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[quote]We have received very good arguements from both the sides giving a real life to our forum discussion. Thank you all [:)] Am sure our forum visitors will benefit from this debate.

[blue]As shehzads mentioned, I have noticed that the ladies in the Pakistani or Indian and Bangladeshi society who do not cover their heads in public, instantly put a Dupatta or a head cover on as soon as they hear Adhan or when they pray Namaz,Meelad or when a Naat or Quran recitation is heard. I just want to understand what is the motive behind this. If you ask them they will say, &quot;Well, it is to give respect to Allah and Rasool saw.&quot;

So somewhere in their minds they believe that head cover is associated with some kind of respect! May be this comes from their culture and tradition they are sub-conciously attached to.

Secondly, although I do not believe that head cover determines one's faith and a woman cannot be a good Muslimah if she does not cover her head or face, but I feel that in order to cover the rest of the body, head cover plays a role of a Guardian, you may call it. I have seen in the history of women's clothing in various cultures and religions that wherever women dropped their head covers down, it became too easy to slip the clothing down from the neck,gradually exposing the top part of their chests in low necks, you can see these neck designs in all tailor shops and boutiques in Pakistan today, down down and hence the briefest of Libas or dress was the result for the daughter of Eve.

Hence I suppose that just like the Sunnah prayers or rakahs are not fard but they guard our fard prayers, similarly head cover is not fard but guards our fard covering of the parts of the body which must be covered in order to save us from promisquity.[/blue]

[purple]To my Artist daughter, I gave an example of a &quot;Picture with it's frame&quot; The frame is these extra measures we take in order to protect our main picture i.e. the main action or deed which is fard/obligatory, perhaps protected by some optional acts.[/purple]

[green]But again we cannot generalize this fact. There are women who stick to a certain modest dress code very strictly throughout their lives without covering their heads or faces, but there are others who would stick to the latter as they feel that they can protect their modesty and faith better in a dress code which includes head or face cover. What is important is to understand the essence &amp; main purpose of the value.[/green][/quote]

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