Zakir Naik – The Label for a Muslim Lady
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What is the label
for the Muslim,
for the Muslim women?
Even they have a label.
The glorious Quran says in Surinur,
chapter number 24,
verse number 31,
that, say to the believing women that they
should lower their gaze and guard their modesty,
and display not the beauty
except what appears ordinarily off,
And draw their veil over the bosom.
And display not the beauty except
to the husbands, their fathers, their sons, and
a big list of their close relatives who
she can't marry is given.
And the criteria
for hijab
is mentioned in the Quran and the Sahadeep.
There are basically 6 criteria.
The first is the extent which differs between
the man and the woman. For the man,
it's from the navel to the knee.
For the woman, the complete body should be
covered except
the face
and the hands up to the wrist. Some
scholars say even the feet below the ankle
can be seen.
There are some scholars who say that even
the face and the hands should be covered.
This is the extent.
The remaining 5 criterias
is the same for the man and the
woman. The second
is that the clothes they wear,
it should not be so tight that it
reveals the figure.
We
have many of our Muslim brothers
who wear jeans.
There are also stretch jeans.
You know, skin tight stretch
jeans. Wearing skin tight stretch jeans, aura of
the man is from the navel to the
knee. He cannot wear any clothes which reveal
the figure of that part. No skin tight
where you can see the curves. It's not
allowed.
The third,
the clothes they wear,
it should not be transparent so that you
can see through. The Muslim woman may be
covering the body, may be wearing loose clothes,
but it may be transparent. You know, made
of jewelry or something like that. That's not
allowed.
4th is, it should not be so glamorous
that it attracts the opposite *.
5th is it should not resemble that of
the unbeliever.
Any label which is a specific sign of
an unbeliever,
a Muslim cannot wear.
For example,
a Muslim cannot wear a cross. It's a
specific sign of Christianity.
He cannot wear Om, which is a sign
of Hinduism. He cannot wear a vermilon or
a tikka,
which is sign of
Hindu.
He cannot wear any specific signs, which is
a sign of an unbeliever.
And the 6th criteria is,
you cannot wear clothes
that which resemble the opposite *.
If you go to the Western countries,
you have many boys and gents.
They wear a earring. Only 1 earring.
It has certain significance. If you wear 1
earring, it has certain significance.
And
the Indians, whatever America does, after a few
years when we follow,
And you find even in Bombay nowadays,
men wearing 1 earring.
According to Islamic Sharia, you cannot wear clothes
that which resemble that of the opposite *.
And the reason for hijab for the woman
is given in Surah Azaab, chapter 33 verse
59,
where it says that, oh, prophet,
tell your wives
and the believing woman
that when they go abroad, they should put
on the cloak
so that they shall be recognized,
and it will prevent
them from being molested.
The Quran says that hijab has been prescribed
for the women, so that they shall be
recognized,
and it will prevent
them from being molested.
For example,
if 2 sisters
who are twins,
and
if both of them are very beautiful,
they're equally beautiful. If they're walking down the
streets of Bombay,
and if 1 of the twin sister
keeps wearing the hijab, the complete body covered,
except the face and the hand of the
wrist.
And the other twin sister, she's wearing the
western clothes. The skirt
or the mini.
And they're walking down the streets, and around
the corner, there is a hole again. There
is a russian
who's waiting for a catch, who's waiting to
tease a girl.
I'm asking a question. Which girl will he
tease?
Will he tease the girl wearing the Islamic
hijab, or will he tease the girl wearing
the skirt or the mini? Which girl will
he tease?
But naturally, he will tease the girl wearing
the skirt or the mini. The Quran rightly
says that hijab has been prescribed for the
women so that it shall prevent them from
being molested.
There are some of our Muslim sisters
who may give the excuse
that
when we wear the hijab, when we wear
the scarf, or when
we wear the coat or the hijab,
the people just stare at us.
Therefore,
it is
unnecessary attracting attention.
I tell them, I do agree with you.
There may be cases in which because you
are unique,
no 1 around you is wearing the hijab,
And if you wear the hijab, people may
look at you because you're
odd. The odd man out,
or rather the odd woman out.
It may it may happen. But I tell
them that when the people look at you
when you wear the hijab, they don't look
at you with lust, they look at you
with respect.
That's the difference.
To the other lady who's wearing the store
at the mini,
the men look at with lust
To you, if they look at you,
they look at you with respect.
They may look at you because
you may look unique,
but when they look at you, they look
at you with respect. And you can ask
this question to the ladies who do hijab,
and even my sister,
she confirms that
because we wear the hijab,
the people around us respect us. When we
go in the bus, they offer us a
seat.
It elevates the position of the woman.
And many women think that if you have
to wear a hijab, you have to wear
a black. It's compulsory.
No way
does the Islamic sharia say that you should
wear only a black burqa
as long as it doesn't attract the opposite
*. You can wear any color.
You can wear brown, you can wear blue,
you can wear white, you can wear ivory,
you can wear any color. Maybe people prefer
black, you know, because if you wear a
black burqa, you may have to wash it
once in a week or once in a
fortnight. If you wear a white you may
have to wash it every day or maybe
every alternate day.
So choice is yours. You can either wear
a black and wash it once a week,
or wear a white
or light color and wash it every couple
of days. The option is yours.
Nowhere does the Islam that you should wear
black. If you want, you can wear black.
You can wear any color as long as
you follow the 6 criterias of the Islamic
Sharia.