HIJAB - Give your input

[Faith Hope Charity]

Glory to God, peace on earth, goodwill to all!


Salam Slave,


Thanks for your reply & effort :)


Um... I don't really know what to say. I might not have understood completely.


If you ask me concupiscence has always existed (consequence of Original Sin in Christianity). I didn't live in the time of the prophets but I'm quite sure that the sexual temptations we're faced with today were exactly the same in the past.


Considering Muhammad's (PBUH) the final prophet, I take it hijab's a permanent requirement, correct?


After Adam & Eve sinned they discovered their nakedness & immediately covered their private parts ONLY. Sometimes when I see an Islamic woman in extreme hijab (berka, niqab, etc), I think to myself, "she has a vagina but she's not a vagina." & to be honest at first I thought Islam was lowering women to mere sexual objects because they'd automatically associate a woman's body with lust, sex, immodesty, etc. Then I learnt that the actual reason for hijab is to prevent lust, sex, immodesty, etc. I was really confused at this point. Moreover, after this discussion, I've concluded that whether I'm wearing shorts & a t-shirt in Australia or an abaya & veil in Saudi Arabia, I'm still the same person. & if a man's going to lust over a lady in shorts & a t-shirt then making the lady cover up will only suppress the issue not solve it. Finally, I decided that if women wish to hijab then that's fine. At the same time if women don't wish to hijab then that's cool too. Clothes or a lack of) don't define what womanhood is. As for men who find it difficult to control their sexual appetites, unhijabed women are the least of their problems!


Thanks for listening :)


God bless.