Hijab

[Zakir]

Hijab is always had alot of hate and so many people are against it I saw a comment of a Muslim woman who wrote Hijab is a stupid tradition. People say it is oppressive and women are disobeying God.
Some points to cover that people use

1) is it oppressive ?

2) why don't men have to wear Hijab and cover there face and entire body ?

3) It's a primitive tradition because women were property in past times mere objects. If a woman rejects burkah and feels find without it what's the problem.

4) People  claim it is suffocating , uncomfortable and can cause a vitamin c deficiency (lack of sun light).

5)If it originated from Saudi imagine having to be fully clothed when going out men are perfectly fine.

[Sama]

 Asalam Alaikum

Muslim woman who follows Islamic dress code consider themselves free from being judged by her physical features, but rather to be judged by her character. What important is their intellectual and personality, and not the discrimination for their beauty. While women always emphasize on their beauty to fulfil the standard of attractiveness set by men, Muslim women set themselves free from being such a display object , but rather consider themselves as humans who have an exclusive right over themselves.

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First and foremost, we must wear hijab because Allah has commanded us to do so: "O Prophet! Tell your wives and daughters and the believing women that they should caste their outer garments over their persons (in abroad). That is most convenient, that they should be known and not molested. And Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful." [Qur'an, 33:59].

" And say to the believing women that they should lower their gaze and guard their modesty; that they should not display their beauty and their ornaments except what appear thereof; that they should draw their veils over their bosoms and not display their beauty..." [Qur'an 24:31].

We must obey Allah because He created us to obey Him: "I have only created jinn and man that they obey Me." [Qur'an 56:51]. Therefore, being Muslim means to obey Allah whatever He commanded us to do. We know that whatever Allah has commanded us to do is for our own benefit and it does not profit nor harm Him.

Some of the benefits are:

a) We are protected from sexual attention. Have you noticed how women who beautify themselves and walk down the street get a lot of sexual attention? The West says that it is not the women's fault that she is sexually molested and rapped. And that it is her right to dress as she pleases. But it is her fault for enticing the offender and his fault for committing the crime. Both are at fault. When a Muslim woman is fully covered, she will not get the sexual attention. She may get attention at first out of curiosity but this is not the same as sexual attention, for sexual attention is the dangerous one.

b) Society is not corrupted by evils. It is common knowledge, even amongst Western psychologists who would admit it, that man is a sexual creature. When he sees a beautiful woman, he will get sexual urges. You can just imagine what happens to a society with so many women flaunting their beauty around! Where will these men (and women) go to fulfill their urges? Look around your society - rape, pedophilia, buggery, gayism/lesbianism, adultery, broken homes, mistresses etc - all sorts of indecency arises. A'uthubillah! We seek refuge with Allah from such vulgarity!!! At the other extreme, when women's beauty is seen as a common thing because it is everywhere, people will get bored with it and therefore want to try something different - hence, homosexuality, buggery etc. A'uthubillah! We seek refuge with Allah from such horror!!! So it does not matter whether a woman is in mini skirts or in loose clothing, as long as she is not totally covered, her beauty is still seen. Have you noticed how a change in hairstyle can beautify a person? Or how long, beautiful, not-so-clinging clothing actually accentuates the body? If you have seen those 'make overs' you will understand that it is the hair, make-up and clothing that beautify the person (superficially of course).

c) Promotes modesty. Women don't become slaves to their vanity. They don't compete with each other and 'bitch' over it. This is not to say that wives don't try to look good for their husbands. In fact, they should because this is the norm: the woman and man makes her/himself beautiful for her/his partner. What makes more sense? A woman who beautifies herself for the all and sundry to see but does not do so inside her home for her loved one, or a woman who beautifies herself for her husband and covers and protects herself from the eyes of the world?

We pray that this has helped. May Allah guide you.

http://www.answering-christianity.com/munir_munshey/hijab.htm
http://www.muhajabah.com/onveiling.htm
http://www.answering-christianity.com/bassam_zawadi/womens_veil.htm
http://muslimconverts.com/hijab_niqab/hijab-why.htm

[Sama]

[Zakir]

What about vitamin c defficency and health effects
Also it is not sutaible for hot desert.

[Sama]

Vit. C has nothing to do with sunlight exposure,

There are two ways we get our vit. D other than exposure to sunlight: Diet and supplements.



In your diet, you can get a natural form of vitamin D3 from foods such as egg yolks (one yolk has 20 IU of vitamin D) and fatty fish (youll get 400 IU of vitamin D from 5 ounces of salmon). Alternatively, look for cereals, juices and other D-fortified foods to supplement your D intake. Milk, for example, is fortified with 100 IU per cup.

Muslim women can easily expose their bodies to sun as men do. They don't have to go out naked. Sunlight exposure can happen inside home too !

Does wearing hijab cause osteoporosis?
http://questionsonislam.com/question/does-wearing-hijab-tasattur-cause-bone-thinning-osteoporosis

[Sama]

[Albarra]

Zakir, if you go to Saudi Arabia in summer, you will be extremely hot and wetting. Oh yeah, the bright sun can burn your skin so bad.

Have you seen Saudi men wear traditional clothes? Why do they cover their heads?

Really this comment was written by "Muslim woman"? I think she is an apostate.

[QuranSearchCom]

As'salamu Alaikum dear brothers,

I have added all of your points above to the following:

www.answering-christianity.com/women_in_hijab_more_confident_and_secured.htm
www.answering-christianity.com/hijab_miracle.htm
www.answering-christianity.com/ac20.htm#psychology

Jazakum Allah Khayr.

Take care,
Osama Abdallah

[AMuslimDude213]

I live pretty close to Saudi arabia,in Middle East,and I've had to wear Traditional dresses many times,but I never felt too over-heated or anything,this is just a stereotype of the arab world,the arab world is not like 70 degrees hot.

[Albarra]

AMuslimDude,

Yeah but why do Saudi men cover their heads?

[AMuslimDude213]

The reason they cover their heads is because it's a part of their culture,they wear that hat(the gotrah) as a cultural dress to represent what their culture is.

[shaad]

W-wait isn't Albarra Saudi?

[A proud Muslim]

People who wear revealing clothes treat themselves as sexual objects and people treat them like sexual objects. In Islam, Muslims should not treat themselves like that. On the other hand, hijab is meant to protect women from sexual harrasment, and sexual attention.

[AMuslimDude213]

[Albarra]

W-wait isn't Albarra Saudi?

I'm from Saudi Arabia, but I came to America when I was 5 years old, so I have been living in the United States for 17 years. I will go back my home country when I finish degree in university, inshAllah.