Similarly, veil-observing Islamic sister is taunted in the following manner also, ‘The world has gone so advanced and you are still so old fashioned! Religion is not that strict. There should only be the purdah (veil) of heart.’ مَـعَـاذَ الـلّٰـه

How is it to say, “There should be only veil of heart”?

The following question was asked to Shaykh-e-Tareeqat, Ameer-e-Ahl-e-Sunnat, ‘Allamah Maulana Abu Bilal Muhammad Ilyas ‘Attar Qaadiri Razavi Ziyaee دَامَـتْ بَـرَكَـاتُـهُـمُ الْـعَـالِـيَـه:

What is the truth behind the phrase “there should be only veil of heart”?        He دَامَـتْ بَـرَكَـاتُـهُـمُ الْـعَـالِـيَـه replied: This is a great and an extremely evil trap of Satan. Moreover, this phrase denies those Ayahs of the Holy Quran that command one from covering the apparent body. For example, it is stated in part 22, Surah Al-Ahzaab, Ayah 33:

وَ قَرْنَ فِیْ بُیُوْتِكُنَّ وَ لَا تَبَرَّجْنَ تَبَرُّجَ الْجَاهِلِیَّةِ الْاُوْلٰى

Translation from Kanz-ul-Iman: And stay in your homes and do not remain unveiled like the former unveiling in the times of ignorance.

Under this blessed Ayah, it is written in Tafseer Siraat-ul-Jinaan, volume 8, page 21: i.e. the way the women of the pre-Islamic era of ignorance used to remain unveiled, you should not observe unveiling like that. Mufassireen have different opinions in regards to the eras of former and latter ‘جَاهِلِیَّةِ’ [ignorance]. One of the opinions is that the era of former Jahiliyyah refers to the period before Islam. During that time, women would go out strutting and revealing their adornment and beauty so that (stranger) men gaze at them. They would wear such clothes that would not cover their body parts properly. Furthermore, the era of latter Jahiliyyah refers to the last era in which, the affairs of people will be like those of the former people. (Khaazin,  Al-Ahzaab, Taht-al-Ayah: 33, vol. 3, pp. 499; Jalalayn, Al-Ahzaab, Taht-al-Ayah: 33, pp. 354)

A’la Hadrat رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه states: The concept that “Baatin [i.e. heart] should be pure, no matter how the apparent form is”, is baseless. It is stated in a blessed Hadees, ‘If his heart was pure, then his apparent form would have