Is the hijab Islamic?

Question

I was wondering if the hijab was islamic. Because in the koran It dosen't mention Hijab anywhere. All the koran says is cover your chest.

Answer 1

It is applicable to both religion, some catholics use hijab also which differentiate the sisters from others

Answer 2

It's not just Islamic.

When have you ever seen the Virgin Mary without a hijab?

And nuns' habits are pretty much the same thing, too. A lot of religious females cover their heads/hair. Not just Muslims.

Answer 3

No , Hijab is not Islamic. In the Torrah is is said that girls should cover their hair. Not directly but in some situations like in Isaiah 3:17. In the Talmod , it is written also that women should cover their hair. Only the Orthodox families today do. Islam appeared after Christianity and Judaism , so it took such decrees from the Torrah. In Christianity , only the nuns cover their hair.

Answer 4

Yes the hijab is Islamic. It is a requirement upon every female Muslim to wear hijab, Abaya, and Niqab by ALLAH(SWT). You have to read the Hadiths to understand that women are required to cover their face and entire body when they go outside and are in the presences of non mahram men.

Answer 5

yes it is.

Muslim women wear hijab—which is more than just a head cover—because God ordered them to do so in two places in the Qur’an, and because Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) also ordered it. The Qur’an says in Surah 24, verses 30 - 31 what means:
*{Tell the believing men to lower their gaze and be modest. That is purer for them. Lo! Allah is Aware of what they do. 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 vigor, 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.}*

These verses tell us that our Islamic dress is not just a matter of covering the head alone, but also of covering the bosom, which is attractive to men, and of lowering the gaze and walking in a way that does not attract attention. Note that the order to lower the gaze was addressed first to men…

You can also read the other verse about the same point, which is verse number 59 in Surah 33. It may be translated:
*{O Prophet! Tell thy wives and thy daughters and the women of the believers to draw their cloaks close round them [when they go abroad]. That will be better, that so they may be recognized and not annoyed. Allah is ever Forgiving, Merciful.}*

This indicates that one of the reasons for hijab is to distinguish the believing woman from the non-believing. This relates to your second question concerning the logic behind hijab.


Ask yourself, or ask the next person who asks you that question, if a female judge walked into the courtroom wearing a tight miniskirt and low-cut blouse, would you take her seriously? Who would you respect more, a woman dressed like that or one dressed modestly? The Qur’an was revealed for all times, and though circumstances change, human nature does not. The fact is that men do like to look at women’s bodies, so a woman who covers herself is more likely to be respected as a person than looked upon as a piece of meat!

Up until the end of the nineteenth century, a Western woman who had any self respect covered her head—though perhaps not all her hair—in public. Your audience may argue that a woman who does not cover her hair is no longer looked upon as a loose woman. That may be true, but women still know that men look at them. Otherwise, why would they spend millions of dollars every year to style, color, and treat their hair?


It is true that men don’t have to cover their heads, but there is a dress code for them, as well, although it is not so widely publicized as the women’s dress code. Men must at least be covered from the navel to the knees with loose fitting clothing. The rules for men are different because women are less likely to ogle men than the other way around.

peace.

Answer 6

You have for sure misread. Reread Surah An-Nur ayah 31.
"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 only that which is apparent(like both eyes for neccessity to see the way,or outer palms of hands or one eye or dress like veil, gloves,head-cover, apron, etc.), and to draw their veils all over Juyubihinna(their bodies, faces,necks and bosoms) and not to reveal their adornment except to their husbands or their fathers or their husband's sons or their brothers or their brother's sons, or their sister's sons or their (Muslim) women 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 Allaah to forgive you all, O believers, that youmay be successful."
Also note that when this ayah was revealed, the Muslim women went right away and tore their murut (a wollen dress or a waist binding cloth or an apron, etc.) and covered their heads and faces with those torn murut. This is a hadith which has been recorded in Sahih Al- Buhkari, vol6, #282

Answer 7

Yes Hijab is islamic. covering head and chest is ordered to follow ..while naqab that is covering face is cultural !

Answer 8

covering ur head and chest is not only islamic , cristians have this too in bible but they do what they want, they dont obey the bible , they take what they want and leave what they dont want , not all of them ofcourse , hijab was existed befor islam , but allah made it an order , that all muslim women should obey

Answer 9

yes hijab is an important thing in Islam,and Islam consists of two thing Quran and Sunni ,no one can refuse Sunni and Allah told us to obey our prophet Mohamed
and hijab is very obvious in Sunni
for example Allah told us to pray in quran but Allah didn't tell us how to pray but his messenger explains that to us at equal case Allah told women to wear clothes that are Islamic and his prophet explain it and any one deny Hijab as he deny all the religion

Answer 10

It says put your head covers over your chest.