[nasional_list] [ppiindia] Things Allowed With the Hijab

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      Things Allowed With the Hijab
      Adil Salahi, Arab News 
        
      Q. Is it permissible for a Muslim woman to wear make-up when she goes out 
wearing the hijab? Is she allowed to wear an ornamented dress?

      N. Sultana

      A. Scholars have wide differences with regard to the first point. Many 
scholars, particularly contemporary ones, take a very strict view, maintaining 
that a Muslim woman must not be seen wearing make-up by any man other than 
those of her relatives whom she is forbidden to marry. Other scholars say that 
wearing decent make-up that is not designed to attract people's gazes is 
permissible. Both groups support their views with the same Qur'anic verse that 
defines how Muslim women should appear. The verse in question states: "Tell 
believing women to lower their gaze and to be mindful of their chastity, and 
not to display their charms except what may ordinarily appear thereof. Let them 
draw their head-coverings over their bosoms and not display their charms to any 
but their husbands, or their fathers, or their husbands' fathers, or their 
sons, or their husbands' sons, or their brothers, or their brothers' sons, or 
their sisters' sons, or their womenfolk, or those whom they ri
 ghtfully possess, or such male attendants as are free of physical desire, or 
children that are as yet unaware of women's nakedness. Let them not swing their 
legs in walking so as to draw attention to their hidden charms. 

      Believers, turn to God in repentance, so that you may achieve success." 
(24: 31)

      The operative clause in this connection is that believing women must not 
"display their charms except what may ordinarily appear thereof." Scholars 
understand the phrase "what may ordinarily appear thereof" in different ways. 
Some say that it refers to the overall shape of the woman, such as her height 
and aspects of her figure that are not disguised by clothes. These say that 
wearing make-up is not permissible. Others say that it refers to the face and 
the arms. Ibn Abbas goes further to say that it means "the face, arms, kohl and 
the coloring a woman wears." Kohl is a black stuff used as make up for the 
eyes. The coloring he refers to is a red color which women may wear on their 
hands or faces. 

      As for the second point, concerning "ornamented dress", I am not clear 
what is meant by "ornament" in this phrase. If it refers to ornaments that are 
put on clothes such as a broche, then these are permissible, unless they 
contain something to make them otherwise. If, on the other hand, it refers to 
printed material, then the design should be of decent nature. Although some 
societies impose certain colors on women's clothes, such as black, dark blue or 
gray, the fact is that Islam does not require such restrictions. All decent 
colors are permissible. 

      What we mean by decent is that which is considered to be decent in one's 
community. A woman's clothes must be such as not to be eye-catching or inviting 
criticism or a hard gaze. Otherwise, there is no particular restriction on 
color.

     
        


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