Zakir Naik – Wishing Salaam to the Opposite Sex

This is a very good question.

As I said, the Quran mentioned in Suri

Anam chapter 6 was 54

that

that when those come to thee

when those come to thee who believe in

our signs, wish them.

The Quran verse says, when those come to

thee,

when they approach thee, then salaam

becomes afar.

Now when you go in the marketplace, I,

as a Muslim man, go. Even if they

don't come to me, I wish them for

salaam because the prophet said, do I wish

salaam, better to spread salaam? But you as

a Muslim, a Muslim woman, you have to

even maintain your hijab. And for hijab, there

are various verses given in the Quran after

a say hadith. If you read Surah Azza

chapter number 33, verse number 32, it says

that a special voice has been revealed to

the wife of the prophet saying that be

not too complacent in your voice,

lest

in the opposite person

in whose heart is a disease, they may

misunderstand you. Means for the wife of the

prophet,

they could not be too complacent, you know.

Oh, Assalamu Alaikum.

You have to maintain your hijab. Hijab is

also of the wife. So as a gender

lose sister, you as being opposite *, you

need not wish

every

Muslim that you see on the road who

does not approach you.

When I go to the market, if I

see a Muslim, a Muslim woman,

and just passing by, I will not wish

a salaam.

If she approaches me and there are certain

problems that she requires help, etcetera, I maintain

my job, I lower my gear, etcetera,

and follow.

But normally, if they don't approach, it's not

compulsory. For the same *,

for letting

peace spread on the world,

I will try and wish to even a

person who doesn't approach me. So you, sister,

to the opposite *,

it's not a requirement

that you should wish to every Muslim, brother,

young, old that you meet.

If you know, if he is a,

your father or your son or your husband,

then

it's preferable. If anyone approaches you, you should

meet. Now regarding the question, if suppose a

person,

if a Muslim wishes you how

should you respond as a Muslim?

First,

you should realize that if there is a

requirement

for the Muslim man

who's a of yours to talk to you,

then can the discussion proceed.

If you think it's not a requirement,

you need not proceed with the discussion.

You need not proceed. If you know that

this particular boy is from your college

and,

honestly, he mostly talk to you, then you

have to maintain your hijab. You did not

talk to him also

because his intentions aren't good. But if you

know that the intention is good and suppose

opposite * approaches,

you give the reply but not too complacent.

Don't say, oh,

It's not a requirement.

You have to maintain your hijab.

Be firm so that if there's a disease

in the heart of the opposite person, it

will not be increased.

That is the guidance of the Quran. So

sister,

where

is concerned for a woman

and

where a woman is concerned for a gent,

you should maintain the Islamic hijab. And as

the sister said earlier, that there are some

men who look at the woman who don't

do hijab.

The Quran

first speaks about the hijab for the man

and then for the woman. The Quran says

in chapter 24, verse number 30,

before it speaks about the hijab for the

woman, it says, say to the believing man

that you should lower his gaze and guard

his modesty.

That means whenever a man

whenever a man looks at a woman,

any brazen thought, any unashamed thought comes in

his mind, he should lower his gaze. This

is a job for the Muslim.

So if a Muslim man

looks at a woman, irrespective whether she's a

Muslim or non Muslim, he cannot feast on

her.

So sister said there are Muslim

boys who look at non Muslim and get

married to them. They aren't following the Quran.

They aren't fit to be called as Muslims.

Once there was a friend of mine who

was a

Muslim, who was staring at a girl for

a long time. So I told him, brother,

what are you doing?

Why are you staring at a girl for

the long time?

So he told me, our beloved prophet said

that the first glance is allowed. The second

is prohibited. I have not yet completed half

my glance.

What did the prophet mean when he said

that the first glance is allowed, the second

is prohibited?

It doesn't mean that you can look at

a woman, stare at her for a long

time without blinking for 10 minutes, and say

that I'm following the prophet.

What the prophet meant that unintentionally, if you

look at a woman, don't intentionally look at

her to feast on her.

So similarly, sister, it's not a requirement

that you greet every Muslim

man that you meet.

But if they approach you depending upon the

situation, you have to give the reply based

on Quran and Sahadeep. Hope that answers the

question.