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examining the various conditions about the hijab one can
clearly recognize that many of the young muslim women are
not fulfilling these conditions. they consider what they put on
now. wrongly as "hijab"
the enemies of the islamic revival wanted to destroy it in its
infancy by oppression and cruelty. allah (the almighty) defeated their
plots and held the believing men and women steadfast in their
obedience of him (the almighty). the enemies of islam realized that
they should deal with the islamic revival in a wicked way in
order to sway this revival away from its course towards allah.
they started to spread innovated forms of "hijab" as a "mid-
way" solution by which the muslim woman can "please"
allah (they claim so!) and at the same time "accommodate"
her society and preserve her "beauty" and "glamour".
the modern "boutique" stores were declining in their trade
due to the widespread use of the true islamic hijab. suddenly,
the markets were flooded with altered forms of tabar'roj
under the name 'modern/contemporary hijab'. in the
beginning this was protested and women were cautious. a
group of "displaying women" who were embarrassed with the
islamic hijab rushed towards the "contemporary hijab" to
"relief' themselves from the pressing social realities caused
by the spread of hijab. with time the phenomenon of
"concealed display" became widespread and known as
"contemporary hijab". women friendly to this course think
they are the best of girls and best of wives while in fact they
are as one poet said:
if they relate to the hijab-
it is the relation of an intruder
so! o women of this kind be mindful to allah (the almighty) and his
messenger (pbuh) and do not be deceived by those who
may "bless" this action of yours and conceal their true
intentions. do not be deceived and let your response be: " i
am better than those who are in a complete state of
display!" there is no excuse to follow the evil. know that the
fire of hell has different lower levels while
different higher levels. so it is proper to follow your sisters
who truly adhere to the islamic hijab and its conditions. aim
high towards the highest levels of aj-jannah. it has been
narrated that the prophet (pbuh) said:
"انظُرُوا إلى من هُو أسفلَ مِنْكُم في الدُّنيا، وفَوْقَكُم في الدَّين، فذلكَ أجدر أن لا
تَزدَروا- أي تَحتَقِروا- نعمةَ اللهِ عَلَيكُم"
"look at those who stand at lower levels than you (regarding
worldly wealth) and those who stand at higher levels than you
in religion (adherence to faith). for this would not make the
favors (conferred upon you by allah) insignificant (in your
eyes)."(1) az-zohri reported(2) that ummar ibin al-khatab
(may allah be pleased with him) recited the saying of allah (the almighty):
وتَلا عمر بن الخطاب- رضي الله عنه- قوله عزَّ وجَلَّ:
} إِنَّ الَّذِينَ قَالُوا رَبُّنَا اللَّهُ ثُمَّ اسْتَقَامُوا تَتَنَزَّلُ عَلَيْهِمُ
الْمَلَائِكَةُ أَلَّا تَخَافُوا وَلَا تَحْزَنُوا وَأَبْشِرُوا بِالْجَنَّةِ الَّتِي
كُنْتُمْ تُوعَدُونَ { [فُصَّلَت،30]
"verily those who say: "our lord is
allah (alone), and then they stood
straight (i.e. they believed in the
oneness of allah and worshipped none
but him (alone) and obeyed him for
all that he ordered them) on them the
angels will descend (at the time of their
death) (saying ); "fear you not, nor
grieve! but receive the glad tidings of
aj-jannah which you have been
promised!) (qur'an 41:30).
he then said: فقال:
"استقاموا واللهِ للهِ بطاعَتِهِ، ولَم يُرَوغوا رَوَغانَ الثَّعالِب"
" they, by allah. followed the straight path of allah by
obeying him and did not dodge like wolves."
al-hassan al basri, may allah's mercy be upon him, said: " if
shaytan (devil) looks and finds you continuously adhering to
the obedience of allah he will seek you (i.e. check you) one
time after the other. if he finds that you are still holding, he
becomes weary of you and rejects you. but if you adhere one
time and you do not another, then he becomes covetous:
he wants to have you for himself."(3)
so come on to a straight path that has no crookedness and a
guidance that has no misleading ways in it, and to an honest
repentance that has no disobedience in it:
} وَتُوبُوا إِلَى اللَّهِ جَمِيعًا أَيُّهَا الْمُؤْمِنُونَ لَعَلَّكُمْ
تُفْلِحُونَ { الآية [النور،31]
"and turn you all together to allah
(and beg him) to forgive you all, o
believers, that you may be successful."
(qur'an 24:31)
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(1) the origin of this hadeeth was reported in saheeh al-bukhari in the
book of riqaq and muslim in the book of az-zuhd v.4, hadeeth #
7070, p 1530, and at-tirmidhi in the book of qiyamah.
(2) reported by imam ahmed and ibin al-mubarak. imam ahmed
reported it in the book of az-zuhd p. 115 and 110, respectively.
(3) reported by ibin al-mubarak in his book "az-zuhd" p. 7 # 20
