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Hijab, the womens head and body covering

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Hijab is the Arabic term for “to veil, to cover, to screen, to shelter”. In some Arabic-speacking countries and Western countries, the word hijab primarilyrefers to womans head and body covering, but in islamic scholarship, hijab is given the wider meaning of modesty, privacy and morality.

Traditionally, Muslims have recognized many different forms of clothing as satisfying the demands of hijab. Debate focussed on how much of the male or female body should be covered. Different scholars adopted different interpretations of the original texts. Sunnis recommend that women wear loose clothing that is not form fitting to the body either modest forms of the western clothing (long shirts and skirts), or the more traditional jilbab, a high-necked loose robe that covers the arms and legs. A khumur or shayla, a scarf or cowl that covers all but the face is also worn in many different styles. Most salafi (sunni) scholars encourage covering the face. Many of them say it is mandatory to cover the face. Other scholars oppose face covering, particularly in the west for personal safety where the woman may be a victim of islamophobia. These garments are very different in cut than most of the traditional forms of hijab, and they are worn worldwide by Muslimas.

Detailed scholarly attention has been focused on prescribing female dress. Most scholars agree that the basic requirements are that when in the presence of someone of the opposite sex, a woman should cover her body and walk and dress in a way which does not draw sexual attention to her. Some scholars go so far as to specify exacly which areas of the body must be covered. In some cases, this is everything save the eyes but most require everything save the face and hands to be covered. In nearly all Muslim cultures, young girls are not required to wear a hijab. There is not a single agreed age when a woman should begin wearing a hijab; however, in many Muslim countries puberty is the dividing line.

In private, and in the presence of mahrams, the rules on dress are relaxed. However, in the presence of husband, most scholars stress the importance of mutual freedom and pleasure of the husband and wife.

The burqa is the most observant example of this belief:not even a woman’s eyes are visible. Originating in what is now Pakistan, it is more commonly associated with Afghanistan. Tipically, a burqa is composed of many yards of light material pleated around a cap that fits over the top of the head. There is an embroidered openwork grille where the burqa passes over the eyes. This type of veil is cultural as well as religions.

Although certain general standard are widely accepted, there has been little interest in narrowly presscribing what constitutes modest dress for Muslim men. Most mainstream scholars say that men should cover themselves from the navel to the knees; a minority say that the hadith that are held to require this areweak and possibly inauthentic. They argue that there are hadith indicating that the Islamic prophet Muhammad SAW. wore loose clothing that uncovered his thigh when riding camels, and hold that if Muhammad SAW. believed that this was permissible, then it is surely permissible for other Muslim males.

As a practical matter, however, the opinion that Muslim men must cover themselves between the navel and the knees is predominant, and most Muslims believe that a man who fails to observe this requirement during mistake must perform the prayer again, properly covered, in order for it to be valid. Three of the four mathhhabs, or schools of law, require that the knees be covered;the Maliki school recommends but does not require knee covering.

A significant minority also consider that men should wear long sleeves in public, covering the arms up to the wrists. Such a law was in place in Iran for some time after the 1979 revolution.

According to some hadith, Muslim men are asked not to wear gold jewellery or silk clothing. Some scholars says that these prohibitions should be generalized to prohibit the lavish display of wealth on one person.

In more seculer Muslim nations, such as Turkey, Iraq, and Egypt, many woman are choosing to wear the Hijab, Burqa, Niqab, etc. as an act of defiance againts the secularization of society, but also because of the widespread growth of the Islamic revival in those areas. Similarly, increasing numbers of men are abandoning the Western dress of jeans and t-shirt, that dominated places like Egypt 20 to 30 years ago, in favour of more traditional Islamic clothing such as the Galabyya.

In Iran many woman, especially younger ones, have taken to waering transparent Hijabs instead of Chadors to protest but keep within the law of the state. The colors of this clothing varies. It is mostly black, but in many African countris woman wear cloths of many different clours depending on their tribe, area, or family. In Bangladesh, Pakistan, and India, a lot of Muslim woman wear bright orange and red garments which look similar to the Hindu Sari.

In Turkey and Indonesia, the majority of woman do not wear any kind of veil, except when they attend Friday Salah, while in many of the western Nations, where the majority of Muslims are from immigrant backgrounds, the majority of woman choose to wear the veil as a way of keeopng in touch with their heritage.

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