Women between Islam and Western Society by Maulana Wahiduddin Khan - page 460

Woman Between Islam and Western Society
10. Hijab in Islam
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girls, male attendants lacking in natural vigor,
and children who have no knowledge of sex.
And let them not stamp their feet when
walking so as to reveal their hidden trinkets.
Believers, turn to Allah together in
repentance, that you may prosper.
5
The second verse in this connection is as follows:
Prophet, enjoin your wives, your daughters
and the wives of true believers to draw their
veils close round them. That is more proper,
so that they may be recognized (as virtuous
women) and not molested. God is Forgiving
and Merciful.
6
The author interprets the wording of 33:59, “to
cover their adornments except such as are normally
displayed,” to mean that the hands and face are
exempt from covering. He draws his argument in
support of this from the Hadith.
After studying many
ahadith
in connection with the
verse from
surah
33 of the Qur’an, he writes: “It is
clear from the instances drawn from the Qur’an and
the Hadith that, although it accords with the
shari’ah
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