What is the advice for women to confront open display and immodesty and to maintain the Shari'ah-prescribed hijab?
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Question:
The questioner says: Given the spread of vice, the call for women to display themselves and remove their hijab, and their departure from their hijab and modesty, do you have any advice for the general women to maintain the Shari'ah-prescribed hijab, and to clarify what the correct Shari'ah-prescribed hijab is?
Answer:
The Shari'ah-prescribed hijab is mentioned in the Qur'an and the Sunnah, and the scholars have explained it in their books and treatises. So the Muslim woman only has to read the Qur'an and the books of tafsir, read the hadiths reported from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) regarding the matter of the hijab, and read the scholars' works on the hijab and covering for women. She has to read.
And the cassettes too; now you can listen to cassettes about the hijab and about women's clothing. The evidence is established now; no one has an excuse. Everything is clear and everything is explained. So the Muslim woman should fear Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He), adhere to the hijab, and avoid open display.
Because she is a believer who wants to enter Paradise. She should not turn to the women who display themselves, or the open sinners, or the disbelievers, or the loose women. She should not turn to these people. She should turn to the good, believing women, to the wives of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), to the female Companions, to the women of the believers, and adhere to this high conduct, this covering hijab, this modesty, this dignity.
She has to follow the good, righteous, believing women and not turn to the licentious, the open sinners, or turn to the callers to misguidance and evil who disdain the hijab and desire open display. She should not turn to their barking and their howling, for they are like dogs. This is the barking of dogs; she should not turn to it, nor listen to it, nor read what they write, except if this reading or listening is for the purpose of refuting them and exposing their plots, in which case there is no harm. But if she listens or reads and she is not good at refuting them and does not know how to refute them, it is not permissible for her to do this, lest she be affected by it.
The questioner says: Given the spread of vice, the call for women to display themselves and remove their hijab, and their departure from their hijab and modesty, do you have any advice for the general women to maintain the Shari'ah-prescribed hijab, and to clarify what the correct Shari'ah-prescribed hijab is?
Answer:
The Shari'ah-prescribed hijab is mentioned in the Qur'an and the Sunnah, and the scholars have explained it in their books and treatises. So the Muslim woman only has to read the Qur'an and the books of tafsir, read the hadiths reported from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) regarding the matter of the hijab, and read the scholars' works on the hijab and covering for women. She has to read.
And the cassettes too; now you can listen to cassettes about the hijab and about women's clothing. The evidence is established now; no one has an excuse. Everything is clear and everything is explained. So the Muslim woman should fear Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He), adhere to the hijab, and avoid open display.
Because she is a believer who wants to enter Paradise. She should not turn to the women who display themselves, or the open sinners, or the disbelievers, or the loose women. She should not turn to these people. She should turn to the good, believing women, to the wives of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), to the female Companions, to the women of the believers, and adhere to this high conduct, this covering hijab, this modesty, this dignity.
She has to follow the good, righteous, believing women and not turn to the licentious, the open sinners, or turn to the callers to misguidance and evil who disdain the hijab and desire open display. She should not turn to their barking and their howling, for they are like dogs. This is the barking of dogs; she should not turn to it, nor listen to it, nor read what they write, except if this reading or listening is for the purpose of refuting them and exposing their plots, in which case there is no harm. But if she listens or reads and she is not good at refuting them and does not know how to refute them, it is not permissible for her to do this, lest she be affected by it.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما النصيحة للنساء لمواجهة السفور والتبرج والحفاظ على الحجاب الشرعي؟ للشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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