Agree of disagree, do you think that women should cover their face on public? I personally think they should not cover their face because all this is traditions and has nothing to do with Islam.
Please give me your opinion on this….
2006-06-24 21:19:23 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Travel ➔ Africa & Middle East ➔ Saudi Arabia
well am Saudi and originally Saudi
i never covered my face and my mom never did
but i dont know if i will ever do
its all about the customs and traditional and where you are living and which region you are from
2006-06-26 10:42:15 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Will I'm a Saudi girl .. and I'm - Thank Allah - covering my face..
This is not a traditional custom it's what our religon apply us to do.. I don't feel shy by doing this.. although some people thinks that we have very old ideas and that the world changes.. thats true but not our religon ISLAM
if I don't have the Saudi customs nor the Islamic customs,, then who am I..? I've no ID
2006-06-27 08:53:33 · answer #2 · answered by Proud 2 B Saudi 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well if you live is Saudi Arabia you will know why
and btw, covering the face is from Islam and not a tradition
2006-06-24 21:28:53 · answer #3 · answered by The Be$t of the Re$t 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you look at the body of evidence regarding hijab, it weighs heavily in favor of women covering the entire body, including the face, hands, and feet, when in the presence of non-mahrem males. Of course there's more to proper hijab than just "covering", e.g. the garments cannot be form-fitting, ostentatious, etc. And proper behavior is certainly required as well. I would also point out that there are rules of dress for MEN as well, so this isn't a "gender issue", as some might mistakenly believe.
Even if you are of the opinion that covering the face is not obligatory, you'd have a hard time arguing that this is true ALL of the time. For example, in cases where women not covering their faces is clearly a source of fitnah, the obvious solution is covering. Among Muslim scholars who state that covering the face is recommended, but not obligatory, I know of none who do not say that when women not covering their faces is a source of fitnah, covering their faces then becomes obligatory. Here in Saudi Arabia, that's pretty much the case. No matter how religious one is (or isn't), there is a strong belief among most people here that women, and particularly Saudi women, who do not cover completely are "loose" and seeking the attention of males. Thus such women are often bothered (or worse) when they go out. And you can bet that most people, male and female, would say that they believe these women "deserve it" for not dressing properly.
Although I don't think that women are responsible for what men think and do or that women should have to "pay" for some men behaving improperly, I'm also not willing to sacrifice the well being of even one woman for the sake of social change. That is why, for example, although I believe there's nothing in Islam that prevents a woman from operating a motor vehicle, we simply cannot have women driving here at this time. They would be harassed and harmed in ways that are frightening to even imagine. Yes, anyone who harms them should be punished, and when people learn that harming them results in punishment, it still stop. But again, I don't want to sacrifice even one woman's well being for that to happen. It's just not worth it.
One final point: Many people outside of Saudi Arabia seem to think that women here cover their faces because they "have to" due to social pressure or because they are forced to do so by their fathers or husbands. That is simply not true. I think most of us freely make that choice because we truly believe that it is ordered by Allah and we wish to obey and hope to attain Allah's reward for that obedience. Many men (and women) who are not Muslim feel some sort of offense when we cover in front of men who are not related to us, feeling that we are somehow accusing those men of something ("It's not like I'm gonna jump over her if I see her face!") or that we think of ourselves as being irresistably beautiful in a really arrogant way ("Why is she so worried about men looking at her...it's not as if she looks like Cindy Crawford!"). This has nothing to do with men or with what I may or may not think about my looks; I'm simply trying to obey Allah and hoping for his reward. Now, if people are truly concerned about me not being oppressed isn't it a bit backwards to be telling me that I can't make that choice? And even more backwards to imply that I don't know enough to be able to make an informed decision on the subject and thus need someone else to make it for me?
2006-06-24 22:51:13 · answer #4 · answered by Miss_M 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Our women like diamonds we cover them with the soft black clothes and we keep them in the locker. The other women they don’t have value. When the man finished from them they throw them in the bin. So choose which one you want to be?
2006-06-27 20:00:55 · answer #5 · answered by alodaini 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
disagree
2006-06-27 04:54:44 · answer #6 · answered by Sonia R 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i agree
2006-06-24 21:22:53 · answer #7 · answered by leon_godless 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do you know 'Hijab' in ISLAM ?
2006-06-25 23:50:32 · answer #8 · answered by Shareef Shaitan 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋