[gimffnfabaykal]

Women should cover their body parts, i know this. But i have a question in mind, why should women cover their heads or hair? Can anyone give me any reference on this. Suppose if any women is doing zikr and little of her hair are exposed, will her zikr go in vain.

[Galinastva]

Women should cover their body parts, i know this. But i have a question in mind, why should women cover their heads or hair? Can anyone give me any reference on this. Suppose if any women is doing zikr and little of her hair are exposed, will her zikr go in vain.

zikr can be done in any state, whether the hair is covered or not.

[gimffnfabaykal]

ok sister. but i want to know about covering the head.

[Galinastva]

"Ayesha reported that Asma’ the daughter of Abu Bakr came to the Messenger of Allah while wearing thin clothing. He approached her and said: 'O Asma’! When a girl reaches the menstrual age, it is not proper that anything should remain exposed except this and this. He pointed to the face and hands." [Abu Dawud]

[bWxNFI3c]

It is compulsory for every woman to conceal the beauty and ofcourse that will include head or hairs which are also part of beauty. Covering head the head is part of doing the whole hijaab(wearing burqa).( And just imagine if a women is weating an abaya and is not covering her hair, that's like wearing a gown like westerners do.)

"O prophet, tell your wives and your daughters and the women of the believers that they should draw down their shawls over them" (33:59)

The hijab is a means of protecting Muslim women from sin and it is a means of protecting their modesty, and dignity. Besides this it is a clear command of Allah Ta'ala towards the believers which must be obeyed.

[TZtrDuso]

Guideline of Muslim dress code
Qur'an and Sunnah have provided ample guidance on the subject which can be summarized in four essential principles. There is no prescribed particular dress style. However, these principles can be used to accommodate our needs, circumstances and tastes.
1. Our dress must cover our body adequately.
Men - it is the middle part of the body from navel to knee.
Women - It is the entire body except hands and face. These parts must never be exposed to any other person (except in case of genuine need e.g. medical treatment). In addition, the cloth must be neither see-through nor tight fitting.
2. Dress should provide adornment. It should provide for decent appearance. Our appearance should not be an eyesore for decent human beings.
Men - This extends the coverage requirements to include most of the body.
Women - The essential requirement is that their dress should identify them as respectable ladies who would be honoured not harassed. Additionally, hijab rules aim at protecting them from the gaze of other men. She should also try not to wear clothing that attracts attention according to the culture of the area where she lives. For example, bright colours are perfectly normal in some parts of Africa, whereas they would turn heads in some parts of Canada.
3. Dress ought to establish some sort of Islamic identity. At the least it should not identify us as followers of another religion.
It can be stated that “Prohibition of Imitation” of the non-Muslims comes into effect in one of two ways:
· Either through one’s directing oneself in imitating them, of his own accord, with the intention of being like them, or
· Through imitation of something religiously or otherwise unique to them, in a way that would allow an onlooker to consider one as “one of them”.
4. The design of the dress must avoid three deadly sins: show off, arrogance, and self indulgence. Our garments provide an easy opportunity to nurture them. Hence the need to be extra cautious. One Hadith states "Eat what you feel like and wear what you feel like. But avoid two things: extravagance and arrogance." [Bukhari]. At the risk of stating the obvious one should be reminded that this Hadith establishes an overriding concern that limits our choices within the realm of what is considered halal. It does not do away with the distinction between halal and haram.

Simply, wearing the everyday clothes most of us wear is perfectly fine. One should, though, try to avoid modern day fashion brands that are signs of the corrupt - as wearing such clothes does have spiritually negative effects regardless of whether we “feel” it or not.
However, one should equally strive to emulate the prophetic sunna . It is highly recommended to follow the sunnas of dress, which are general principles one should follow not limited to any specific type of clothing. The prophetic message was for all mankind and not merely a specific group. Thus, we see in the sunna these general principles that are applicable everywhere.
In addition to the above, the following sunna actions of dress are:
For men wearing white (sign of purity) and black (sign of majesty), keeping the trouser above the ankles folded neately, to cover the head (scalpcap, turban, e.t.c).
One should be mindful of all sunna especially when one is at the mosque and at the time of worships.
Disliked and Prohibition
The Prophet (PUBH) prohibited men from the wearing of red coloured cloth.
It is reported in the hadith collection of Imam Muslim that that Propphet (PUBH) disliked yellow as it is associated with women.
Conclusion*
Clothes should be considered a great bounty of Allah Taa'la and one should wear them and express thanks. Undoubtedly if all clothes are worn whilst taking heed of the divine laws of Allah, it will assume a degree if Ibadah and lean to the nearness of Allah Taa'la.
The Prophet (PUBH)said:
“Whomsoever utters the following supplication after wearing clothes, all his past sins will be forgiven- All praises are due to Allah who clothed me with this and which He bestowed upon me without any toil and effort on my part.”
Jewlery
Men - It is impermissible for a man to wear a necklace, pendant or any other type of jewellery except for a silver ring. A man may wear his ring on either his right or left hand, since some scholars preferred the former whist others the latter.
However, it is Sunna and preferable for men to wear their silver rings on the little finger of either their right or left hands. To wear it on the middle and index fingers is somewhat disliked, but not forbidden.
Women - Women are without doubt allowed to wear rings made from gold and silver. However, to wear rings made from other substances such as metal, wood, etc is impermissible. If the rings are plated with gold or silver, then there is nothing wrong in women wearing them. They may wear their rings on any finger of their right or left hands.
It would be permitted for her to wear a pendant with a Qur’anic verse or Allah’s name inscribed on it. However, two points must be taken into consideration:
· If the pendant has a Qur’anic verse inscribed on it, then she should not wear it during her menstruation, for wearing a pendant entails direct contact with a verse of the Qur’an.
· It must be removed before entering into the toilet/bathroom.

Perfume
Men – It is permissible for men to wear scented perfume The alcohol used in perfumes or deodorants is normally a synthetic alcohol, which is not impure (Najis) according to the prevailing view of Imam Abu Hanifa and his followers. Therefore, the external use of this type of alcohol is not Haram. However, its oral intake is still impermissible except in the cases of necessary medication.
Women- It is impermissible for women to wear scented perfume except for beautification for their husband.
Article extracted from Albalagh, Sunnipath & Darul Iftaa weblink

[bWxNFI3c]

One more thing. Face is also part of satr and it is compulsory on one to cover the face also in front of non-mahrams.

[gimffnfabaykal]

Thanks alot brothers and sisters. My doubts got cleared up, i asked you all such a question because nowadays people have their own way of dressing up. Even the muslims are wearing according to their will and they say that its in islam. So such question came to my mind. And now Masha Allah i have got the answer to it. Thanks one again.

[awagsFare]

Women are like candy and men are like flies. Look at the candy with wrapper and the one without wrapper.

[indahouweres]

Love that picture up there by Azhar, almost appears photoshopped

lol

[Galinastva]

Is this suppose to be a relegious fatwa !! This could be equated to covering up according to Shari rule without Niqab or with Niqab.
What about us male lowering our gaze. Strange we somehow bypass that part.

Sis Asma have defined the satr according to a strict interpreation. You should make it clear instead of prescribing it as a definate rule. This is the reason why the issue of niqab is left out. According to such observation all the female hajis are not observing the rule of Satr since there face is uncovered. Vast majoirty of the hajjis are violating the Shraiah of dress code - quiet a claim.

Hanafi Madhab says it is waajib to cover the face for a woman. So while man does his part, so should woman.

There are specific orders in Hajj that cloth cannot touch a woman's face, hence why many go unveiled. However there are those who cover there as well, making sure while the face is covered the cloth doesn't actually touch the face.

In fact the women not being allowed to have cloth touch her face during hajj is a daleel that she should cover outside of Hajj. 'Aaishah would bring a cloth before her face whenever a non mahram was near when she was performing hajj. Men also mustn't cover their heads during hajj while outside hajj it is sunnah to do so.

I honestly don't see why people think it's a big deal mentioning "not wearing a niqab in times of fitna is wrong". The comment is usually "Oh so more than such and such percent of women are committing sin according to you?" As if the whole woman populace is protecting itself from other sins like gheebah lying etc.

[awagsFare]

Love that picture up there by Azhar, almost appears photoshopped

lol

Could be a photoshopped one. lol.



Got it from this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOvh9DEcVvw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOvh9DEcVvw

[asharbiq]

I like to ask the sister if they agree with the notion Is gaisha dress more modest then modern days hijabis (setting aside the headscarf part)?
Even the chinese/Japanies attaire of the past of man and women seems more modest then our modern day Hijabis. These attaire fulfills the criteria of shariah.
Allahualam

Geisha dress which is usually of bright Red colour is made to attract men and it is also tight on the body which shows the general figure + the area from the neck to the shoulders is exposed at times.

[awagsFare]

So what do you Propose Muslim women to wear? A kimono, a Hijab and lots of white powder?
He he he, Sorry.

[asharbiq]

I have been to Japan and nope rarely seen red colour kimono and their out fit is restricting but one can't make out their shape because layer of clothes and their shoulder is also covered. They looked more ghost with their white face powder. There was nothing attractive about them where as our modern day hijabi sister and our Jeans wearing brother seems to be competeing for attention.
Allahualam

You're talking about the Kimono I am talking about the Geisha. Geishas usually don't wear your average Kimono.

[11Woxsepmoomo]

I honestly don't see why people think it's a big deal mentioning "not wearing a niqab in times of fitna is wrong". The comment is usually "Oh so more than such and such percent of women are committing sin according to you?" As if the whole woman populace is protecting itself from other sins like gheebah lying etc.

It is an interesting observation how the populace has most concerns which has some significance with 'public viewing' like the niqab. Others would be the beard, sunnah dress, etc. Sins such as Gheebat, lying, slander, etc are low on the scale of debate and priority.

[asharbiq]

I have been to Japan and nope rarely seen red colour kimono and their out fit is restricting but one can't make out their shape because layer of clothes and their shoulder is also covered. They looked more ghost with their white face powder. There was nothing attractive about them where as our modern day hijabi sister and our Jeans wearing brother seems to be competeing for attention.
Allahualam

I found some examples, So this is the traditional Kimono:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...nal_kimono.jpg

And this is the geisha whose main job is to attract men:
http://www.japaneselifestyle.com.au/...isha_kyoto.jpg

you can see Geishas also show some of the area around the neck:
http://www.hanamiweb.com/kimono_maikosan.jpg

of course in modern days I doubt anyone would find them attractive they're just downright strange but back then the story was different.

[awagsFare]

It is an interesting observation how the populace has most concerns which has some significance with 'public viewing' like the niqab. Others would be the beard, sunnah dress, etc. Sins such as Gheebat, lying, slander, etc are low on the scale of debate and priority.

Hmmm, its true. Real food for thought.

[sztc38tg]

I would like some daliel on wearing niqab. I have been battling with myself over weather to wear it or not. Please only Quran and Sunnah, and no opinions.

[bWxNFI3c]

When the word hijab is said in Islamic terms, it is the actual modest hijab not the fashionable one. If the women have changed the meaning through their actions, why should the rule be changed? If you are advising women to switch to wearing gaisha than wearing modern hijab, then why not wear traditional hijab instead. Believe me I know it would be way difficult for women to wear gaisha then traditional hijab.

And If women really want to follow Shariah dress code, why not wear a simple black hijab since it’s the most modest dress I can think of. Why red, yellow kimonos and geisha etc?

Just like there are modern hijabs, there are modern gaishas too. You are comparing modern hijabs with traditional gaishas which is not right.