Asalamu alaikum! Here is yet another chapter of my book; all about Hijaab. Why do Women wear it? How must a hijaab be worn? Are these questions zooming around your head? They're just about to be answered...
(NOTE: This information is from a children's Islamic Encyclopedia. Read the introduction for the full title)
Because Islam aims to porotect women from abuse and men's lustful gazes, it commands them to observe modesty by wearing hijaab that covers the whole body. Allah (swa) says, "O Prophet! Tell your wives and daughters and the believing women that they should cast their outer garments over their bodies [when abroad]: That is most convenient, that they should be known [as such] and not abused." (Surat Al-Ahzaab, 33:59)
He also says, "That they should not display their beauty and ornaments except what [must ordinarily] appear of it." (Surat An-Noor, 24:31)
A Muslim woman wears the hijaab for the simple reason that Allah (swa) commands it in the Qur'an and because the Prophet (pbuh) also ordered it. Wearing the hijaab is certainly an act of obedience to Allah and a sign of purity, modesty, righteousness and faith. The hijaab must fulfil the following conditions:
1. It must cover the whole body.
2. It must not be skin-tight or see-through.
3. It must hang loose so that the shape of the body is not revealed.
4. It must not look like men's clothing.
5. It must not consist of any kind of designs or patterns that may otherwise attract men's attention.
6. It must not be designed in such a way as to look like the clothes of non-Muslim women.
Jazakullah for reading! Please comment if you have any questions and I'll try my best to answer them. If I can't, then of course I'll find out for you!
