Why wear the veil?

Question

I understand why Muslim women where the head scarf (sorry I dont know the correct names), which in my opinion looks very nice on a lot of women and I understand the religious reasons behind it. But why do some women choose to where the veil, from what I understand that does not have a religous meaning, its a personal choice. So why do some women choose to wear it when they dont have to?
I recently read about a case in Egypt where a woman had been asked to remove her veil (simialr to the couple of cases here in the UK), so if a predomently Muslim country has similar issues with it, why do some still choose too?
I'm not slating those that do, simply trying to find out why?

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Answer 1

It's for modesty's sake. One of the reasons Muslim women wear head coverings is because the hair is considered one of her most attractive features. Covering the face is like taking the next step, and wearing a burqa is the extreme. (In a similar way, Muslim men are supposed to keep their arms covered.) By covering up, they are choosing to focus more on spiritual matters than on wordly ones. In sexual matters, it helps avoid sin because it reduces temptation for the man and is a self-restraint for the woman.

Answer 2

the viel is extra modesty just so guys dont look to a womans face and have a desire for her beauty, i know the concept of the viel is difficult for a lot of Western women to understand, even though it is not mandatory in islam, many women wear it because they are modest and shy, which Islam promotes as being a good Muslim woman. There is nothing wrong with it just people can be predjudice to others differences.

Answer 3

Coz some women consider this a symbol of piety and getting more closer to God by rejecting every thing worldly such as enhancing our beauty to others and just keep their beauty to their husbands
some women r really prettty even without make up and if they do just wear a head scarf aka Hijab,then they will seduce men
However,veil is an optional thing inorder to get more closer to God,i once heard that jewish women used to wear veil,i am unsure about that :)
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Answer 4

There's this ayat (sign/proof,etc.) in the Qur'an which says, "and say to the believing women that they should lower their gaze and guard their modesty (and looks) and protect themselves. And that they should not display their beauty and jewels except what may (usually) appear; that they should draw their cover over their bodies and bosoms, and display not their beauties except to their husbands, their fathers, etc., etc., etc.

Now many Muslims have interpreted this into two meanings. One is Hijab (head scarf) and the other is Niqab (veling).
To me this ayat is saying clearly to cover your entire body including the face.
It is so simple. What Allah (SWT) asking us to do is to cover our beauty, draw our velis over our bosom.
Where is our beauty? Besides our body, isn't our face just as attractive? In fact, many people fall in love with an instant glance on the face which they call love at first sight.

So my conclusion is that Allah (SWT) has ordered us to cover our beauties and protect ourselves from such harmful glances that can misguide us.
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Answer 5

maybe this will tell you, please read this till the end

A story of a western woman who embraced Islam & put on the veil

"As a non-Muslim living in Western society, the idea of modesty was not exactly foremost in my mind. Like all other women of my generation and mind-set, I thought such ideas were antiquated and excessive. I felt pity for the poor Muslim woman who had to "wear all that junk," or "walk around in bed - sheets" as I used to call it.

I was a modern woman, educated and liberated. Little did I know the awful truth? I was more oppressed than any Muslim woman in the most culturally oppressive village in the Muslim world. I was oppressed not by an inability to choose my clothing or to choose my life-style; I was oppressed by an inability to see my society for what it really was. I was oppressed by the idea that a woman's beauty was public, and that lustful admiration was equal to respect.

It was when Allah guided me to Islam, and I put on the hijab (covering), that I was finally able to step out of the society in which I lived and see it for what it really is.

I could see how the highest paid women were those who exposed themselves to public display, like actresses, models and even strip-tease dancers. I was able to see that the relationship between men and women was unfairly stacked in the man's direction.

I knew I used o dress to attract men. I tried to fool myself by saying I did it to please myself, but the painful reality was that what pleased me was when I was admired by a man I considered attractive. I now know that there is no way for a person to know that he is dirty if he has never been clean.

Similarly, I was not able to see that I was oppressed until I stepped out of the darkness of this oppressive society into the light of Islam. With that light shined on the truth, I was finally able to see the shadows that had been so obscured by my Western philosophies. It is not oppression to protect yourself and society; it is oppression to voluntarily throw yourself into the quagmire while denying it is dirty.

I am grateful to Allah that He allowed me to recognize that

• when I covered my head, I was taking away from people any means for judging me other than my mind, my soul and my heart.

• When I covered my head, I took away the incentive for exploitation based on beauty.

• When I covered my head, I made people respect me because they saw that I respected myself.

• when I covered my head, I finally opened my mind to the truth. "

Sister Shariffa Carlo

Answer 6

it does say in both the bible and the quran that it is preffered that a woman cover her head especially during prayer and in church
of course this is a choice but one that many make out of respect for their beliefs
i too think it is pretty

Answer 7

I guess to show their specific level of piety.

Answer 8

to be a ghostie for halloween

Answer 9

why do you wear a bra...