Use Of Word Khimar: Compulsion For Muslim Women To Cover Their Hair
First of all, the word Hijab today does not have the same meaning as the word خمار. 😅 By the way, linguistically Hijab just means a barrier. Secondly, I wouldn’t get what you mean if you tell me that someone has to wrap her Hijab over her bosom. I would kindly ask you to talk in English 😂 Sorry, sorry, that was a joke. I just want to convey that I wouldn’t understand at all what you mean. Having said that, you would be taking the injunction way out of context. The Quran says that they shouldn’t display their ornaments and (for this purpose) put their خمر on their جيوب and thus shouldn’t display their ornaments except in front of… I wrote “for this purpose” in brackets because the phrase isn’t there in wording but anyone familiar with the Arabic language knows that that is what is meant and just one of the evidences is that وليضربن بخمرهن على جيوبهن has been sandwiched between two ولا يبدين زينتهن. By they way, even if you asked someone who is already wearing a Hijab to wrap her Hijab around her bosom, it would still have nothing to do with you wanting her to cover her head 😅 Also, the word is not wrap but place. Once again, if they were already wearing a Hijab and upon hearing the verses just made another one, it would still not mean that wearing the Hijab is obligatory. It would just mean that the old one didn’t fulfill the purpose intended by the wearer. Remember that scholars generally agree that it was customary for free Arabian women to cover their heads (notice “free” there. Slave women were also women and no one asked them to do anything excep cover from the navel to the knee). So, those were my thoughts. Waiting for your next reply. 😃