Commenting on the Arabic word ‘اِسۡتِشۡرَاف’ [Istishraaf] mentioned in the above Hadees, a renowned commentator, a great thinker of Ummah, Mufti Ahmad Yar Khan رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه has said: It means watching something carefully or it means making something attractive so that people will look at it. In other words, when a woman does not observe veil, Satan makes her look attractive to people who then gaze her for no obvious reason. As the saying goes, ‘One likes the wife of someone else and children of his own. And one considers others to be richer than him and considers himself to be wiser than others.’ (Mirat-ul-Manajih, vol. 5, pp. 17)

کریں اسلامی بہنیں شرعی پردہ

عطا ان کو حَیا شاہِ اُمَم ہو

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب                                      صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

Why is purdah only for women?

Dear Islamic brothers! Undoubtedly, Islam is such a pure religion which guards the honour and chastity of women, it is for the reason, woman is commanded to stay in the home so that she, staying in the home, could take care of domestic affairs gracefully, fulfil the rights of her husband, give proper upbringing to her children and guard her chastity and honour. A woman’s stay in her home is immensely important and it guarantees many advantages. In this context, let’s listen to some Madani pearls mentioned on page 105 of the 170-page book ‘Islami Zindagi’:

1.         A woman is a wealth of the home and the wealth is kept hidden. It is of great risk to show it to everyone as it might be stolen. Similarly, it is necessary to hide woman from others.

Woman in home is like a flower in a garden and the flower blossoms in garden. If it is brought out of its garden, plucking from its bud then it will get faded. In the same way, woman’s garden is her home and family. Don’t bring her out of her home for nothing otherwise she will also get