Dear Islamic brothers! Everyone may well be aware of the fact that Islam has declared it very important to observe Shar’i veil. As long as Muslim women observed Islamic veil strictly, Islamic society remained very successful and affluent. But when the Muslims gave up observing Islamic veil, our society was led to the brink of disaster with many social evils becoming common, such as unlawful gazing, obscenity, vulgarity, unlawful love. In today’s speech, we will be listening to the Madani pieces of advice about the same topic. Let’s first listen to a parable in this regard.

Satanic trap

Sayyiduna ‘Abdur Rahman Bin Ziyad رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه has stated: Sayyiduna Musa عَـلٰى نَبِـيِّنَا وَعَـلَـيْهِ الـصَّلٰوةُ وَالـسَّلَام was present somewhere. The cursed Satan came to him. Satan was wearing a multi-coloured large cap. He came near Sayyiduna Musa عَـلَـيْهِ الـصَّلٰوةُ وَالـسَّلَام, removed the colourful cap and placed it in front of him. Then he said: ‘O Musa (عَـلَـيْهِ الـصَّلٰوةُ وَالـسَّلَام)! Peace be upon you.’ Sayyiduna Musa عَـلَـيْهِ الـصَّلٰوةُ وَالـسَّلَام asked him: ‘Who are you?’ He said: ‘I am Iblees (Satan).’ Listening to it, Sayyiduna Musa عَـلَـيْهِ الـصَّلٰوةُ وَالـسَّلَام said: ‘You are Iblees! May Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ not protect you! May you be ruined! Why have you come to me?’ The cursed Iblees replied: ‘In the court of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ, you have a great and high status. You area Holy Nabi of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ. Hence I have come to say Salam to you.’ Sayyiduna Musa عَـلَـيْهِ الـصَّلٰوةُ وَالـسَّلَام asked: ‘Why are you wearing this multi-coloured cap? What do you do by means of it?’ Iblees replied: ‘This is my trap. Through it, I capture the hearts of people. I entrap and defeat them.’ Listening to it, Sayyiduna Musa عَـلَـيْهِ الـصَّلٰوةُ وَالـسَّلَام further asked: How do you defeat the pious people? Satan replied: When man gets proud (of his deeds), considers his good deeds to be important, and forgets his sins, so I entrap him and defeat him. O Musa (عَـلَـيْهِ الـصَّلٰوةُ وَالـسَّلَام)! I warn you of 3 things:

1.         Never stay with a non-Mahram woman in seclusion [i.e. in privacy] because when a man is [in seclusion] with a non-Mahram woman, I am the third one between them and I make them commit the sin.

Whenever you make any promise to Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ, do fulfil it. And be quick to fulfil it because whenever a person makes a promise to Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ, I and my fellows obstruct him from fulfilling it.