{"id":1610,"date":"2015-06-12T07:08:14","date_gmt":"2015-06-12T13:08:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amroha.co.in\/blog\/?p=1610"},"modified":"2015-06-17T08:07:19","modified_gmt":"2015-06-17T14:07:19","slug":"hijab-a-matter-of-discussion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.amroha.co.in\/blog\/hijab-a-matter-of-discussion\/","title":{"rendered":"Hijab -A matter of discussion"},"content":{"rendered":"

Let us try to understand the word Hijab (veil) before going in to further details.\u00a0Many people like to refer to Hijab as a “personal choice”. Yes. It is a personal choice. It is a personal choice to submit to God rather than the fashion of society. It is a choice to be beautiful to God, rather than to people.\"Hijab\"<\/a>\u00a0However, Hijab should not just be seen as a cloth one puts on the head. Rather Hijab is a symbol of our worship and servitude to God. It is a symbol of modesty, that is not just about our attire; it extends to our whole demeanor. Let us turn our attention to The Holy Qur\u2019an.<\/p>\n

Allah says (interpretation of the meaning):\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cAnd tell the believing women to lower their gaze (from looking at forbidden things), and protect their private parts (from illegal sexual acts) and not to show off their adornment except only that which is apparent (like both eyes for necessity to see the way, or outer palms of hands or dress like veil, gloves, head cover, apron), and to draw their veils all over Juyoobihinna (i.e. their bodies, faces, necks and bosoms) and not to reveal their adornment except to their husbands, or their fathers, or their husband\u2019s fathers, or their sons, or their husband\u2019s sons, or their brothers or their brother\u2019s sons, or their sister\u2019s sons, or their (Muslim) women (i.e. their sisters in Islam), or the (female) slaves whom their right hands possess, or old male servants who lack vigour, or small children who have no sense of feminine sex. And let them not stamp their feet so as to reveal what they hide of their adornment. And all of you beg Allah to forgive you all, O believers, that you may be successful\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Al-Noor 24:31]<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n


\nMy personal experience<\/strong>
\nI am a girl who born and bought up in Delhi, still putting my Hijab on wasn’t actually a hard decision for me.
\nFor some Muslim women, it is a real jihad as they can’t imagine themselves wearing a Hijab and covering their hair. I met many Muslim women who were praying, fasting, going to religious meetings, seeking Islamic knowledge, yet they always found excuses why not to wear their Hijab.<\/p>\n

Few couplets on Hijab by my father “Sikandar Amrohvi”:<\/p>\n

Daur-e-hazir mein taraqqi kar rahi hain aurtein,
\nDekho parde mein bhi rehkar har amal mein saath hain<\/p>\n

Ye kaun keh raha hai rukawat Hijab hai,
\nParde mein bhi jahaz udati hain aurtein<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

During my school days, I just felt it is impossible to walk in with Hijab in hot summer days, at that time I used to wear Hijab just in winters to protect myself from cold wind. I used to wear my Hijab only during our visit to my Hometown,\u00a0Amroha but I was always thinking\u00a0of wearing it outside as well.
\nAfter high school Allah responded to my supplications and helped me to finally accept the Hijab completely. When I joined Delhi University, apart from choosing so called happening life style of DU campus I choose to wear Hijab to retain my dignity and to protect myself from shaitan. Most of the friends accepted me with Hijab in fact some of them support and appreciate me while some of them demoralized me with some hurtful comments. I would like to tell my sisters that it\u2019s not as hard to wear Hijab as it seems, it\u2019s just to take a challenge, and accept the reality, try to live a life the way\u00a0we have learnt from Qura\u2019n.<\/p>\n

I do wear trendy\u00a0clothes and a scarf\/Hijab. My clothing is modest. Allah makes Islam easy and tells us\u00a0to do everything in moderation. Looking presentable and neat is also important especially if you are a Muslim because you are representing Islam.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

When we are discussing Hijab, it might come to one\u2019s mind that it\u2019s a kind of marginalization of women, who have to preserve their beauty away from the eyes of all the people except the woman\u2019s husband or some of her relatives. But is it really true that Hijab causes women to be suppressed or marginalized? To be able to answer this question we may look at the advantages of its wearing.<\/p>\n

Benefits of Wearing Hijab<\/strong><\/p>\n

Wearing Hijab has being observing a modest Muslim style of dressing offers these benefits:<\/p>\n

Represent Purity<\/strong>
\nHijab is an indication of dignity and purity. It highlights women as chaste and pure women. I think, the Hijab acts like a shield\u00a0between chaste Muslim women and the World\u2019s evil.<\/p>\n

Protect from male harassment<\/strong>
\nResearch shows that one of Hijab’s\u00a0most important advantages is the security of the society that clears it from crimes, rape, incest, harassment in daily life, etc. looking at this advantage affirms the idea that by taking off their Hijab social crimes are increasing. I personally feel that if Hijab is observed in true sense by all of us, half of the problems existing in our society related to women will be solved. Maybe we can create a better society for coming generations by opting for Hijab.<\/p>\n

Scientific Benefits Of Wearing Hijab:
\n<\/strong>Protecting the head is very important from a health perspective. Results Of medical tests show that 40-60% of body heat is lost through the head during winters and in summer hijab\u00a0protects our head from direct sunlight and heatwave, so persons wearing head coverings are protected from cold and heat about fifty-percent more than those who do not.<\/p>\n

All these are\u00a0my personal opinions and feelings about Hijab. Please leave your feedback\/comments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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