Women in Islam: Hijab

In the name of Allah the most Beneficent, the Most Merciful

"Literally, Hijab means a veil, curtain, partition or separation. In a meta- physical sense, Hijab means illusion or refers to the illusory aspect of creation. Another, and most popular and common meaning of Hijab today, is the veil in dressing for women."

In some Arabic-speaking countries the word hijab primarily refers to women's head and body covering, but in Islamic scholarship, hijab is given the wider meaning of modesty, privacy, and morality.

Among Muslim women, the discussion about hijab takes many forms. Many believe that hijab is a way to secure personal liberty in the world. Several women have argued that hijab allows them freedom of movement and control of their bodies. Hijab protects women from the male gaze and allows them to become self-determined subjects.

"Why do Muslim women have to cover their heads?"
Muslim women covering the head and the body because Allah has told them to do so.
tell your wives and daughters and the believing women to draw their outer garments around them when they go out or are among men.Hijab is not merely a covering dress but more importantly, it is behavior, manners, speech and appearance in public. Dress is only one facet of the total being.

Muslim women are enjoined to draw their veils over their bosoms and not display their beauty except in the presence of their husbands, other women, children, eunuchs and those men who are so closely related to them that they are not allowed to marry them.

By:Nooshin Moobed