O Prophet! Tell your wives and your daughters and the women of the believers to draw their cloaks (veils) all over their bodies (except the one or both eyes 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 Noble Qur’an Surah 33:59
For the Pleasure of Allah (SWT)
We cover first and foremost for the pleasure of Allah. Our obligation is to Allah and we do not obey others if it means disobeying Allah. Everything we do is for Allah’s sake, not for our culture, our tradition, our parents, our husband, our friends, or even for ourselves. This is an important concept for us to understand before we discuss the benefits of wearing the niqaab (face veil).
There are a lot of good reasons to wear niqaab, and that is what will be answered in this paper, insha Allah. But the most important and gratifying reason for wearing it is that it pleases Allah. We should not need any reason beyond this!
The purpose of this paper is to explain the other reasons that Allah, in His mercy, has given us to observe niqaab. None of these reasons are near to importance as the fact that we will be pleasing Allah by wearing it, but they are “extra” benefits or encouragement that Allah has provided for us to fully cover. Perhaps they will strengthen our resolve and break down our resistance to wearing niqaab.
Inappropriate Reasons for Wearing Niqaab
As stated, we wear niqaab first and foremost for the pleasure of Allah. There are a few reasons that some Muslimahs wear it that are not in accordance with Islam and are not pleasing to Allah. These include:
Pride and arrogance
Lack of humility about one’s beauty
Class or caste distinction
Cultural tradition
Sisters that wear the veil for these purposes are missing out on the real benefits of covering. The purdah (covering) that is Islamic is also in one’s actions and attitude and must come from a heart full of love and fear of Allah.
The Benefits of Wearing Niqaab
Again, the following are benefits and reasons for wearing covering that are beyond the basic and most important benefit of pleasing Allah.
A sense of Islamic identity. When you wear full hijab (covering of the head, neck, chest, face, hands and feet), there is no doubt that you are Muslim. You will not be mistaken for anything else but a Muslimah. Perhaps this is what Allah meant when He said “…they should be known as (free and respectable women) so as not to be annoyed…” (Surah 33:59)
Knowledge that we are following the example of the “best generation” of Muslims. The wives and daughters of the Prophet (SAW), as well as the Companions wives, wore the veil and covered completely. They are the most pious of women who we try to learn to be like, so why would we make an exception in this instance?
Preservation of yourself for your husband. Men are jealous by nature and do not want anyone else looking at their wife. As a pious and righteous wife, we should want to preserve our beauty from others and share it only with our husband.
Respect for our parents. Our parents (and other family members) feel a sense of pride that we are guided and showing the physical proof of our Islamic identity. When we cover to this degree, our fathers and brothers do not need to worry that we will go astray.
Being treated with respect as a thinking human being. When we are veiled, no one can tell if we are fat or thin, blonde or brunette, cute or homely or beautiful, or what color our skin is. This is a big blessing, in that they will not see us as an exploitable object or insult us either. People are forced to hear the words we say instead of concentrating on what we look like and missing out on our minds.
Cuts down on race issues. When we are covered fully, no one knows for sure even the color of our skin. This protects us from the racist remarks and treatment that is still so prevalent in North America, and elsewhere.
Other Benefits and Opportunities Derived By Wearing Niqaab
When we wear the niqaab, we need to be prepared for the questions we will be asked and (more often) for the comments we will overhear. When wearing the niqaab, we function as a “posterboard” for Islam. This means we need to tune our behavior and speech to match the attitude we want to convey! Most sisters will tell you that they find it easier to behave modestly when they are also covered modestly.
Another benefit most sisters will mention is their sense of privacy. The niqaab “hides” us from prying eyes, helps us to “lower our gaze” and provides a sense of security.
Using Your Niqaab for Dawah
Contrary to the negative things some may say about the “message” sent by niqaab and veiling, your niqaab is an excellent opening to dawah opportunities.
While you may notice that a lot of women (and even men) approach you to ask about your head covering (whatever style you may wear), most people already have some idea that Muslim women cover their hair. Since many other religions wear a version of a head covering, just being in a khimar may not open up doors for you to share why you wear it, as people may only assume you are a Catholic nun or Amish or something else. Also, with the influx of various cultures in North America and the fad of others wearing cultural dress as well, to some people the khimar or head scarf is not really seen as a religious obligation, but only a cultural dress.
This is where the niqaab opens doors for you to be specific about why you wear it. More people are going to be curious as to why you cover even your face and hands, so you will be given opportunity to explain the truth behind why you cover, and refute the “cultural” misunderstandings.
Even for those that do not ever speak to you or question you, just seeing you covered will cause them to think about it. This is especially true among other Muslimahs who do not cover. Seeing you covered and not making excuses to not do so may give them the push they need to consider veiling.
An excellent way to spread the truth about Islam is through your niqaab. Muslims and non-Muslims will ask you if you are oppressed etc. and you will have the perfect chance to explain to them that because you cover, you are in fact FREE. This will in turn also give you a chance to talk about the freedoms Islam granted women 1400 years ago, that are only within the last 100 years or less being implemented in the “modern” and “civilized” world!
Tips for Using Your Niqaab for Dawah
Don’t be afraid to strike up a conversation with women that stare at you.
Don’t disregard sisters that do not wear niqaab. Welcome them with open arms as your sisters in Islam and show them by example the virtues of being a niqaabi.
Carry around pamphlets about hijab, purdah, niqaab, women’s rights in Islam, and other Islamic issues. You never know when you will have the opportunity to share them.
Teach your daughters about niqaab and make sure they wear it when they are old enough. Teach your sons to respect and appreciate women that cover fully.
Make yourself familiar with the ayahs of the Qur’an and the traditions of the hadith that back up your view about niqaab. This way you are able to share them with others.
Whether you believe niqaab to be fard (required) or mustahab (preferred but not obligatory), it is good for you to have the proofs that substantiate your opinion and be able to refute the arguments that are opposed to niqaab.
Liberation by the Veil
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Modesty and chastity , very important ideologies with Islam, are achieved by prescribing standards on behavior and the dress of a Muslim. A woman who adheres to the tenements of Islam is required to follow the dress code called Hijab, other synonymes are Veil, Purdah, or just Covering. It is an act of faith and establishes a Muslim's life with honor, respect and dignity. The Hijab is viewed as a liberation for women, in that the covering brings about "an aura of respect" (Takim, 22) and women are recognized as individuals who are admired for their mind and personality, "not for their beauty or lack of it" ( Mustafa ) and not as sex objects.
Contrary to popular belief, the covering of the Muslim woman is not oppression but a liberation from the shackles of male scrutiny and the standards of attractiveness. In Islam, a woman is free to be who she is inside, and immuned from being portrayed as sex symbol and lusted after. Islam exalts the status of a woman by commanding that she "enjoys equal rights to those of man in everything, she stands on an equal footing with man " (Nadvi, 11) and both share mutual rights and obligations in all aspects of life.
Men and women though equal are not identical, and each compliments the other in the different roles and functions that they are responsible to. " From an Islamic perspective, to view a woman as a sex symbol is to denigrate her. Islam believes that a woman is to be judged by her [virtuous] character and actions rather than by her looks or physical features" (Takim, 22). In the article, "My Body Is My Own Business", Ms. Naheed Mustafa , a young Canadian born and raised, university-educated Muslim woman writes, "The Quran [ which is the Holy Book for Muslims] teaches us that men and women are equal, that individuals should not be judged according to gender, beauty, wealth or privilege. The only thing that makes one person better than another is his or her character." She goes on to say, "In the Western world, the hijab has come to symbolize either forced silence or radical, unconscionable militancy. Actually, its neither. It is simply a woman's assertion that judgement of her physical person is to play no role whatsoever in social interaction."
Muslims believe that God gave beauty to all women, but that her beauty is not be seen by the world, as if the women are meat on the shelf to be picked and looked over. When she covers herself she puts herself on a higher level and men will look at her with respect and she is noticed for her intellect , faith ,and personality, not for her beauty. In many societies, especially in the West, women are taught from early childhood that their worth is proportional to their attractiveness and are compelled to follow the male standards of beauty and abstract notions of what is attractive, half realizing that such pursuit is futile and often humiliating (Mustafa).
Chastity , modesty, and piety are promoted by the institution of veiling. "The hijab in no way prevents a woman from playing her role as an important individual in a society nor does it make her inferior." (Takim,22)
A Muslim woman may wear whatever she pleases in the presence of her husband and family or among women friends. But when she goes out or when men other than her husband or close family are present she is expected to wear a dress which will cover [her hair and] all parts of her body , and not reveal her figure. What a contrast with Western fashions which every year concentrate quite intentionally on exposing yet another erogenous zone to the public gaze! The intention of Western dress is to reveal the figure, while the intention of Muslim dress is to conceal [and cover] it, at least in public (Lemu,25).
The Muslim woman does not feel the pressures to be beautiful or attractive, which is so apparent in the Western and Eastern cultures. She does not have to live up to expectations of what is desirable and what is not. Superficial beauty is not the Muslim woman's concern, her main goal is inner spiritual beauty. She does not have to use her body and charms to get recognition or acceptance in society. It is very different from the cruel methods that other societies subject women, in that their worth is always judged by their physical appearance. The are numerous examples of discrimination at the workplace where women are either accepted or rejected, because of their attractiveness and sex appeal.
Another benefit of adorning the veil is that it is a protection for women. Muslims believe that when women display their beauty to everybody, they degrade themselves by becoming objects of sexual desire and become vulnerable to men, who look at them as " gratification for the sexual urge"(Nadvi,8). The Hijab makes them out as women belonging to the class of modest chaste women, so that transgressors and sensual men may recognize them as such and dare not tease them out of mischief" (Nadvi, 20). Hijab solves the problem of sexual harrassment and unwanted sexual advances, which is so demeaning for women, when men get mixed signals and believe that women want their advances by the way they reveal their bodies.
The western idiology of, 'if you have it, you should flash it!' is quite opposite to the Islamic principle,where the purpose is not to bring attention to ones self, but to be modest. Women in so many societies are just treated as sex symbols and nothing more than just a body who "display themselves to get attention" (Mustafa) . A good example is in advertising, where a woman's body is used to sell products. Women are constantly degraded, and subjected to reveal more and more of themselves. .
The Covering sanctifies her and forces society to hold her in high esteem. Far from humiliating the woman, Hijab actually grants the woman an aura of respect, and bestows upon her a separate and unique identity (Takim, 22). According to the Qu'ran, the same high standards of moral conduct are for men as it is for women. Modesty is essential in a man's life, as well, whether it be in action, morals or speech. Islam also commands proper behavior and dress of men, in that they are not allowed to make a wanton show of their bodies to attract attention onto themselves, and they too must dress modestly. They have a special commandment to lower their eyes, and not to brazenly stare at women.
In Sura Nur of the Holy Qu'ran it says, " Say to the believing men that they should lower their gaze and guard their modesty; that will make for greater purity for them, and God is well acquainted with what they do". Many of the misconceptions of the Muslim woman in the west, particularly her veil stems from Arab and Muslim countries that have deviated from the true doctrines of Islam, and have " mixed up Islamic principles with pre-Islamic pagan traditions" (Bahnassawi, 67)
In this present period of decline from Islam, many Muslim women are alienated , isolated from social life, and are oppressed by Muslim men and rulers who use the name of religion for their injustices. (Bahnassawi, 65) In this instance, the Hijab is used as a means of keeping many Muslim women away from society, with the misconception that it signifies isolation and weakness. But as many Muslim women come back into the fold of the untainted and true Islam, they are able to recognize the injustice of men who have for so long stripped them of their rights to be an integral part of society and "deserving the same dignity, honor, progress and prosperity as the men" (Nadvi,26). Women regaining their true identity and role in society, are now wearing Hijab and embracing its concept of liberation for women, and are taking their rightful places that Islam had endowed upon them fourteen hundred years ago.
The concept of veil is quite misunderstood both in the West as well as amongst some Muslims. Sydney Morning Herald published a great article by Naomi Wolf exploring the motivation of wearing a veil among Muslim women – the article is a very good one and worth a read for anyone trying to understand the issue. The author recognized that Muslims differentiate between private and public life when it comes to sexuality. Modesty is a cherished value for both men and women in public. In an Islamic society, partners exclusively belong to each other. Explaining the concept, Ms. Wolf writes:
The West interprets veiling as repression of women and suppression of their sexuality. But when I travelled in Muslim countries and was invited to join a discussion in women-only settings within Muslim homes, I learned that Muslim attitudes toward women's appearance and sexuality are not rooted in repression, but in a strong sense of public versus private, of what is due to God and what is due to one's husband. It is not that Islam suppresses sexuality, but that it embodies a strongly developed sense of its appropriate channelling - toward marriage, the bonds that sustain family life, and the attachment that secures a home.
A family forms the foundation of a society, and it ought to be preserved. Modesty is one of the means, and perhaps the most important means, of achieving that goal. And headscarf is one of the many components of that modesty. However, it is not only headscarf that is the focus of Islamic teachings - it is in fact modesty. For this reason, in its order, Quran first addresses males and tells them to "lower their gaze and guard their modesty" and then moves to address women. Exploring the headscarf, the author narrates:
Many women said something like this: "When I wear Western clothes, men stare at me, objectify me, or I am always measuring myself against the standards of models in magazines, which are hard to live up to - and even harder as you get older, not to mention how tiring it can be to be on display all the time. When I wear my headscarf or chador, people relate to me as an individual, not an object; I feel respected." This may not be expressed in a traditional Western feminist set of images, but it is a recognisably Western feminist set of feelings.
"Why do Muslim women wear the hijab?"
Eighteen year old Canadian Muslimah Sumayyah Hussein explains. (Followed by discussion points for young people.)
I am sitting in my first-period class impatiently waiting for the teacher to stop babbling about monomials and polynomials. When the bell rings, a girl approaches, her face forming a question mark. She wonders if it's okay to ask a "personal" question...
"Why do Muslim women wear the hijab?"
It's not the first time this has happened and it is certainly an issue that needs to be addressed.
One of the major misconceptions about the hijab (covering of the body except the face and hands) is that young women are forced to wear it by their parents or by male family members.
Sumayya Syed, 16, says that what parents or men want have nothing to do with it. In fact, she astounds people who ask by saying that every woman should have this form of liberation.
Syed maintains that when a woman is covered, men cannot judge her by her appearance but are forced to evaluate her by her personality, character, and morals. "I tell them that the hijab is not a responsibility, it's a right given to me by my Creator who knows us best. It's a benefit to me, so why not? It's something every woman should strive to get and should want."
The young woman admits to being surprised that many people wonder if she wears the hijab everywhere (at home, when sleeping, in the shower). The truth is that Muslim women only cover themselves in front of men who are not direct relatives (brothers, fathers, and uncles) to prevent indecent acts or thoughts.
Another young woman who wears the hijab, Zeinab Moallim, 18, maintains that some people assume that all Muslims who wear the traditional dress are immigrants who don't know English and perceive them as "weirdos".
"I remember in my class when I answer questions, some students look at me like I'm kind of dumb and I can't answer (them)," she says. "So usually I answer, just to let them know I can do things."
All of the young women interviewed agreed that the advantages of wearing the hijab are many. According to Rema Zawi, 16, "You feel modest...and you feel like you're covered up. You have more self-respect. You have more confidence in yourself that you don't need to care about (how) you look."
Syed emphasizes that a major plus is that people actually evaluate her on who she is and not on her beauty or clothing. "It keeps me protected from the fashion industry. The hijab liberates you from the media, brainwashing you into, Buy this, buy that, you're supposed to look like this," she says. "It allows me to be who I am. I don't have to worry about being popular through buying things that are 'cool'."
Hana Tariq, 15, who just recently began wearing the hijab, agrees with Syed's view and says that the hijab lets you know who your real friends are.
"People who are friends with you because of the way you look aren't real friends. And people who judge you by your personality are true friends, because people can change looks but they don't really change personalities."
The young women said the hijab provides them with an identity. They don't have to tell people they are Muslims. It shows.
However, there are drawbacks. Mariam Hussein, 18, was in a store minding her own business, when an old woman came up to her and proclaimed loudly, "Go back to your country!" It was a difficult situation because the young woman considers Canada her home.
Responses to the hijab vary widely. Zawi is one of the few Muslim girls in her school who wears the traditional Muslim garb. She says some students treat her differently by looking at her in strange ways or vandalizing her property. However, she also finds that other students have questions for her regarding the hijab.
"I find that it's so hard for them to ask because they're really shy, so I confront them. I tell them, If you want to know anything, just talk to me." One young woman's first year at Silverthorn Collegiate was especially difficult. A counsellor was looking at her English marks from previous report cards, and said she found them "impressive". But then she made a comment that hurt. "Well, it's obvious you don't need ESL," she said.
The counsellor made the assumption that since the young woman wore the hijab, she had just emigrated and needed to take English as a Second Language. Syed, who attends a school with a fairly large Muslim population, says the people she knows treat her with dignity and the comments she gets from friends and classmates are generally not disrespectful.
"Most people in my life respect me with my hijab: they don't swear around me, they don't crack bad jokes," she says.
Some people may think that the more a woman covers, the less freedom she has. But, according to Muslim tradition, it is actually the opposite. The less she wears, the more she is degraded and the more she is put in the line of fire of male criticism.
Syed is astonished at the behaviour of some women who claim to want "freedom". She can't understand how going topless, for example, represents equality. "People have to understand that we (males and females) are not equal in body image but we should be equal in rights, in justice. Taking off your shirt will not make you equal to a man; it'll make you lower. Why? Because the woman's body is created differently."
Amani Elkassabany, 30, who is not presently wearing the hijab, has a different view. She applauds those who wear the hijab (especially those who wear it for God and with good intentions), but feels that it is not necessary to wear the hijab to gain respect.
"Just because a woman covers, doesn't mean she is automatically entitled to respect, or has already proven the worth of her mind. Respect must be earned regardless of one's appearance and it is not earned through a dress code alone."
Elkassabany sees advantages to wearing the hijab, but thinks that having internal modesty is more important than external modesty. "This external covering is really just a reflection of an inner commitment to dedicate oneself to the worship of the Creator," she comments.
She is also concerned about the restraints wearing the hijab implies, restraints that are exclusive to women. "Both men and women are required to dedicate themselves to God, but it is only women who are expected to demonstrate this dedication outwardly in the form of hijab," she says. "This expectation on the part of [women] is what I find difficult to accept."
Whether the hijab constrains or liberates women is an ongoing debate. However, statistics reveal that in Western society, women and men are perceived very differently.
One study, done at the University of California, found that media photographs emphasize the faces of men but the bodies of women. In the average picture of a woman, less than half the photo (45%) was devoted to the woman's face. In the pictures of men, nearly two-thirds (65%) of the photograph featured the man's face.
The same article reports the results of an experiment conducted with a group of 40 male and 40 female college students. These students were told that a study of freehand drawing styles was under way and were assigned to draw either a man or a woman, capturing "the character of a real person." It was observed that the men drawn had very distinct features, with close attention paid to facial details. However, the images drawn of the women were mostly of the body, with the faces vague or even featureless.
Perhaps, as women de-emphasize their bodies, this severe imbalance will be at least partially rectified. Meanwhile, Islam provides a solution to this problem - one which dignifies and honours all women.
Discussion Points for young people
1. Is it okay to ask questions about the customs of another culture? Why might that be a frightening thing to do?
2. Why do some Muslim women choose to wear the hijab? Why do some choose not to?
3. How is the hijab a form of liberation for the women who choose to wear it? How is it a form of constraint?
4. How does the hijab provide a woman with an identity? Why might a Muslim woman want her religious beliefs to show up-front?
5. What does the need for the hijab suggest about the Muslim view of men? Why has its purpose been misunderstood?
6. Syed says that people evaluate her on the basis of who she is when she wears her hijab, not on her beauty or her clothing. But, she also says, that people sometimes assume that she is stupid, or doesn't speak English well, based on her choice of dress. Does the hijab free a young woman from one form of oppression only to put her in the path of another?
7. In your opinion, does the hijab successfully address the problem of the over-emphasising of women's bodies that Hussein describes in her article? Is a woman's voice stronger if her body is veiled?
8. Does the legal right to go topless empower women or degrade them?
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O Prophet! Tell your wives and your daughters and the women of the believers to draw their cloaks (veils) all over their bodies (except the one or both eyes to see the way)...
The Noble Qur’an Surah 33:59
is that really what the verse says? misinterpretation is forbidden and a grave sin sister, regardless of how strongly one feels about the niqab or anything else.
is that really what the verse says? misinterpretation is forbidden and a grave sin sister, regardless of how strongly one feels about the niqab or anything else.
Indeed. I'm curious about this as well.
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YUSUFALI: O Prophet! Tell thy wives and daughters, and the believing women, 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.
PICKTHAL: O Prophet! Tell thy wives and thy daughters and the women of the believers to draw their cloaks close round them (when they go abroad). That will be better, so that they may be recognised and not annoyed. Allah is ever Forgiving, Merciful.
SHAKIR: O Prophet! say to your wives and your daughters and the women of the believers that they let down upon them their over-garments; this will be more proper, that they may be known, and thus they will not be given trouble; and Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
is that really what the verse says? misinterpretation is forbidden and a grave sin sister, regardless of how strongly one feels about the niqab or anything else.
I agree to this. Putting articles for non-Arabs to read and depend on is a responsibility, and the addition of details that some scholars have deemed as a ruling back with their own deductions, especially when it is still unagreed by some schools of jurisprudence, into the body of Quranic translation is a very wrong and misleading thing to do.
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OK sorry guys I myself was no too sure about that one. I knew the hadith that says about hijaab but not that part. But I just put it there cos I know another hadith that said the sahabiyah's used to cover their entire body but only keep one eye or both for seeing were they are going. although I should not put the hadith if I was not sure so I'm sorry!
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is that really what the verse says? misinterpretation is forbidden and a grave sin sister, regardless of how strongly one feels about the niqab or anything else.
brother, how eaxctly it is a misinterpretation when 1) it is in parenthese 2) large number of scholars agree to the obligation of niqab?
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I agree to this. Putting articles for non-Arabs to read and depend on is a responsibility, and the addition of details that some scholars have deemed as a ruling back with their own deductions, especially when it is still unagreed by some schools of jurisprudence, into the body of Quranic translation is a very wrong and misleading thing to do.
it is not wrong or misleading specially when the scholars differ and the laypeople can take the opinion from the shcolars who they trust the most due to scholars' knowledge and taqwa. It is musthaab the least and why would anyone not want to do the musthaab and follow the sunnah of early Muslims? How can putting forward the sunnah of the early Muslims is wrong?
We need to remember that we do not have translations of the Qur'an, they are interpretations of the meaning. So if a scholar is adding extra bit part to explain the fiqh or what have you then you cannot just say it is misleading or misinterpreting. How do you know what the scholar has said is wrong? Do you have the tools to understand the Islamic text and weigh the opinions or what have you? We should be careful with our words and need to control these random comments against the scholarly understanding.
عن تميم بن أوس الداري أن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم: قال الدين النصيحة ثلاثا قلنا لمن يا رسول الله قال لله ولكتابه ولرسوله ولأئمة المسلمين وعامتهم - رواه مسلم
brother, how eaxctly it is a misinterpretation when 1) it is in parenthese 2) large number of scholars agree to the obligation of niqab?
it is not wrong or misleading specially when the scholars differ and the laypeople can take the opinion from the shcolars who they trust the most due to scholars' knowledge and taqwa. It is musthaab the least and why would anyone not want to do the musthaab and follow the sunnah of early Muslims? How can putting forward the sunnah of the early Muslims is wrong?
We need to remember that we do not have translations of the Qur'an, they are interpretations of the meaning. So if a scholar is adding extra bit part to explain the fiqh or what have you then you cannot just say it is misleading or misinterpreting. How do you know what the scholar has said is wrong? Do you have the tools to understand the Islamic text and weigh the opinions or what have you? We should be careful with our words and need to control these random comments against the scholarly understanding.
and indeed Allah knows best
Yes I agree with you.
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putting it in parentheses does nothing to show it isn't part of the verse though, the verse indicates nothing of that sort to begin with.
whether they are scholars or not, the qur'an is Allah's word, and is not to be tampered with regardless-again-of whether we want something to be true or not.
OK, Fine we all have our say and believe in what the ulema we follow say.
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brother, how eaxctly it is a misinterpretation when 1) it is in parenthese 2) large number of scholars agree to the obligation of niqab?
Parenthesis in Quranic text mean that it is an implied word, such as a hidden pronoun. Adding someone's opinion of how a veil is to be dressed is modification of the Quranic text. Quranic text by meaning or literal is not to be modified by any man whomever they think they are, it's the holiest thing God has sent for us.
It is misleading because it gives the impression that the words were implied in the text. One eye and two eyes are completely unimplied in the text and therefore cannot be in... that text. After the quranic text is finished and the quotation marks are closed, the writer or scholar can write whatever they want. But as long as the quotation marks are including that text, then it needs to be ONLY the Quranic text.
it is not wrong or misleading specially when the scholars differ and the laypeople can take the opinion from the shcolars who they trust the most due to scholars' knowledge and taqwa. It is musthaab the least and why would anyone not want to do the musthaab and follow the sunnah of early Muslims? How can putting forward the sunnah of the early Muslims is wrong?
Scholar may put opinions and analysis outside the quranic text, no hassle in that.
It so happens though for your information, that this Quranic verse was regarding the veil that covers the face COMPLETELY without any eyes. The one eye and two eyes are actually regarding the Burqa, which is a reduction that grand scholars say is not a proper niqab and should not be worn as a commitment to the veil referred to in this verse. So the addition of those two eyes and one to the text is very much MISLEADING on both levels. Check for Ibn Uthaiman and Ibn Baz and Al-Albani about the niqab details.
We need to remember that we do not have translations of the Qur'an, they are interpretations of the meaning. So if a scholar is adding extra bit part to explain the fiqh or what have you then you cannot just say it is misleading or misinterpreting.
Yes it will be said and doing it on purpose despite knowing that it is forbiddence is manipulation of Quranic text and can scar your Islamic faith as a whole. There is nothing holier than Quran my brother. This is the ruling as per all the schools of fiqh and Sunnah scholars.
As for the niqab, many scholars believe it is wajib, (appropriate one with no eyes), such as all Hanbali scholars, Thahiri, and some Shafei ones. Maliki, Hanafi, and other Shafei scholars believe it is not wajeb. The first use the Quranic text and actual habits of the women during the prophet time as their daleel (proof), second group uses the TaAAleel or reasoning in the verse being that niqab is regarding safety against hostile dis-believers who may target specific women related to the prophet or the great sahaba, and then use the hadiths that says niqab is not to be used in hajj and that Asmaa was told it is not haram to show her hands and face.
Burqa is not a full Niqab that covers the whole face, and is simply a conservative lower nose and jaws cover that does not achieve Niqab status. Only very few scholars say that Burqa (that leaves the eyes or one eye) is sufficient to be regarded as a full niqab and those scholars did not show any Daleel.
The "misleading" comment however was solely regarding attempting to place ANY fiqh opinion or ruling in the middle of a Quranic verse translation, within the quotation marks, that is what these comments are about.
Indeed God knows best.
Last edited by Sampharo; 09-09-2009 at 09:35 AM.
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