05-06-2007, 04:53 PM
[font=Arial]FHC: If any Muslims are interested in continuing this discussion, I'll elaborate on my previous point for clarification.
I meant "were" not "where"... "Where Were Adam & Eve created in original nakedness?" I'm aware that it's appropriate for a married couple to see each other in the nude, however, at what moment did Adam & Eve realize that they needed to wear clothes? Did they hijab immediately or just cover up their private parts? What about their children since they were all family members & women aren't required to hijab in the presence of immediate family???
In other words, when did hijab begin?[/font]
It should be noted that Allaah gave each Messenger his own laws and path. Allaah enjoined Tawheed (belief in the Oneness of Allaah) upon every single Prophet whom He sent, but the laws varied and some of them abrogated others. Some things that were permissible at the time of Adam (peace be upon him) were abrogated at the time of Nooh (peace be upon him). (Their children were allowed to marry each other, but now marriage between brothers and sisters is forbidden). Making prostration of salutation was permitted in the Shari'ah of Yusuf (peace be upon him) but is illegal in ours.
The laws that existed at the time of Moosa (Moses – peace be upon him) were partially abrogated at the time of ‘Eesa (Jesus – peace be upon him), as Allaah tells us (interpretation of the meaning):
“To each among you, We have prescribed a law and a clear way”
[al-Maa’idah 5:48]
As to why these laws veriy, has its own reasons. Eg. At prophet Adam's time, he needed to populate the earth, so intermarriage was permitted.
In our times where we are faced with alot of temptations where ever we go. So we have to minimize it as much as possible, Thus Allah have commanded the women to wear the hijab, and the men to lower down their gaze. (This is just my opinion, i have no knowledge of wat Allah had in mind when he prescribed this law)
Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):
“And tell the believing women to lower their gaze (from looking at forbidden things), and protect their private parts (from illegal sexual acts) and not to show off their adornment except only that which is apparent (like both eyes for necessity to see the way, or outer palms of hands or one eye or dress like veil, gloves, headcover, apron), and to draw their veils all over Juyoobihinna (i.e. their bodies, faces, necks and bosoms) and not to reveal their adornment except to their husbands, or their fathers, or their husband’s fathers, or their sons, or their husband’s sons, or their brothers or their brother’s sons, or their sister’s sons, or their (Muslim) women (i.e. their sisters in Islam), or the (female) slaves whom their right hands possess, or old male servants who lack vigour, or small children who have no sense of feminine sex. And let them not stamp their feet so as to reveal what they hide of their adornment. And all of you beg Allaah to forgive you all, O believers, that you may be successful”
[al-Noor 24:31]
With reagard to Prophet Adam and Eve(May peace be upon them) here is wat the Quran says:
So he(satan) misled them with deception. Then when they tasted of the tree, that which was hidden from them of their shame (private parts) became manifest to them and they began to stick together the leaves of Paradise over themselves (in order to cover their shame). Their Lord called out to them saying "Did I not forbid you that tree and tell you, Verily Satan is an open enemy unto you?"
They said: "Our Lord! We have wronged ourselves. If You forgive us not, and bestow not upon us Your Mercy, we shall certainly be of the losers." Allah said: "Get down one of you an enemy to the other (i.e. Adam, Eve, and Satan etc). On earth will be a dwelling place for you and an enjoyment, for a time." He said: "therein you shall live, and therein you shall die, and from it you shall be brought out (resurrected)." (Chapter 7:11-25 Qur'an).
It says that "...when they tasted of the tree, that which was hidden from them of their shame (private parts) became manifest to them..." . So they must have weared some kind of clothes(again this is just my opinion).
