Zakir Naik – Wishing Salaam to the Opposite Sex
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The speaker discusses the importance of maintaining the Quran's guidance on sex and not wanting to be too compl cotton. They also explain that it is not a requirement for every Muslim to approach a woman, but for those who do not, they should maintain their stance. The speaker also emphasizes the importance of not giving a "has" or "hasn't" reply to a woman, as it is not a requirement for every Muslim to respond.
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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.