A Call From The Harem,

[NaSra]

Asalamalaykum, Its a little bit long but inshaAllah you'll find it well wroth the read.


<b>The Wasiyyah of Ash-Sheikh Abdur-Rahman as-Sudais</b>


My Muslim Sister, you will never be able to reach the perfection that


you desire, you won't be able to regain your lost glory of the past,


or achieve your highest rank and position unless you follow the


teachings of Islam and unless you stop at the limits and boundaries


of the Sharee'ah. This will make your heart love and appreciate the


good qualities and will keep you away from bad and evil qualities.


So stay at your homes. By Allah you will be praised; you will please


your household and make your home happy; you will perfect your


Hijaab; you will perfect your chastity, revive others and you will


make yourself happy and comfortable.


<b>Allah says</b>
<b>"O Prophet! Tell your wives and your daughters and the women of the believers to draw their cloaks (veils) all over their</b>


bodies. That will be better, that they should be known (as free


respectable women) so as not to be annoyed. And Allah is Ever Oft-


Forgiving, Most Merciful." (Surah al-Ahzaab 33:59).


So with Islam you are a " protected jewel", but without it you are a


doll in the hands of the wrong-doers; a mere object of amusement and


a merchandise of trade in the hands of human wolves who will destroy


your chastity, your honour and your dignity, and then throw you and


disregard you as one does with a date fruit and its seed.


So whenever the woman abandons the teachings of Islam and neglects


the proper Islamic dress and takes easy the matter of Hijaab,


exposing herself to men (by) walking among them and wearing perfume,


her dignity and honour vanishes and her brightness disappears, and


her modesty dwindles, and she becomes a source of fitnah (temptation


and trial) for others and the "evils" embrace her. Therefore, O


Muslim woman, who cherishes and holds onto the honour of Islam (and


is proud of the honour of Islam), and O free, honourable, chaste and


protected woman, you are the best successor of the best past


generation of Muslims. Hold fast to the book of Allah and to the


Sunnah (way and teachings) of His Prophet sallallaahu 'alayhi wa


sallam.


Beware of the hands of the wicked plotters and the jealous eyes, and


people with bad character and evil souls, who want to lower you from


the highness of your esteemed position and dignity, and lower you


from your glory of higher rank, and take you out from the circle of


your happiness. And beware of the deception and defeat before the


open war between Hijaab and sufoor (revealing beauty), and between


chastity and liberalism.


The enemies of Islam among the Jews and their followers are upset and


sleepless over the fact that the Muslim woman is honourable,


dignified and protected, so they put her under the spotlight, trap


her in (fisherman-like) nets and shoot her with their arrows.


Moreover, it is strange that some people from our skin and who speak


our language follow them and spread their ideas and fulfil their


aims, and wage in intellectual and cultural war against our Muslim


sisters, who are the moisture of our faces, through the alluring and


deceiving slogans and the charming articles here and there. Thus,


they falsely and deceivingly call to the freedom of the woman and ask


(and push) her to work, to coming out of her home. They spread


rumours about Muslim women saying "... the conservative Muslim


society (the real one indeed, The Muslim society can only be


conservative) is that which half of it does nothing and breathes only


from one lung..., and how can the Muslim woman stay prisoner at home


between four walls...", and other misleading slogans.


They want freedom for the woman, but in reality they want to free her


from her character and etiquette, and to strip her from her


principles, dignity and honour, and lead her into evil and


corruption. They want her to be a fashion model and an item for sale


to the naive and simple-minded (assuthajj wal busataa').


Who is then left to the well-being of homes; to the happiness of the


family; to raise and educate children?


How many young women get trapped and how much tragedy happens when


the Hijaab is destroyed and the jilbaab (outer garment) is taken off


and the 'wolves" (wicked men) devour the woman. Such is as a result


of sufoor (revealing beauty) and mingling with men in jobs, schools,


and market places.


Isn't it enough zajr (reminder) what the societies, who did not


practice the teachings of Islam, fell into in terms of indecency,


evils, and disappearance of values when they neglected and ignored


the matter of the woman? As a result of that, there are now repeated


calls in these societies asking for the return of the woman to her


protected fort; her home.


Would any man with the slightest bit of ghairah (honour) and rujoolah


(manhood) be content to see his wife become a "pasturage" of the eyes


of the wicked men, and to become a "serving on the dining table". The


current condition of some societies is a witness that when the woman


goes out of her home, it is a sign of destruction, loss, corruption,


and spread of indecency and mischief in society.


Therefore, to all our Muslim Sisters in the east and in the west of


the Muslim world, I call upon you from this holy and pure land


(Makkah) to hold fast to the Qur'an and to bite onto the Sunnah of


His Messenger sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam, with the front teeth,


and to follow the teachings of Islam and its adaab (etiquette).


And to the women organizations all over the world, beware of the


stupidity and bad results of the disobedience of the woman to the


guidance of Islam. Beware of being tempted by the flashing slogans


and poisoned publicity against the character of the woman and her


principles.


And to the people responsible for the Muslim child in her education


and care, I call upon you to fear Allah and to fulfil your duty


towards her while taking care of her belief, educational and ethical


aspects.


A clear limit and divider (boundary) must be set against indecency,


wicked movies and naked pictures that destroy honour and virtue and


that develop dayaathah (absence of honour and manhood to the point


where a man does not care about the females of his family in terms of


what other men may do with them) and indecency.


As to the guardians of women, fathers and husbands, I remind them of


their duty of qawaamah (protection and maintenance) of women


according to what Allah said:


"Men are the protectors and maintainers of women, because Allah has made the one of them to excel the other, and because they spend (to support them) from their means. Therefore, the righteous women are


devoutly obedient (to Allah and to their husbands), and guard in the


husband's absence what Allah orders them to guard. As to those women


on whose part you see ill-conduct, admonish them (first), (next),


refuse to share their beds, (and last) beat them (lightly, if it is


useful), but if they return to obedience, seek not against them means


(of annoyance). Surely, Allah is Ever Most High, Most Great." (Surah


an-Nisa 4:34).


So they have to fear Allah, and save themselves and their children


from the punishment of Allah by raising and educating them according


to the teachings of Islam, and they should be warned from being loose


and neglectful in this matter. I call on their ghairah (honour)


towards their women and their rujoolah (manhood) in order to preserve


the honour and to protect their mahram women, in addition to


protecting their values, principles and characters.


So, O wise people, take a lesson, and be aware and don't be deceived


for the successful is one who is reminded through (the mistakes of)


others, and know that the Ummah reached this sad state and crisis


only after it was it hit in its system of life and when it neglected


the appropriate education and upbringing of its women. And remember


that the trustworthy and trusted (the Prophet) sallallaahu 'alayhi wa


sallam, said: "I haven't left behind me a fitnah more harmful to men


than women (when they go astray from the guidance of the Islam)."


(Bukhaaree and Muslim).

[SisterJennifer]

Jazak Allah Khairn sister for this post. It is an excellent reminder and worth much thought and reflection.

[Muslimah]

I agree with u Jennifer


Jazaki Allah khairan Nasrah