HIJAB
"O you believe! Enter not
the prophets house until permission is given to you for a
meal,(and then) not(so early as) to wait for it's preperation;
but when you are invited, enter; and when you have taken your
meal, disperse without seeking vain talk. Such behaviour annoys
the prophet; he is ashamed to dismiss you, but Allah is not
ashamed to tell you the truth. And when you ask the prophets
wives for anything you want, ask them from behind a screen (Hijab);
that makes for greater purity for your hearts and theirs. Nor
is it right for you to annoy Allah's messenger, or that you
should marry his widows after him at any time. Truly such a
thing is in Allah's sight an enormity." (surah ahzab53)
This verse tells us to
etiquettes for an Islamic way of life, Hijab for women and how
to behave upon being invited into some ones home.These days the
word Hijab has been translated to mean headscarf. This is
wrong, Hijab means screen, curtain partition, in other words
'something that covers and conceals completely.It was this
verse (surah ahzab 53) that made Hijab Fard, before this women
were not required to wear Hijab.
The following Ayah also
indicates the necessity of Hijab:
"O prophet!
Tell your wives and daughters, and believing women that they
should cast (Yudnina 'Alaihinna) their outer garments (Jalabib)
over them; so that it is likelier that they will be known and
not harmed; and Allah is All-forgiving, Most merciful."(Surah
Ahzab 59)
Jalabib is the plural of
Jalbab, Jalbab is an outer wrap sheet or even blanket something
that covers head to toe.Yudnina 'Alaihinna , the root word Adna
means to bring something closer and as Ala has been added it is
taken to mean closer to you so Alaihinna points to the fact the
term means to cover themselves head to foot, some scholars say,
covering the face but some say not covering the face.However
Ibn Abbas described Jalbab like this 'Allah commanded Muslim
women to pull this sheet on top of them to cover their bodies
except one eye, when it is necessary for them to come out of
their house.
WHY WOMEN SHOULD VEIL
"Aisha reported that
Asmaa the daughter of Abu Bakr came to the Messenger of Allah
(Allah bless him and give him peace) while wearing thin clothing.
He approached her and said: 'O Asmaa! When a girl reaches the
menstrual age, it is not proper that anything should remain
exposed except this and this. He pointed to the face and hands."
THIS HADITH
IS WEAK!
I have Finally found the
proof of how it is weak. It is in the book "Al-Hijab" by Shaikh
Muhamman Bin Saleh Bin Uthaimin ( who is one of the biggest
Ullima alive today). Anyway in the book on page number #17 and 18
he mentions this hadith and how it is weak...
1. The Hadith is narrated
from Khalid Bin Dareek, who narrated the hadith from Aisha, when
the Muhadith found NO LINK BETWEEN Aisha (RAA) and Khalid Bin
Dareek, so the chain of narrators is interrupted! Making the
hadith weak.
2. The chain of narrators
also contains Sa'eed Bin Basheer who is known by all the muhadith
to be a weak narrator (This view was quoted from Imaan Ahmed Bin
Hanbal, Ibn Ma'een, Nasai and Ibn Madeeni).
With these in mind we have
to understand we cannot use weak hadith on the issue against MANY
strong hadith from Bukhari and Muslim on the Niqaab.
And it is also quoted on
page # 9 of the book that Ibn Abbas (RAA) said " Allah (swt) has
commanded the believing women that if they must emerge from their
houses because of necessity they must cover everything but one
eye to see the way." This veiw was also held by Aisha (RAA), Umme
Salamh (RAA) and Abu Ubaidah (RAA) and Ibn Masood (RAA)!