tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45304466228960263412024-03-13T03:06:45.446-07:00Beautiful MuslimahPixiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08451049563167761015noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4530446622896026341.post-8193652967411052532020-02-27T23:30:00.001-08:002020-02-27T23:30:13.583-08:00WHAT TO WEAR: Casual summer cotton dots-print dress<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I really love the red cotton "dots" dress worn by <span style="color: #990000;">@mariellehaon</span> on her insta account last summer. It makes me want to go search for red dot printed fabric to make a more modest alternative!<br />
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The closest online ones I could find were on aliexpress but nothing I would order really. I love the idea of a creamy scarf, instead of an obvious white one.</div>
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<b> Abaya:</b> I tailored it myself from fabric I bought here in Oman but I have found the same sort of style on www.aliexpress.com<br />
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<b>Skirt:</b> Vintage (and I am wearing it with a cotton black button up top that was from Mango).<br />
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<b>Shoes:</b> Vintage<br />
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<b>Basket:</b> From Fanja Souq in Oman<br />
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Pixiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08451049563167761015noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4530446622896026341.post-61155529210868436212020-02-27T07:41:00.000-08:002020-02-27T23:31:13.546-08:00WHAT TO WEAR: casual summer with a leopard print shirt and white cotton top<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Hello blog. Longtime since you have heard from me, I know.<br />
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I am bored tonight, and I decided to say hi again in the most superficial way possible in the form of a fashion "inspiration board"///make it modest type of post. It is 2020 now. Crazy, right? But I don't feel like explaining my absence or my personal life, or my Islam tonight (forgive) so this is the best I have to offer right now.<br />
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It is the world of Instagram these days, and Tiktok, and youtube, and blogs seem so old-school...but...I like antique and old things. I browse Instagram though:), and I did love this outfit by a classic European insta-girl <span style="color: #990000;">@jestem_kasia</span> :<br />
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The leopard skirt, basket, and simple white cotton shirt just seemed so fresh and summery! (Of course it is winter now, but I live in Muscat, Oman now, not Canada anymore, and so, winter in Oman is like summer in Canada.<br />
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I found the white cotton tunic dress in my inspiration board from <span style="font-size: 20px;"><span style="color: #990000;">Riva</span> </span>(<i><span style="color: red;">www.rivafashion.com</span></i>) and I own a long leopard skirt that is vintage that I wear already. I am big on trying to be sustainable these days, and I love vintage, and I love baskets. I don't personally own a French market bag, or a wicker basket like the European insta set, but I do have palm frond baskets from Oman from <span style="color: #990000;">@alejtyah </span>who hand-makes them.</div>
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I would probably still wear an abaya on top of this leaving my yard but:) I do like the look of it. Nice and cool.</div>
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Pixiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08451049563167761015noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4530446622896026341.post-51675516996867626802020-02-27T06:53:00.000-08:002020-02-27T06:53:30.466-08:00Was It for Lust?-An Answer about the wives of the Prophet Mohammed S.A.W<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Any of those who wish to attack Islam must first attack the reputation of our beloved Prophet Mohammed (<em>salla Allah alaihi wa sallam</em>), as indeed has been done by the enemies of Islam since the day Allah (<em>Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala</em>) first guided His Messenger to testify to the Oneness of God. To do so in this day and age, they often bring up the issue of multiple wives, to scare us away from seeking out more knowledge of who this man actually was who Allah (<em>Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala</em>) chose to reveal the Qu'ran to and have him worthy enough to guide mankind in its matters.<br />
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It has always been easy for an educated historian to reply to that: Christianity and Judaism also allowed for multiple wives as King Soloman had <strong>700 wives</strong> and over<strong> 300 slaves</strong> in the Torah and the Bible. Islam is the only religion to have put a cap on how many wives a man could have [four] and remains the only religion to say it is better to marry only one. Critics of Islam will then ask, why did the Prophet Mohammed (<em>salla Allah alaihi wa sallam</em>) marry more than one then?<br />
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The first wife (and first Muslim) of the Prophet Mohammed (<em>salla Allah alaihi wa sallam</em>), was a 40 year old twice widowed woman of great wealth and beauty belonging to the clan of Banu Hashim named Khaidijah bint Khuwaylid (may Allah be pleased with her) who was also the mother of three sons. Khadijah bint Khuwaylid was much sought after as a wife by many for both her beauty, and her wealth. By 585 CE, Khadijah was left a widow and the mother of three sons. Despite having married twice, and twice losing her husband to the ravaging wars to which Arabia was subjected, she showed no inclination to marry a third time, even though she was sought for marriage by many honorable and highly respected men of the Arabian peninsula, throughout which she was quite famous, due to her business dealings. </div>
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The Prophet Mohammed (<em>salla Allah alaihi wa sallam</em>) who was 15 years younger than Khadijah, was also of a noble family, but he was an orphan and was not a man of many means. He had made a meager living tending sheep in the hills surrounding the city. Yet, at 25 years old, he had an impeccable moral character, and he was widely known as one of the most honest men around, and his reputation for honesty helped his uncle Abu Talib to convice Khaidjah to hire him on with one of her caravans. She sent him one of her servants, Maysarah, who was young, brilliant, and talented, to assist him and be Mohammed's bookkeeper. She also trusted Maysarah's account regarding her new employee's conduct, an account that was most striking, indeed one that encouraged her to abandon her decision never to marry again. After he came back from his first business trip, she asked her servant, whom she sent with him, about him and his conduct. The servant amazed her by his report: this young man was the kindest, gentlest man he had ever met. Never did he treat the servant harshly, as many others do. Yet, there was more: as they traveled in the heat of the desert, the servant noticed that a cloud had followed them the entire time, shading them from the blazing sun.</div>
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With the passage of time, Khadijah's admiration for Muhammad (<em>salla Allah alaihi wa sallam</em>), developed into a deeper affection. Khadijah was by then convinced that she had finally found a man who was worthy of her, so much so that she initiated the marriage proposal <strong>herself, </strong>sending her sister to speak with him about marriage. She asked him, "Why are you not married, yet?" "For lack of means," he answered. "What if I could offer you a wife of nobility, beauty, and wealth? Would you be interested?" she told him. He replied in the affirmative, but when she mentioned Khadijah, the young employee chuckled in amazement. "How could <strong>I </strong>marry her?! She has turned down the most noble men in the city, much wealthier and prominent than me, a poor shepherd," he said. "Don't you worry," the sister replied, "I'll take care of it." </div>
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The Prophet Mohammed (<em>salla Allah alaihi wa sallam</em>), at twenty-five years of age married forty year old widowed beauty Khadijah bint Kuwaylid, and they remained married for 25 years. In a time when marriage to a woman meant taking over ownership of all her property and taking multiple wives, the Prophet (<em>salla Allah alaihi wa sallam</em>) never took a dinar of Khadijah's money that she did not give in a gift to him and to the cause of Islam, and he never thought of divorcing her and making off with her money to marry a younger prettier entourage (as he was legally entitled to do so in the land but NOT within the laws of Islam [so the argument that he just married her and had to be faithful to her for her money is NULL]). It wasn't until after his death that he began to consider marriage again, and when he finally agreed, it was, he said, it was because he so missed the companionship of Khadijah. </div>
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The Prophet Muhammad (<em>salla Allah alaihi wa sallam</em>) mourned her deeply, and even after her death, the Prophet would send food and support to Khadijah's friends and relatives, out of love for his first wife. Once, years after Khadijah died, he came across a necklace that she once wore. When he saw it, he remembered her and began to cry. His love for her never died, so much so, that his later wife, A'isha became jealous of her memory. Once she asked the Prophet if Khadijah had been the only woman worthy of his love. The Prophet replied: "She believed in me when no one else did; she accepted Islam when people rejected me; and she helped and comforted me when there was no one else to lend me a helping hand."</div>
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Much has been made and said about Prophet Muhammad's (<em>salla Allah alaihi wa sallam</em>), multiple marriages. There are many who smear the Prophet (<em>salla Allah alaihi wa sallam</em>), as a womanizing philanderer, citing his multiple marriages. This is absolute propaganda. As a response to those who malign the Prophet, as if the Prophet were anything of the sort, he would have taken advantage of his youth to do such a thing. But he did not! At a time when it was a common custom to have multiple wives, the Prophet (<em>salla Allah alaihi wa sallam</em>), did not marry anyone else while he was with Khadijah. </div>
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It was only two years after Khadijah died, may God be pleased with her, that he married other women. He was then 52 years old. Let us examine his other marriages. First off, all of them excepting Aisha (<em>R.A</em>) were widows, many with children that he had to struggle to support. For instance, Sawda (<em>R.A</em>), was <strong>EIGHTY YEARS OLD</strong> and a widow. One woman, Safiyah (<em>R.A</em>) converted to Islam and divorced her husband and no one else offered to care for her. One woman was Christian, and one was Jewish.</div>
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As for Aisha (<em>R.A</em>) the Prophet <em>salla Allah alaihi wa sallam</em> asked for her hand from Abu Bakr when she was 8 years old and in the presence of the girl's mother who agreed, and they were married when she was ten. Aisha (<em>R.A</em>) had her period by then (I had mine at eight years of age). One of my grandmothers got married at fifteen in 1913, and the other at sixteen in 1930....Anyways, Aisha (<em>R.A</em>) loved her husband very much, and she is historically documented to have expressed how much in various recorded hadith. People like to call him, <em>astaghfurallah</em>, a child molester, would have to accuse their own ancestors of the same thing, because if you go back a few hundred years, let alone the same century as the Prophet Mohammed's lifetime, your own ancestor's will be marrying very young. Marie Antionette of Austria/France, for example, was married at fourteen years old (as soon as she had her menstruation).</div>
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C'mon people that-- <strong><em>astighfurallah---</em></strong> accuse the Prophet <em>salla Allah alaihi wa sallam</em> of being a pervert: most of these wives were widows, whom the Prophet <em>salla Allah alaihi wa sallam</em> married to care after them, or they were the daughters of prominent Arab chieftains, so that the Prophet could form a cohesive Muslim society out of a fiercely tribalistic Arab culture. While doing so, the Prophet Mohammed salla Allah alaihi wa sallam was very much in his old age and was being persecuted and forced out his land for nine years, tying rocks to his abdomen because of hunger from lack of food, sleeping on straw mats... Sure, he definitely needed another mouth to feed. I'm sure, at fifty+ years and nigh starving to death all he could think about was sex. I don't know if you've ever been hungry, like I mean, you haven't eaten for weeks, well, your sex drive is one of the first things to go... C'MON!!!!!!! The smears against the Prophet <em>salla Allah alaihi wa sallam</em> fall flat on their faces once the light of truth shines brightly upon them.</div>
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Pixiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08451049563167761015noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4530446622896026341.post-77672794577198895322020-02-27T06:43:00.001-08:002020-02-27T06:43:43.700-08:00Ange's Awesome Post about the Wives of the Prophet Mohammed S.A.W<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PGM5komqCws/SaYi7zNUjQI/AAAAAAAAGeQ/kR-S8PuVitw/s1600-h/lisa-valentine.jpg"></a>Ange from <a class="l" href="http://hegab-rehab.blogspot.com/">ﷲӇҿɡɑɓ~Ṙҿɧɑɓﷲ</a> just posted, mashaAllah, this awesome entry (so I had to re-post it):<br />
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(based on the Prophet's Life)<br />
The Prophet had 12 wives over his life time.<br />
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Khadijah Bint Khuwaylid (first wife - for 25 years until her death)</div>
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Sawdah Bint Zamaah (widow)<br />
Aisha Bint Abi Bakr (the only virgin)<br />
Hafsah Bint Omar<br />
Zainab Bint Khuzaymah<br />
Umm Salamah a.k.a Hind Bint Otbah (widow)<br />
Zainab Bint Jahsh<br />
Juwayriyah Bint Al-Harith<br />
Safiyah Bint Huyay Ibn Akhtab (Jewish)<br />
Ummo Habibah Ramlah Bint Abi Sofian (widow)<br />
Mariya Bint Shamoun (Egyptian & christian)<br />
Maymonah Bint Al-Harith</div>
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ONLY ONE WAS A VIRGIN (Aisha). The rest were previously widows or divorced. Safiya was a Jew and Mariya was a Christian. He married Khadijah when he was 25 and she was 40 years old. They stayed married until she died, when he was 50 (25 year long marriage). He mourned her for 2 years and remarried at age 52. He married Sawdah, who was 80 years old, in order to honour her for becoming Islam's first widow. It is said that Mohammed the Man married Khadijah, but Mohammed the Prophet married the rest. From the ages of 52-60 he remarried several times for political and social reasons (bring tribes together, political alliances, etc). This was done many times throughout world and religious history.. others who were polygamous (in Islam - Biblical Sources) were Prophets: Ibrahim (Abraham), Dawood (King David) & Sulaiman (King Soloman).</div>
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A certain type of woman was not preferred above another: The virginal status of the woman didnt matter - as in it was not important if she was previously married (therefore not a virgin). The age of the wife did not matter, whether very young or very old (as long as she had menstrual cycles a.k.a considered a woman in those days). Many girls, once they had reached puberty, were considered women in areas like Rome, Persia and Arabia. The social status of the wife did not matter. The religion of the wife did not matter (as long as she was from the People of the Book {Jewish, Muslim or Christian}).He married for friendship ties and strengthening relationships: He married Abi Bakr's daughter and Omar's sister to strengthen the relationship. He married his own daughters to Ali and Othman. He married Mariya the Egyptian. Afterwards, the Egyptians sided with him and embraced Islam. After he married Juwayriyah, the people of her tribe, Bani Al-Mustalaq, embraced Islam after battling with the Muslims.</div>
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Why am I telling you this????<br />
I write this in the hope of Brothers, who are looking to marry, to stop fussing over whether their prospective bride is a virgin or not. Whether she was married before. Whether she is Christian or Jewish. Many of the mothers of these wanting-to-marry Brothers go crazy about making sure their sons marry 'innocent' virgins, who come from a good muslim family (good usually by their own cultural standings and class - not by islamic standards). They reject and veto any thought of their precious son marrying a girl who is a Christian or a Jew... or even a Muslim girl who was previously married and now divorced. They even prefer a younger girl and subhanna'Allah they will reject a prospective girl just because she is maybe one or two years older than the boy, even though our beloved Prophet married his first wife who was 15 years older! Subhanna'Allah!Sons and Mothers - please think about the Prophet's marital life and experiences and what is really preferred for a husband. Stop fussing over age, virginity, social class and status, etc.Think about what marital life really needs - a caring, devout, religious, kind, devoted, well mannered, respectful, loving wife who will take beautiful care and love of her husband and any children they have together. Because marrying an attractive virgin from a wealthy, well classed family WILL NOT guarantee any man's happiness or a secured Islamic future. </div>
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Pixiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08451049563167761015noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4530446622896026341.post-60765862760706596982009-02-21T19:09:00.001-08:002020-02-27T06:44:42.479-08:00WHAT TO WEAR: when doing laundry or having a cold<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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You know what I love about abaya? You always look perfectly put together when you go out, no matter what, modest and presentable.</div>
Pixiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08451049563167761015noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4530446622896026341.post-91163685067057483642009-01-14T19:16:00.001-08:002020-02-27T06:58:16.222-08:00WHAT TO WEAR: Ski hijab<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PGM5komqCws/SW6q15T_7sI/AAAAAAAAGEs/arIx8mTQdPE/s1600-h/ski+chic.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291354455101402818" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PGM5komqCws/SW6q15T_7sI/AAAAAAAAGEs/arIx8mTQdPE/s400/ski+chic.jpg" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 331px;" /></a> This coat is totally and completely as modest as a jilbab so when I hit the slopes I don't need my abaya---and make sure you've got a warm pashmina for your hijab cuz the shayla fabric makes me shiver.</div>
Pixiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08451049563167761015noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4530446622896026341.post-89898611110373572822008-09-26T09:58:00.000-07:002020-02-27T07:11:31.329-08:00The Arguement that Niqab (Face Covering) is Wajib (Obligatory)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<strong><span style="color: #ff6666;">The fight over whether or not a woman has to cover her face has been around for a long, long time, and it is something we should all research the daleel (evidence of) so we don't divide ourselves unnecessarily, one camp insulting niqabis sayings they give Islam a bad image, and the other saying the women who don't cover their faces are gonna have acid thrown on them in Jahanum. Umm, yeah, these are the two extremes. Scary one-eyed lady at the Saudi super-market, shame on you! telling the poor ex-pat woman her face was going to be burned off, and shame on all you hijabi sisters who don't support your niqabi sisters! Do not insult a sunnah--- EVER, until you know without question it was a bid'a, innovation, rather than a valid part of your deen, Islam. </span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="color: #ff6666;">This is the first argument I heard that pointed out to me that wearing a face covering was INDEED part of my religion, and not just a cultural innovation of the time. Please note, this is not my argument:</span></strong></div>
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Allah (SWT) says in the Quran <span style="color: #009900;">"O Prophet! Tell your wives and your daughters and the women of the believers to draw their cloaks</span> (veils all over their bodies (i.e. screen themselves completely except the eyes or one eye to see the way)<span style="color: #009900;">" </span><span style="color: #009900;">(Surah Al-Ahzaab – Verse #</span><span style="color: #009900;">59)</span> and the Ayah is explained by Aisha (Radhiallaahu Ánha) herself in this hadith from Al Bukhari: <span style="color: #993399;"><span style="color: #663366;">"Narrated Safiya bint Shaiba: 'Aisha (Radhiallaahu Ánha) used to say:</span> </span><span style="color: #663366;">"When (the Verse): "They should draw their veils over their necks and bosoms," was revealed, (the ladies) cut their waist sheets at the edges and covered their faces with the cut pieces." [Sahih Al-Bukhari Volume 6, Book 60,Hadith # 282]. </span></div>
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Allah (SWT) says in the most holy Quran <span style="color: #009900;">"And Say to the believing women to lower their gaze</span> (from looking at forbidden things), <span style="color: #009900;">and protect their private parts</span> (from illegal sexual acts)<span style="color: #009900;"> and not to show off their adornment except only that which is apparent</span> (like both eyes for necessity to see the way, or outer palms of hands or one eye or dress like veil, gloves, head cover, apron), <span style="color: #009900;">and to draw their veils all over Juyubihinna</span> (i.e. their bodies, faces, necks and bosoms)<span style="color: #009900;">"</span> <span style="color: #009900;">(Surah An-Nur, Verses #30 and #31)</span> ' even for this ayah Aisha (Radhiallaahu Ánha) narrated: <span style="color: #663366;">"May Allah bestow His Mercy on the first Muhajirat. When Allah revealed, '...and draw their Khumur over their Juyubihinna...', they (i.e. the women) tore their material and covered themselves with it." [Saheeh Al-Bukhari]. </span><span style="color: #663366;">
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</span>Ibn Hajar Al-Asqalanee, who is known as Ameer Al-Mu'mineen in the field of Hadith, said that the phrase, "Covered themselves", in the above Hadith means that they "Covered their faces". [FathAl-Bari]. Now you have to think who would understand these ayat better than Aisha (Radhiallaahu Ánha) the MOST knowledgeable women in the matters of deen and the wife of Rasulullah(saw)?<br />
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Ibn Abbas (Radhiallaahu Ánhu) is one of the most learned men from the Sahaba (Radhiallaahu Ánhumaa). Rasulullah (Sallallaahu Álayhi Wasallam) even made duwaa for him saying "O Allah, make him acquire a deep understanding of the religion of Islam and instruct him in the meaning and interpretation of things." He has been cited in Ma'riful Qur'an with reference to Surah Ahzaab on the authority of Ibn Jarir (RA) with a sahih chain of narrators, that "The Muslim women are ordered to cover their head and faces with outer garments except for one eye." Now this is the interpretation of the Quran from a sahabi for who Rasulullah (Sallallaahu Álayhi Wasallam) made duah to be able to understand the interpretation of Quran.<br />
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Imaam Qurtubi cites in his Tafseer of the Ayah on Jilbaab (Al-Ahzab 33:59), that the Jilbaab is: "a cloth which covers the entire body... Ibn 'Abbaas (Radhiallaahu Ánhu) and 'Ubaidah As-Salmaani (Radhiallaahu Ánhu) said that it is to be fully wrapped around the women's body, so that nothing appears but one eye with which she can see." [Tafseer Al-Qurtubi].<br />
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Some people make the false claim that this was only for the wives of the Prophet (Sallallaahu Álayhi Wasallam) but this has been proven wrong from the following hadith: 'Yahya related to me from Malik from Hisham ibn Urwa that <span style="color: #663366;">Fatima bint al-Mundhir said, "We used to veil our faces when we were in ihram in the company of Asma bint Abi Bakr as-Siddiq." [Imaam Malik's MUWATTA Book 20 Hadith # 20.5.16]</span> This again proves that not only the wives of Rasulullah(Sallallaahu Álayhi Wasallam) wore the Niqaab and that even though in Ihram women are not supposed to wear Niqab but if men are there they still have to cover the face as it is supported by this next hadith from Aisha... <span style="color: #663366;">Narrated Aisha, Ummul Mu'minin: (Radhiallaahu Ánha) who said, "The riders would pass us while we were with the Messenger of Allah (Sallallaahu Álayhi Wasallam). When they got close to us, we would draw our outer cloak from our heads over our faces. When they passed by, we would uncover our faces. ] Recorded by Abu Dawud Book 10, Hadith # 1829: </span> Ahmad, Abu Dawud and Ibn Majah have all narrated it , Narrated 'Aisha. [In his work Jilbab al-Marah al-Muslimah, al-Albani states (p. 108) that it is hasan due to corroborating evidence. Also, <span style="color: #663366;">in a narration from Asma {who was not the wife of Rasulullah(Sallallaahu Álayhi Wasallam)}, Asma also covered her face at all times in front of men.] </span><br />
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And scholars of the past and many of the contemporary scholars of today also hold this opinion. Ibn Kathir (RA) wrote "Women must not display any part of their beauty and charms to strangers except what cannot possibly be concealed." And Imaam Ghazaali (RA) mentions in his famous book of Fiqh Ihyaal Uloom "Woman emerged (during the time of Rasulullah 'Sallallaahu Álayhi Wasallam') with NIQAABS on their Faces."</div>
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Shaikh Muhammed Salih Al-Munajjid mentioned in his fatwaa "The most correct opinion, which is supported by evidence, is that it is obligatory to cover the face, therefore young women are forbidden to uncover their faces in front of non-mahram men in order to avoid any mischief, and they should certainly do so when there is fear of fitnah (temptation)." <br />
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Jamiatul Ulama Junbi Africa sate in the book Islamic Hijab by Jamiatul Ulama P.12: that the proper opinion for the Hanafi madhab is that "A woman must be properly and thoroughly covered in a loose outer cloak which totally conceals her entire body including her face!" <br />
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Modern scholars of also think like this, such as Shaikh AbdulAziz Bin Bazz who writes in his book Islamic Fatwas regarding Women " It is compulsory for a woman to cover her face in front of non mahram men" and Shaikh ibn Uthaimin writes in the same book on page # 289 "The Islamic hijab is for the women to cover everything that is forbidden for her to expose. That is, she covers everything that she must cover. The first of those bodily parts that she must cover is her face." Other noted scholars that agree with the niqaab being wajib are Ibn Hajar Al-Asqalanee, Shaikh Jamaal Zarabozo, Shaikh ibn Jibreen, Hakimul Ummah Maulana Ashraf Ali Thanvi, Mufti Ebrahim Desai and many more. <br />
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There are many more hadith and many Islamic scholars of Islam who have agreed upon this, but if we were to quote all of them it would take me writing a book.
And Allah(SWT) knows best.<br />
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-Uthman Ibn Farooq <br />
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<strong><span style="color: #ff6666;">Also, I would like to add, there are more sahih hadith that describe the veiling of the Prophet's wives (may Allah be pleased with them) and the early women of the Sahaba. This is one opinion and ruling. It is not my own, but thought I would share it anyways:)</span></strong></div>
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Pixiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08451049563167761015noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4530446622896026341.post-25397336783218637962008-01-28T13:08:00.000-08:002020-03-14T22:28:55.395-07:00Abu Darda's Wife: A Hadith from Bukhari about dress/fashion's role in Islam<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
ONE FASHIONISTA CONFRONTS THE VALUE OF FASHION IN ISLAM:<br />
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<b><i>(Please note, this article was written by another sister and I did not save the link for it. If you know who I should credit, please share.)</i></b><br />
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"Life goes on and bumps happen and marriages end and fashion matters not in the grand scheme of things. But appearance does matter. The downs of life had me thinking for a while that it didn’t. That’s where the word balance comes in - a word which is very au courant now but which has a history with Islam. My father often likes to relate a bit about the beautiful story of the bond between Salman Al-Farsi and Abu Darda’ to highlight the importance of maintaining a balance with all the spheres in our lives: </div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><i><b>On Leading a Balanced Way of Life: </b></i></span><br />
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<span style="color: #009900;">The Prophet (sa) had established the bond of brotherhood between Salman and Abu Darda’ (sp). Salman went to see Abu Darda’ and found his wife looking disheveled (her appearance was not that of a married woman). He asked her: ‘What’s wrong?’ She replied: ‘Your brother, Abu Darda’ has no worldly desires.’ Then Abu Darda’ arrived and prepared some food for Salman and said: ‘Go ahead and eat, I am fasting.’ Salman said: ‘I shall not eat unless you eat with me.’ So Abu Darda’ ate with him. At night Abu Darda’ arose for the voluntary prayer. Salman told him to go to sleep, so he slept. This happened again. Towards the latter part of the night Salman said to him: ‘Wake up’ and both offered the prayer together. Then Salman said: ‘It is true that you owe your duty to your Lord, but you also owe a duty to yourself and to your wife. So you should carry out your duty to everyone.’ Then they went to the Prophet (sa) and related all that transpired to him. He said: ‘Salman was right.’”</span> - Bukhari</div>
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Somehow the downs of life had shifted my mind into thinking that a woman’s appearance should be un-remarkable, un-commentable to the outside world - i.e., Islamically, she should be so blah if she were really God-fearing that her blahness indicated her level of piety. Warped, I know. On discussing the issue with friends, I found out I wasn’t the only one whose mind had shifted this way. There were a whole bunch of us walking around looking like Abu-Darda’s wife yet there was no Salman Al-Farsi [who was a non-maharam male witnessing her appearence] to ask what was wrong. This is where discussions with a Dad who happens to be an Islamic scholar is handy. He patiently explained that following hijab/dressing modestly does not automatically cancel out a pleasing and agreeable, even fashionable (!) outer appearance. In fact, the Qur’an acknowledges clothing as “a thing of beauty” - but we are also reminded in the same verse that the best garment is God-consciousness (Surah 7, verse 26). What a beautiful reminder of balance! So hijabi fashionistas - look for “things of beauty” on the racks at H&M and Zara and <a href="http://preciousmodesty.blogspot.com/"><em><span style="color: #ff99ff;">Precious Modesty</span></em></a>, but while you’re looking, remember to be wearing your best outfit: God-consciousness."<a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_PGM5komqCws/R54nEFOOf8I/AAAAAAAAAAc/L-dJjZnDDiM/s1600-h/Persian+Rose+Abaya.jpg"></a> </div>
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<i><b>Please again note: this little bit was taken from another sister, and my father is a non-muslim, NOT an Islamic scholar. I totally agree with the article. As long as you are obeying the commandments of hijab (modesty for both MEN and women) you can do what you like with it. Of course it is often culture that tries to pass itself off as Islam that gets us all into a little mess with suppression, or a debasement of the standards of hijab and has everyone running around all confused</b></i></div>
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