Is it in the Quran that women have to cover themselfs, only showing there hands, and face?

Question

Cause in school the teachers say it's not but i just saw on oprah a muslim women say it was in the Quran

Answer 1

It's not. It says to cover from the neck down and dress modestly. Lengthen the garments. Basically, have on a nice long dress. Some take it to extremes out of love for God and cover every inch of their body. My sister in law does this. My step sister has those arm covers under her abaya and gloves on her hands. Socks on her feet. She's a convert. The Quran doesn't say it. ANd a woman can not be forced to do it. Personally, sometimes I go out with my abaya and two piece hijab, other times just the head covering and my long coat, and other times just my winter coat. It all depends on how you feel and where you live. We're in the US, for example. Men aren't driven crazy by hair or hands here because so many other women bare a lot more. There is no need to go so extreme but some just prefer to. I even like the face covering sometimes that just shows the eyes. Every other muslim I know hates it and my husband used to yank it off of my face saying it was extreme. Like I said, it all depends.

Answer 2

One Who Submits put it nicely. It is in the Qur'an, the word used is Khimar, for head covering which was worn at the time of the revelation so the only adjustment that had to be made is that, as the verse quotes, the veil should go over the women's bosoms as well.
There is no doubt about that and the 4 Imams (jurisprudence schools of Islam) all agree that it is an obligation. Thus this is one of the Sharia (islamic law) to cover.
Some sheikhs (scholars) add that the face should be also covered except for the eyes, so you have women wearing what you call niqab.
However I would just like to point out that wearing the veil is a commitment of the women as an act of submission to God and act of modesty so she may increase that action as much as she feels necessary by covering her wholel body if she wishes, it's each woman's decision about that, but the head scarf, loose and long clothes is was is demanded of them.

Hopefully that clarified something!

Answer 3

It is in the Qur'an that a woman should cover her hair (the hijab), and to dress modestly. All the rest is what different cultures demand. It is not Islam.

Answer 4

there are only two things that Muslim women are advised to hide in Koran: juyobihinna, which means the cleavage between the boobs. and the upper legs, logically above the knee. the veil is mentioned just like camels. no Muslim man or woman could travel in desert without veils on their head. but no one has to wear them as much as no one has to ride camels.

Answer 5

Its not in the Koran. Mohammed only said women should cover their hair in a mosque to be respectful. All of these covering yourself completely was distorted by the Ottoman mullahs and fanatics, all of which were men. There is absolutely no justification for the bad treatment of women.

Answer 6

It is in the Quran but not in a direct way.

Answer 7

May the peace, blessings and mercy of God be upon you



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[024:031] And tell the believing women to lower their gaze (from looking at forbidden things), and protect their private parts (from illegal sexual acts) and not to show off their adornment except that which is apparent (like both eyes for necessity to see the way, or outer palms of hands or one eye or dress like veil, gloves, headcover, apron), and to draw their veils all over Juyûbihinna (i.e. their bodies, faces, necks and bosoms) and not to reveal their adornment except to their husbands, or their fathers, or their husband's fathers, or their sons, or their husband's sons, or their brothers or their brother's sons, or their sister's sons, or their (Muslim) women (i.e. their sisters in Islâm), or the (female) slaves whom their right hands possess, or old male servants who lack vigour, or small children who have no sense of feminine sex. And let them not stamp their feet so as to reveal what they hide of their adornment. And all of you beg Allâh to forgive you all, O believers, that you may be successful.
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YUSUFALI: And say to the believing women that they should lower their gaze and guard their modesty; that they should not display their beauty and ornaments except what (must ordinarily) appear thereof; that they should draw their veils over their bosoms and not display their beauty except to their husbands, their fathers, their husband's fathers, their sons, their husbands' sons, their brothers or their brothers' sons, or their sisters' sons, or their women, or the slaves whom their right hands possess, or male servants free of physical needs, or small children who have no sense of the shame of sex; and that they should not strike their feet in order to draw attention to their hidden ornaments. And O ye Believers! turn ye all together towards Allah, that ye may attain Bliss.

PICKTHAL: And tell the believing women to lower their gaze and be modest, and to display of their adornment only that which is apparent, and to draw their veils over their bosoms, and not to reveal their adornment save to their own husbands or fathers or husbands' fathers, or their sons or their husbands' sons, or their brothers or their brothers' sons or sisters' sons, or their women, or their slaves, or male attendants who lack vigour, or children who know naught of women's nakedness. And let them not stamp their feet so as to reveal what they hide of their adornment. And turn unto Allah together, O believers, in order that ye may succeed.

SHAKIR: And say to the believing women that they cast down their looks and guard their private parts and do not display their ornaments except what appears thereof, and let them wear their head-coverings over their bosoms, and not display their ornaments except to their husbands or their fathers, or the fathers of their husbands, or their sons, or the sons of their husbands, or their brothers, or their brothers' sons, or their sisters' sons, or their women, or those whom their right hands possess, or the male servants not having need (of women), or the children who have not attained knowledge of what is hidden of women; and let them not strike their feet so that what they hide of their ornaments may be known; and turn to Allah all of you, O believers! so that you may be successful.


There is the verse and 4 Well-Respected Translations

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