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**Info-phone** · 08-13-2012, 10:04 AM

the concept of hijab or covering = modesty. something misguided people; muslim and non muslim alike need to understand, is that the term "modesty" is relative when applied with the logic of a human being. there are various interpretations of it IF one uses their own logic. the nudist feels they are modest, the woman walking around in a bikini wholeheartedly believes she is modest. the examples go on and on.

as muslims our definition of modesty is dictated not by our own logic of what it should be, but by what Allah and his Rasool pbuh have mandated through Quraan and Sunnah. 1400 years of scholarship has very clearly identified the minimum of what is "modesty", which is what we have known for years and years. in other words, as muslims, our definition of modesty is absolute, not relative.

so, anyone with misguided or other reasons saying jeans with a scarf, or "modest" clothes minus scarf etc are "hijab" has no legitimate viewpoint according to Shariah. they just can't be taken seriously in any way shape or form.

08-13-2012, 10:04 AM	#19
Info-phone Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 465 Senior Member	the concept of hijab or covering = modesty. something misguided people; muslim and non muslim alike need to understand, is that the term "modesty" is relative when applied with the logic of a human being. there are various interpretations of it IF one uses their own logic. the nudist feels they are modest, the woman walking around in a bikini wholeheartedly believes she is modest. the examples go on and on. as muslims our definition of modesty is dictated not by our own logic of what it should be, but by what Allah and his Rasool pbuh have mandated through Quraan and Sunnah. 1400 years of scholarship has very clearly identified the minimum of what is "modesty", which is what we have known for years and years. in other words, as muslims, our definition of modesty is absolute, not relative. so, anyone with misguided or other reasons saying jeans with a scarf, or "modest" clothes minus scarf etc are "hijab" has no legitimate viewpoint according to Shariah. they just can't be taken seriously in any way shape or form.
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