What is the meaning of hijab linguistically and in the Shari'ah?
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Question:
What is the meaning of hijab linguistically and in the Shari'ah?
Answer:
Linguistically, hijab means a barrier for anything; whatever blocks the sight is called a hijab, whether it is physical or conceptual. The physical includes intoxication, drunkenness, and the like, while the conceptual is like His saying, the Exalted:[Fussilat 41:5] This is a conceptual hijab, a hijab of misguidance, may Allah protect us, and disbelief, or turning away from Islam and calling to Allah, the Mighty and Majestic. This is the legal meaning. Legally, hijab refers to covering the woman from men; it means covering the woman from men by covering her entire body from men. This is the legal hijab that Allah, the Exalted, commanded in His saying: [Al-Ahzab 33:53] The hijab. He, the Exalted, said: [Al-Ahzab 33:59] This is a hijab. He, the Exalted, said: [An-Nur 24:31] This is a hijab. May Allah reward you with good.
What is the meaning of hijab linguistically and in the Shari'ah?
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Linguistically, hijab means a barrier for anything; whatever blocks the sight is called a hijab, whether it is physical or conceptual. The physical includes intoxication, drunkenness, and the like, while the conceptual is like His saying, the Exalted:
and between us and you is a partition, so work; indeed, we are working."
بَيْنِنَا وَبَيْنِكَ حِجَابٌ فَاعْمَلْ إِنَّنَا عَامِلُونَAnd when you ask [his wives] for something, ask them from behind
وَإِذَا سَأَلْتُمُوهُنَّ مَتَاعًا فَاسْأَلُوهُنَّ مِن وَرَاءِto bring down over themselves [part] of their outer garments
يُدْنِينَ عَلَيْهِنَّ مِن جَلَابِيبِهِنَّto wrap [a portion of] their headcovers over their chests
وَلْيَضْرِبْنَ بِخُمُرِهِنَّ عَلَىٰ جُيُوبِهِنَّ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما معنى الحجاب لغة وشرعاً؟ الشيخ صالح بن فوزان الفوزان — youtube.com
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