Hijab | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2018-12-06

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Hijab


00:02:14 1 In Islamic scripture
00:02:23 1.1 Quran
00:05:09 1.2 Hadith
00:07:19 2 Dress code required by hijab
00:07:29 2.1 Traditionalist views
00:10:49 2.2 Alternative views
00:14:54 3 Contemporary practice
00:17:58 3.1 Burqa and niqab
00:19:33 4 History
00:19:42 4.1 Pre-Islamic veiling practices
00:23:19 4.2 During Muhammad's lifetime
00:25:02 4.3 Later pre-modern history
00:27:01 4.4 Modern history
00:31:56 5 Compulsion and pressure
00:32:21 5.1 Legal enforcement
00:35:00 5.2 Legal bans
00:35:08 5.2.1 Muslim world
00:36:51 5.2.2 Europe
00:40:15 5.3 Unofficial pressure to wear hijab
00:42:23 5.4 Unofficial pressure against wearing hijab
00:43:54 5.5 Hijab discrimination in the workplace
00:47:51 6 See also



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A hijab (; Arabic: حجاب‎ ḥijāb, pronounced [ħɪˈdʒaːb] or Egyptian Arabic: [ħeˈɡæːb]) in modern Arabic usage is a veil worn by some Muslim women in the presence of any male outside of their immediate family, which usually covers the head and chest. The term can refer to any head, face, or body covering worn by Muslim women that conforms to Islamic standards of modesty. Hijab can also be used to refer to the seclusion of women from men in the public sphere, or it may denote a metaphysical dimension, for example referring to "the veil which separates man or the world from God."In the Qur'an, hadith, and other classical Arabic texts the term khimār (Arabic: خمار‎) was used to denote a headscarf, and ḥijāb was used to denote a partition, a curtain, or was used generally for the Islamic rules of modesty and dress for both males and females.Sometimes, it is worn by women as a symbol of fashion, modesty and privacy. According to the Encyclopedia of Islam and Muslim World, modesty in the Quran concerns both men's and women's "gaze, gait, garments, and genitalia." The Qur'an instructs Muslim women to dress modestly. Some Islamic legal systems define this type of modest clothing as covering everything except the face, hands up to wrists, and feet. These guidelines are found in texts of hadith and fiqh developed after the revelation of the Qur'an but, according to some, are derived from the verses (ayahs) referencing hijab in the Qur'an. Some believe that the Qur'an itself does not mandate that women wear hijab.In the Qur'an, the term hijab refers to a partition or curtain in the literal or metaphorical sense. The verse where it is used literally is commonly understood to refer to the curtain separating visitors to Muhammad's house from his wives' lodgings. This had led some to argue that the mandate of the Qur'an to wear hijab applied to the wives of Muhammad, and not women generally.In recent times, wearing hijab in public has been required by law in Saudi Arabia (for Muslims), Iran and the Indonesian province of Aceh. Other countries, both in Europe and in the Muslim world, have passed laws banning some or all types of hijab in public or in certain types of locales. Women in different parts of the world have also experienced unofficial pressure to wear or not wear hijab.