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[quote]Nida

[quote]Assalaamu 'Alaikum Brother marwan. There are a few people who say that for some men, the face of a woman is more attractive than her hair; then why doesn't Allah order the women to hide their faces?
They also say that a woman may look attractive if she shows off her hair, but what about men? Men also look attractive at times when they show off their hair. Should they start covering their hair then? 
Brother, I know extremely well that all these questions are very illogical. But I just wanna know from you how these should be answered? How would [b]you[/b] answer these people?[/quote]

1- a few people who say that for some men, the face of a woman is more attractive than her hair; then why doesn't Allah order the women to hide their faces?

well: -

o- The hair is an ornamental decoration around the face, it adds to the overall appearance of the face, who looks better, a bald woman or a woman with nice hair? As to which is preferred, the hair or the face, well either way, covering the hair decreases the appeal of the face.

o- Alah may well have not ordered the covering of the face specifically for the choice and ease of the lady.  However the mandate to cover what contributes to the beauty in 24:31 which, held in balance with the evidence I cite (in my article, 
e.g. 24:30) to show that at least a part of the face is expected to be normally exposed, we can see that the woman certainly has the option to cover her face.

2- They also say that a woman may look attractive if she shows off her hair, but what about men? Men also look attractive at times when they show off their hair. Should they start covering their hair then?

Generally for such comments...

It is the position of the Qur'an that Muslims should help each other in righteousness: -

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And (as for) the believing men and the believing women, they are allies of each other; they enjoin good and forbid evil and keep up prayer and pay the poor-rate, and obey Allah and His Messenger; (as for) these, Allah will show mercy to them; surely Allah is Mighty, Wise.

Hence men should dress in a manner which makes it easier for women.

But it is clear that Allah has not put as many regulations on dress for men as was put on women.  This makes practical sense for the following reasons: -

1- Men are thought to react more to visual-sexual stimuli, their capacity to objectify a woman's body being undeniable.
2- Women are BY FAR the largest victims of sexual harrasment and attacks.
3- women want to be appreciated physically to a very large extent, which is why women nowadays do so much to look attractive to everyone, make up, diets, freaking out about appearance, tight clothes, make up etc etc etc...  So removing  the avenue of looking attractive and nice when going out removes this time wasting burden from the woman.  This allows only her mind, taqwa and eeman to be the proper concern of any man she finds the need to talk to, and helps her to fly under the sexual attraction radar of unscrupulous men.

It makes practical sense for women to dress more to reduce the first problem above and hence reduce the second problem.

People who give out about this really need to start living in the real world.

Finally, why didn't Allah explicitly tell women to cover their faces and for men to cover up more?  Because Allah did not and Allah does what he wills.

I hope these help, please discuss them if you find them deficient in logic.[/quote]

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