Woman in Islamic Shari‘ah
10. Hijab in Islam
~ 227 ~
in the Qur’an as
tabarruj:
Stay in your homes and do not display your
finery as women used to do in the days of
Jahiliyah (period before Islam). Attend to
your prayers, give alms to the poor, and
obey God and His Messenger. God only
wishes to remove uncleanliness from you
(members of the family), and to purify
you.
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According to the author, the intention of this verse
is that a woman should not display her beauty and
attraction in such a way as to produce carnal desires
in the hearts of men. Since the purpose of the gown
(
jilbab
) is to hide such attractions, it is, therefore,
unimaginable that the gown itself should become a
source of attraction.
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He states, morever, that in Islam the displaying of
feminine attractions is a habit so important to avoid
that it has been bracketed in the scriptures along
with such unlawful things as polytheism, adultery
and theft. He has collected a number of
ahadith
to
support his argument.
