to do two things:
(1) To place a khimaar over her head, and (2) then to apply a jilbaab over that, thus going out dressed with the khimaar and the jilbaab. So when a woman goes out of her home, one garment does not suffice without the other – a woman must combine between both the khimaar and the jilbaab. You are aware of the Qur’anic verse related to the khimaar in which Allaah says: ‘And (tell them) to draw their khumur (veils) over their bosoms.’ [Surah An-Noor: 31]
http://www.islamicboard.com/islamic-...ubstitute.html
Narrated Umm Salamah, Ummul Mu'minin when the verse
"That they should cast their outer garments over their persons"was revealed, the women of Ansar came out as if they had crows over their heads by wearing outer garments.
[Abu Dawud]
'Aisha used to say: "When (the Verse):
'They should draw their veils over their necks and bosoms,' was revealed, (the ladies) cut their waist sheets at the edges and covered their faces with the cut pieces."
[Bukhari]