Woman Between Islam and Western Society
10. Hijab in Islam
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such a shroud as might display her body as being a
woman’s. He writes: “See for yourself how the
dearest daughter of the Prophet considered the use
of such a cloth detestable as would not properly
drape feminine parts of a dead woman’s body.
Certainly such a garment for a living woman would
be far worse.”
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The fifth condition of
hijab
is that the garment
should not be perfumed (while going out). There
are many traditions forbidding women to wear
perfume while going out. After quoting four
traditions, he writes: “Ibn Daqiq al-’Id writes that in
this
hadith
a woman is forbidden to go to the
mosque wearing perfume, because it stimulates
carnal desires in men. So when it is forbidden for
women wearing perfume to go to the mosque, their
use of perfume when they go out shopping, or for
any other purpose, is all the more sinful. Al-
Haythami writes that going out wearing
adornments and perfume is a major sin, even if it is
done with the husband’s permission.”
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The sixth condition of
hijab
is that a woman’s
garments should not resemble those of men. Here is
