Muslims, or knowledgeable non-Muslims, can you clear up a few things for me?

Question

What is appropriate for a non-Muslim like myself to do while interacting with a Muslim, I have heard contradicting statements.
1. Is it ok to talk to a female Muslim? Someone told me that it is ok as long as I am not married, because I will be considered a 'boy' or not a man, and therefore it would be acceptable for her to speak with me, at least on some level. I have also been told that it is wrong for a muslim woman to speak to a non-relative male at all.
2. Attempting to draw, describe, or discuss the prophet is punishable by death.
3. Is the Female style of dress achoice, or a religious requirement, I am confused because some girls dress traditionally only some of the time. Also, why do males have no rules at all regarding their dress? Are they considered ugly, and therefore do not need to worry about tempting women? sorry, a little offensive I know, but it really does interest me as to the reasoning. Any other advice/ information youd like to share would be appreciated.

Answer 1

I will go backwards from your last question.

During the time of the Prophet, women, children and slaves were not allowed to wear head covering to show their lowly status. Plus, slaves had their hair on their forehead cut a certain way to show that they were less than the free person and so everyone can know they are slaves and not free persons.

When Islam came to Arabia, the Prophet taught that there is no difference between the male and the female, the slave and the free, the rich and the poor, the Arab and the non-Arab except in who keeps his/her desires in check and upholds the laws of decency, is giving of charity and maintaner of chastity and is more fearful of the Almighty and thus watchful of his or her actions.

When Islam came, it ordered women to cover their hair, as the Arab men were already covering their heads and bodies, they still do so. Women were thus brought equal to the males. In ancient arabia the woman was valued for her physical beauty, her hair, etc. whereas, Islam taught that the women are the architects of all future generations of children. Thus women were given the title of HAREM or the Respected and the Honorable, the same title is given to the grand mosque of Mecca and the mosque in Medina, as through these mosques the future of Islam is protected.

Thus Muslim women and men are to dress modestly. The Arab men already did dress modestly. They just allowed their women to be exposed. You seldom see an American President in shorts meeting with other heads of state. WHY? Ask yourself.

Many people have discussed the Prophet as long as the speech is meant to be a dialogue to gain knowledge, or to disagree sincerely about issues. When people begin to call the Prophet "my dog" as Salman Rushdie did, where he called our Prophet "Ma-hound", then it is important to subdue Salman Rushdie until he wags his tail nice and proper. People should talk about our Prophet with respect. If they do not, we shall apply our laws on them, if they wish to apply their laws on us. It is that simple.

It is not encouraged for adult males and females that can make a baby, to get too friendly even when both are Muslims, as one thing leads to another and you will have a baby without a family to protect and provide for it. That is the primary reason why Islam nips in the bud things that can lead to an illicit baby or abortion, that is murder of a baby because of the lust of people. Muslim women are not allowed to marry non-Muslim men in any case, so there is to be no private discussions and company with Muslim girls and non-Muslim men as it is not allowed according to our laws. If someone does that out of ignorance, Allah is forgiving and merciful.

Muslim girls and women are our treasures. They are the mothers or future mothers of our generations. We honor them and respect them. Some of our girls and women do not value themselves and want to follow cheap prostitutes, or slutty movie stars. That diminishes Muslim womanhood, thus it becomes interference in our society and lowers or taints the most respectful part of our society. It is like someone careless throwing filth on your clothes or the clothes of your family. It is an act of aggression if you really think about it. True it could be one innocently, just as if I splash your clothes with dirt after a rain by passing my car close to you, without meaning to splash you.

Same is true for men as well. A man who goes and commits adultery can get the death sentence, as he is endangering a future innocent baby, either by causing it to be aborted or forcing the baby to be born in an unwarranted situation, where the life of the baby is going to be destroyed or diminished because of the selfishness of the adults.

Once these things are clearly understood, you will see that Islam is for the protection of society as a whole, and key among a given society is the fate of the weakest members of the society who can not defend themselves. Children thus have to be protected and the honor of women be protected.

Men who can not take care of themselves or can not protect their own honor are wimps. Men are required to provide protection for themselves and others, as the Lord Almighty has made them strong physically compared to women and children. Thus they must act responsibly towards both, or else the laws will keep them in place.

Remember that the laws are meant to keep the criminals in check, and show a path for everyone so chaos does not erupt in society.

I hope this makes sense.

Answer 2

1) It is ok to ONLY talk with a Muslim woman if she is in the presence of other females or relatives. If you are not married to the female you cannot talk to her ALONE...

3)The religious dress code is mandatory by sharia law but usually conservative females adhere to it and moderates just where conservative clothes.
Men also have a religious dress code and it is to have the area below the navel and above the knees covered at all times (so no short shorts for men). The reasoning behind this is that most people that are rape are women. And dressing provocatively increase chances of being raped thus woman are encouraged to dress modestly.


2)It is forbidden to Draw the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) No on knows what he really looked like. It is technically forbidden to draw any human beings face in Islam not just the Prophet's. To speak public negative false talk about the Prophet Muhammad is punishable by death but ONLY in a country that follows Sharia law. The state administers these punishments and average citizens are not supposed to take law in own hands.

Islam does not allow dating and it does not allow Muslim females to merry non-Muslim males. So if you like a Muslim female you must send a proposal to her parents and the parents will ask their daughter if she approves or disapproves of the proposal.

Remember this is traditional Islamic values and beliefs. The difference between Islam and the other dominant religions is that Islam gives guidance on just about every matter and bases the Law on the Law of God rather than the Law of Man or just reason.

Read English translation of Quran you will find it at a library near you.
Do not be brain washed by the media or other hate groups.

Islam is a religion of peace.
Islam is the fastest growing religion in the world and soon will be the largest religion in the world. This is from conversions and not just baby booming...

Remember: Hitler and Tim McVeigh were Christians..

My point is there are extremists in every religion...

Answer 3

1. There is nothing wrong in talking to a Muslimah, no matter u are married or not. Just make sure u r not alone with her.

2. To draw the prophet image is not allowed, but i hav never heard the punishment is death.
To describe him or discuss bout him is allowed however( there is lot material from the past, from his friends that describe his appearance)

3. Males and females hav rules regarding their dresses. Eg:
Males is not allowed to show the part between the navel and down to his knee, to any female that is not his mahram( this is another term that u would like to know later.

Answer 4

Reading some of the answers above me made me very sad for the ignorance and the way they accepted information from ill propaganda against Islam . What a shame for people claim themselves as Civilized and educated.

And for your Questions :
1. Yes it is OK for stranger to talk to Muslimah as long as they are not in secluded place. please neglect the nonsense you've heard.
2. Discussing the Prophet is acceptable and advisable sometime. We treat our prophet and all other prophets (including Jesus ) with great respect that we don't allow to draw his/their picture(s) in order to block the way for the disrespectful people who make fun of many prophets including their own .
3. The punishment of Death for the above is just a lie and black propaganda.
4. The women dress in Islam is a mere choice for her as long as she is applying the Islamic rules
5. Contrary to the propaganda hailed by the enemies of Islam , there is nothing the Muslim man can do that the women are prevented to do same ( except for certain rituals that is related to female MC) .

Answer 5

Answers to your respective questions:

1. Yes it is OK to talk to a female Muslims in public place where people can see you both. Being a male and a female alone is not allowed in Islam. It is for the reason that they do not commit a sin being alone. It is wrong for girl to be talking a non-Muslim except the regular class work in college campus, a job related matter in work place etc.

2. I do not understand your this question. Discussing about Prophet is bot punishable by death.

3. Muslims females are commanded by God in Quran to dress themselves in such outfits that hide their body curves and they cover themselves from head to toe. They can show only their face and hands upt writs. There is no specific dress style women have to wear. They can wear what they like as long as it meets the requirements of Allah's commands and that is to cover themselves fully so they don't draw attention of males because of the attributes of their body. It is much better if some one is interested in them and fall in love for their beautiful manners, high moral character and their minds rather than physical looks.
Males have rules to cover themselves also in loose enough outfits that do not reveal his muscles of arms and their hips in tight pants and thies in shorts. Muslim men are not allowed to wear shorts or walk around shirtless. They are commanded by God to keep their gaze down when see woman passing by close to them. Women as also commanded to keep their gaze down too.
Islam requries faithful to live as pious life free from sin as they possibly can.

If you have any more questins, you call send me e-mail on my profie. Please write as subject ''To Learn about Islam". so I don't delete your mail without reading it. I get many spam mail and I delete them w/o reading.
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Peace be upon you.

Answer 6

hey greneyes. I wonder who is in denial?? from where did you get your sources again? do you really believe CNN ?!!!that Chanel is double faced they have two types of channels one for the west and one for us, the Muslim countries...they don't dare say or even think about saying it in our countries , they are brain washing you...you are a victim with no brains.

we don't call Jesus anything because he is a holy prophet to us . PEACE BE UPON HIM..(you see thats what we say when we mention him) and that is your first lesson to learn ,and its not OK to rape children in Islam..(your second lesson)


why do u think we had world war 1 or world war 2? or possibly world war 3?!??! because of people like you.!


plus where is your ****** answer to the question....I advise you to go and read before you open your mouth...capito?!!!!

Answer 7

1. you can talk to a muslim girl
just not about the love stuff and all that
2. we can draw
but we cannot draw humans
only landscapes (though many western muslims dont follow this)
2.the muslim female dress is Arab tradition
just like the japanese wear their stuff
muslims do not need to cover their entire body up
just the parts that are sexual
like chest, stomach, legs

Answer 8

1- You cannot talk to her unchaperoned

2- physically describe or draw? Yes very Haram...discussing is fine...

3- Women should always be covered and dressed modestly, but not necessarily veiled and in robes

Answer 9

grneyes, i'm afraid we don't know this jebus u're talking about...we do however know a great apostle we respect named Jesus or Isa, peace be upon him. Don't listen to the haters, they are just jealous that civil minded people like you are willing to be tactful when it comes to understanding Islam.

Answer 10

a muslim girl can get 100 lashes for being with a male not a relative so be very careful