7th March 2008

Veiled Teacher: What is your problem. Part II

If you missed Part I, watch that one first

HIJAB 33:59, 24:31
http://www.zawaj.com/articles/hijab_shariffa.html

HANDS AND FACE, BOOK 32, NUMBER 4092:
http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/fundamentals/hadithsunnah/abudawud/032.sat.html#032.4092

WORK IN ISLAM:
http://www.islamonline.net/servlet/Satellite?c=Article_C&cid=1154235132714&pagename=Zone-English-Discover_Islam%2FDIELayout
(ALSO QUR’AN 3:136)

PAGE 79 OF THIS ONE:
http://www.dartabligh.org/books/ebooks/upbringing/page1.pdf.

QUOTE FROM FIRST LINK:

Sheikh Al-Albaani was asked about this verse in relation to its limitations. He explained that it means a covering that goes over the head, shoulder and breast area, excluding the face. Here is the exchange in a question/answer format:

Q. What is the ruling regarding a woman’s wearing a scarf on her head?

A. That is not enough - she has to wear a ‘khimaar’ which covers the head and chest. The scarf is not loose fitting and does not cover enough.

Q. Should not the shoulders also be covered by it?

A. Yes, that is the ‘khimaar’. It is a wide cover covering the head and shoulders. When we say that it covers the chest, then it covers the shoulders since it is wide. But as regards the head-scarf we often see a woman wearing it revealing a part of the neck due to it, but the ‘khimaar’ covers the neck and shoulder, and Allaah ta’aala orders that saying:

WALYADRIBNA BIKHUMURIHINNA ‘ALAA JUYOOBIHINNA

The head-scarf is as they say these days a compromise, and there is no such thing in Islaam!

Q. Many people hold that the khimaar’ is a covering for the face.

A. That is ignorance with regard to the language. The ‘khimaar’ is a covering for the head and the man also wears the khimaar - putting it upon his head - the same as for the woman. He ta’aala said:

WALYADRIBNA BIKHUMURIHINNA ‘ALAA JUYOOBIHINNA

If the khimaar covered the face then He ta’aala would not say WALYADRIBNA meaning pull/draw together, but he would have said “let fall” [ using the verb ’sadala’ ]. This is ignorance regarding the language.