Veil and Women

Dear Islamic sisters! In this blessed verse, it is an order for all Muslim women that when they go out, they should be veiled and that they should cover their bodies properly. اَلْـحَمْـدُ لـِلّٰـه, the religion of Islam has this honour that it has laid out the best principles to establish a pure society.

The things that deter the prevalence of decency and modesty in the society, our religion has laid out the best teachings to terminate them. Immodesty and lustful literature are like a lethal poison to the society, where the religion of Islam has emphasized on wiping out such things, it also focuses on the eradication of such motives which encourage the prevalence of immodesty, shamelessness and nudity. That is the same reason why Allah Almighty has ordered women in the Noble Quran to stay in their homes and to not leave without any religiously lawful necessity. How did the pure wives رَضِیَ اللهُ عَنْھُم of the Beloved Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم act upon this command? Let’s see some examples.

1. Only the Funeral left the house:

Sayyidatuna Sawdah رَضِیَ اللهُ عَنْهَا, the pious wife of our Beloved Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم, had offered only one Hajj and Umrah. She did not perform Hajj or Umrah other than that. She used to say, the reason behind this is that, ‘I have offered Hajj as well as Umrah, Allah Almighty has ordered me to stay at home. I swear by Allah Almighty, I will not leave the house again.’ The honourable person who related this parable says: By Allah Almighty! She never came out of her door until her funeral left from there.

 (Durr-e-Mansoor, Surah Al-Ahzaab, Taht-ul-Ayah 33, vol. 6, pp. 599)

The Pure Wives and Veil

The mother of the believers, Sayyidatuna ‘Aaishah Siddiqah رَضِیَ اللهُ عَنْهَا says: We (the pure wives) were in Ihram (during the journey of Hajj) with the Noble Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم. When the travellers passed by us, each one of us used to drop our shawls from the head in front of our faces and when they had moved on, we would reveal our faces. (Abu Dawood, vol. 2, p. 241, Hadees 1833)