Head Covering Of Women
Thanks for ur reply! I have already said that i have watched this series but i am not convinced.His total emphasize is on point that quran doesn’t say to cover the head but one can interpret the verse 24:31 “draw ur khimar over ur bosoms” As it says to keep the khimar there & draw it over the cleavage. If we take this approach that quran doesn’t say this & That,then one can say that quran doesn’t say to cover the belly specifically As it only says to cover the cleavage,how would u deal with that?😄 And ghamidi shb himself has used his ijtihad to determine the Hifz e farooj,which is totally subjective approach.
Peace! It’s great that you disagree, but please allow me to respond to your concerns. First of all, one can interpret 24:31 like that, but only one who presumes that women ought to cover their heads. Anyone who approaches the Quran without presumptions will not interpret it like that. If someone says, “بال بنا کے رکھا کرو” he will never mean that you shouldn’t shave off your hair completely and I can guarantee that. When Allah wants to say something, He says it clearly. The whole problem is that we take our presumptions to the Quran. I will again emphasize that one MUST NOT take one’s presumptions and say that the Quran says something when it does not. We will admit that the Quran doesn’t ask women (or men) to cover their bellies and that whether the belly is covered or not is not the point. The point is whether the private parts are guarded from lustful gazes and whether you have ensured that nothing you do invites people towards zina. It is quite simple to prove that the Quranic directive would include the belly for women. Quite simply, the Quran orders women (and men) to guard their private parts. The word is “guard,” and not “hide.” I, for one, will say that one of these private parts are a woman’s hips. Revealing the belly accentuates the hips and leads men’s eyes towards them, which is against the instruction. Remember! “Guarding” one’s private parts means also to guard them from potential lustful gazes. Regarding the subjective approach of Ghamidi Sahab, many of the things in religion are subjective. Why should they be objective when we as human beings differ? Even if you don’t take his opinion as the correct one, scholars disagree with each other too. So every approach is subjective in reality, even if it says so and so is obligatory, because it is obligatory in that particular scholar’s view.
Muhammad Hassan Brother, This was exactly my thought as well. Quran says draw the خمار over the جيب . Now some people might understand this as “remove the خمار from head and draw it over جيب”. While some people might understand that as “keep the خمار on head but extend it over جيب as well”. I think Amin Ahsan Islahi Sb takes the second meaning. He considered the دوپٹہ اور اوڑھن mandatory for muslim women’s dress. This question bothered me a lot as well and I wanted to ask Ghamidi Sb exactly that. If you say draw the خمار over جيب. And if you draw it but remove it from head would you still call it خمار? For me Ghamidi Sb opinion is weak in this matter compared to Amin Ahsan Islahi Sb. Comparison link: https://www.javedahmedghamidi.org/#!/quran?chapter=24&paragraph=16&type=Both
I am a he. Sorry my name is confusing. I need to set up a profile pic. 🙂 After reading your last reply it actually makes sense now. When I read your statement below I understood the point. It made it clear for me. Jazakallah “The Quran wanted the جيب to be covered and, therefore, asked for that cloth to be kept on the جيب instead of the shoulders. The خمار is mentioned because Arab women wore it and this was a solution which everyone could adopt to cover the جيب. No where does the Quran say to put on a خمار” I do have one other question though. In this aayat the one extra hidayat for women is to cover when they have done zeenat. now in light of these instructions what a woman can uncover in front of other people and what would be the minimum to cover in front of people like brother, uncle, father etc. I would really appreciate if you can explain the following? 1. to cover when done zeenat in front of brother, father, uncle etc 2. to cover when no zeenat in front of brother, father, uncle etc 3. to cover when done zeenat in front of other people 4. to cover when no zeenat in front of other people Thanks