shredding the cloak of modesty, the glitters of the modern world have killed our sense of self-respect, this so-called progress has renamed immodesty with ‘fashion’ causing it to be found in every household with the help of media. The blind culture of immodesty is on course to destroy modesty; this is the reason for immodesty becoming widespread these days.

Boy and girl meeting after getting engaged

One main cause of this is distance from the knowledge of Islam, which gives further room for heedlessness. The result of this very distance from Islamic knowledge and mass ignorance is the removal of Shar’i obstacles between the boy and girl being able to see each other, speak to each other, exchange gifts and meet one another, despite the boy and girl still being non-Mahram for each other after engagement as they were before, until their Nikah. Therefore, only after the Nikah will uncovering in front of each other and speaking to each other become permissible for the two; until the Nikah is done, they are not husband and wife, and neither are each other’s parents their in-laws. Despite being engaged, they must veil from each other and observe the veil with each other’s parents.

Unfortunately, the Islamic legal rulings regarding veiling are overlooked after the engagement even more than before the engagement; not only do they meet each other freely, but they converse, laugh, joke and even start going out wandering around despite it being Haraam (prohibited) and an act leading to hell. Remember! Even after the engagement, both of them are still non-Mahram for each other.

Remember! Whoever fills his eyes with Haraam, Allah Almighty will fill his eyes with fire on the Day of Judgement. (Mukashafa-tul-Quloob, p. 10)

Whoever looks at a non-Mahram, on the Day of Judgement, needle of Hell will be inserted in his eyes. (Bahr-ud-Dumu’, p. 171)

Those who gratify themselves by watching movies and dramas, it is as if they are daring to present themselves upon the fire of hell.

Those who do not care about the rulings of Shari’ah, it is possible that they will be inflicted with great hardships on the Day of Judgement.