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[quote]>>We're only saying that they should cover their heads. Veiling and secluding women is un-Islamic without doubt. << **************** Here are a couple of questions: 1) Even those women who covered their heads, as you can see from the pictures, not all hair was covered. It was more like an ornament, or for pinning reasons that the headdress was worn. It was more like a loose 'dupatta'/shawl if anything else, which substantiates the cultural practice of that head cover. The Biblical dress for women will only substantiate this point. Had the head cover been mandatory, would there not have been a strict enforcement of covering up all of the head as several Hijabi women do today. 2) Do we have any reports in which the Prophet asked women to cover their head? He has asked them not to wear see through garments, he has instructed men to cover their thighs, he has even commented on the beard as well, The question is do we find the Prophet asking a woman to cover her head properly or in this way or that way? After all he has corrected other aspects of the dress, both for men and women? Even the Hadith attributed to Aishah (RA) is weak as it has no 'mursal'. **************** Finally on the veil and seclusion, these points are actually brought forth by ulama who interpret the verses on khimar, thawb and jilbab as one recommending veiling and seclusion. As you can see its a matter of interpretation. No one agrees completely on what the verses are saying, after all its a human endeavour. In anther context, Maulana Tufail Hashmi of the Federal Shariah Court himself said that any implementation of the Hudood laws should be seen as human interpretation of the Divine law and NOT as the Divine law itself. The same would hold here. In my opinion the head cover was a cultural practice, in your opinion it is mandated It is important that we use the statement 'In my opinion...'. Otherwise we become arrogant spokesmen of God. ***************** Finally, I think that the bulk of the argument rests on the word 'khimar' and its use as an implicit command. Well you can find other implicit refrences in Koran which are not mandated. Example, polygamy. People who believe that head cover is merely being alluded to as a cultural garb, also hold the opinion that polygamy is merely being alluded to and the Koran is certainly NOT encouraging the practice. However this requires appreciation of Classical Arabic grammar, and not many people have a grasp on it. Btw the Koran is clear on what it wants of its addresses. Example the verses on who a man cannot marry. The KOran goes in great detail, forbidden to you are your mothers, daughters, aunts, etc etc.... Likewise for inheritance laws the Koran goes in to great detail, 1/3rd for this, 1/8ths for that and so on. Likewise Koran gives explicit commands, forbidden is the flesh of the swine, blood, carrion... Then why is it that Koran is not giving explicit commands on the head cover? But just on the covering the chest? Because it leaves many things to Sunnah of the Prophet. Method of prayer, Nikah between man and woman, etc. And even in Sunnah, do we find the Prophet's explicit directive to women to cover their heads? Or was it merelt assumed as a cultural practice as the turbans of the men? Edited by: junaidj on Sunday, November 19, 2006 11:08 PM[/quote]
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