2007-03-03 00:20:43 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Modesty, privacy, morality, respect - same things as the head coverings worn by Jews and Christians (before they abandoned the practice years ago).
2007-03-03 00:25:08 · answer #1 · answered by gelfling 7 · 8⤊ 1⤋
verse of Surah Noor, says:
" 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 veils over their bosoms and not display their beauty except to their husbands, their fathers, their husbands’ fathers, their sons..."
[Al-Qur’an 24:31]
According to Qur’an and Sunnah there are basically six criteria for observing hijaab:
Extent:
The first criterion is the extent of the body that should be covered. This is different for men and women. The extent of covering obligatory on the male is to cover the body at least from the navel to the knees. For women, the extent of covering obligatory is to cover the complete body except the face and the hands upto the wrist. If they wish to, they can cover even these parts of the body. Some scholars of Islam insist that the face and the hands are part of the obligatory extent of ‘hijaab’.
All the remaining five criteria are the same for men and women.
The clothes worn should be loose and should not reveal the figure.
The clothes worn should not be transparent such that one can see through them.
The clothes worn should not be so glamorous as to attract the opposite sex.
The clothes worn should not resemble that of the opposite sex.
The clothes worn should not resemble that of the unbelievers i.e. they should not wear clothes that are specifically identities or symbols of the unbelievers’ religions.
2007-03-03 00:26:19 · answer #2 · answered by Adia Azrael 4 · 6⤊ 1⤋
Islamic scholars said that the hijab is given meaning of modesty, privacy, and morality.
2007-03-03 00:24:49 · answer #3 · answered by rahilaw 2 · 8⤊ 1⤋
The high-morality, safety and obedience towards Islam.
However, there are many people out there assume that it symbolizes an obvious barrier between the Moslem women and the others. Personally, I think those who possess the same perspective are just narrow-minded and opinionated bigot.
2007-03-03 00:31:26 · answer #4 · answered by PossumNight 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Any thing closer to reality is put under a cover/hijab, like the ultimate Lord the absolute reality, has put Him in several hijabs.
Women, being responsible of reproduction of new generation of human being, is one step ahead or closer to reality than men.
So Hijab is required more than men.
Men are ordered to lower down their gazes in front of women or in public areas.
2007-03-03 00:28:31 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
hijab is given the wider meaning of modesty, privacy, and morality
2007-03-03 00:27:56 · answer #6 · answered by bAdgIrL™ 4 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Security
Safety
and Beauty....
Hijab or ħijāb (حجاب) is the Arabic term for "cover" (noun), based on the root حجب meaning "to veil, to cover (verb), to screen, to shelter"
In some Arabic-speaking countries and Western countries, the word hijab primarily refers to women's head, face, and body covering
2007-03-03 00:27:20 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 2⤋
Modesty.
2007-03-03 00:51:36 · answer #8 · answered by Smiley 5 · 4⤊ 0⤋
modesty
2007-03-03 00:26:36 · answer #9 · answered by ? 3 · 4⤊ 1⤋
A yakuza squad of ninjas.
2007-03-03 00:26:58 · answer #10 · answered by Loathe thy neighbor. 3 · 0⤊ 5⤋