HIJAB - Give your input

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Hijab is something that we are proud of as muslims. It gives us an identity that protects us from the surrounded world. Unfortunately, in our countries nowadays girls are using hijab in a wrong way and i wish that they will know one day the real meaning beyond hijab. For me, Hijab means covering urself and protect it from not only strangers but also protect urself from urself. It should be protecting u from talking about others, hurting others by any means, it gives u the feeling of being a real muslima. This is what happened with me. It made me struggle my inner self. Hijab made me protect myself from myself. Whenever i wear it when i go out it reminds me of being muslima and that i should respect my great identity. It made me more shy and respectful. I felt the respects in all people's eyes men and women. It gave me the opportunity to discuss myself more and more. This is hijab me, it's still cleaning me from the inside before the outside. I am proud of wearing it

Thanks for sharing. That was a pleasant read. If hijab has made you happy & more virtuous than I would encourage you to keep hijabing from the bottom of my heart.

You asked about the Islamic theology behind hijab, and the answer is to all the questions you raised are the following:

Thanks :) I appreciate it!

1. From Eve to Virgin Mary were believers in one God, in other words we called it in Islam "Taw7eed". All the messengers were believing in one God "Allah". This means that The word "Muslim" wasn't there at that time.

Fair enough! But were they Muslims ("ones who submit") or not? I'm a little confused :confused_smile:

2. According to my knowledge, Virgin Mary wore the veil, or let me say she covered her hair and here body. It is not like the veil "hijab" that we wear in Islam but it has the same concept i guess.

I never denied the fact that Our Lady wore a veil. All I said is that "veiling" in Catholicism is VERY different from hiijab. Even the concept isn't the same. Also, the Blessed Virgin Mary is special. It was fitting for her to be veiled all over because she's the new "Ark of the Civenant" - a Holy Tabernacle that carried Divine Life within her (from the Catholic perspective). If you enter a Catholic Church you'll notice that the Holy Sacrament remains covered in the Tabernacle, behind a veil.

3. The last religion on this earth is Islam and that doesn't mean that all the previous religions were wrong. Each religion was given by God to a certain group of people, but Islam was given to all human kinds. And you can get what I mean through reading the messengers stories.
4. As Islam the end of the religions, God concluded all the rules through the Holy Quraan and the Sunna.

That's a whole other topic! For the interest of this thread I'll focus solely on the issue of hijab.

5. The history of hijab begun when God wanted to make the Muslim women different than other women at that time of Jaheliya "before the presence of our Prophet (PBUH). Because when God gave us Islam, God gave us the speciality in everything. God was fair and wanted Muslims women to be more protected and more devoted to God and his prophet (PBUH). You may find what I am saying in the Holy Quraan surrat "Al-Noor" part 18, page 350. And also, it is found in the Quraan in other Surra but to be honest i don't remember it.

Who or what is "Jaheliya"? So hijab began then?


Does Allah (SWT) love Muslim women more that non-Muslim women? Is His love measured in Islam or is it infinite (as I've always thought it was)?

You may find through this link the whole explanation for the whole Surra.

Shukran for the Ayahs, Hadiths & link. I've come across them before. So I guess I'm correct in saying that hijab originated with Muhammad (PBUH) & was not meant for the "Muslims" prior to his message?

I hope that I gave you a clear idea about why do God and his Prophet (PBUH) ordered Muslims women to wear Hijaab.

I can't thank you enough! I'm extremely grateful. I hope we engage in further dialogue down the track. You're very helpful & sincere. May Allah (SWT) reward you for your efforts.


Take care & God bless.