Burqa, society and Muslim women

By

Abdul Hannan Siwani Nadvi

Last Part

Various countries across the glob are dictating their Muslim citizens to follow them in their religious life, as they want. Some countries made amendments in their constitutions to force Muslims on what they do and what they do not.

Student of history knows it very well that Muslims do not interfere in anybody's life. The Fatwa or decree is being issued by Ulema is only for Muslims. It belongs not to other communities. Despite it, Muslims are under pressure from various sections and from various governments across the glob to follow the rules have been passed by them.

Why some elements and governments express their more interest to know that how Muslims pray, what Muslims eat, which kind of dresses are being wore by Muslim women, which kinds of foods Muslims intend to take it and such as other issues are related to only Muslims.

Burqa, or Hijab, or veil, or Niqab all are different words but their meaning is same. Burqa is an Islamic tradition. Islam intends from every Muslim woman to use Burqa or veil.

Any country, organisation and any government cannot force Muslims or Muslim women on what they do and what they do not in their daily life.

Such move is strongly condemnable and a bid to keep Muslims away from their Islamic rights. It is an effort to rob the rights from Muslims given to them by Islam.

If such moves continue to work, then it would be a religious catastrophe where Muslims deprived to take advantages from their rights secured it by Islam.

It needs urgent attention that those who do not want to see Muslim women in Hijab or Naqab, change their way of thinking. Keep aside their hostility against Islam and Muslims. They have to understand that Muslim women have full rights to move on the path stated by Islam.

19-07-2010

Burqa, society and Muslim women

By

Abdul Hannan Siwani Nadvi

Part-3

The study of above Qura'anic verses makes it clear that Islam does not like to see Muslim women are moving freely in the society while they are not wearing Burqa or Naqab.



After that, it was a crucial issue among Ulemas that which kind of dress Muslim women can use it to cover their body, as well as, which parts of their body should be covered and should not be.


There are so many differences among Ulemas, however, most of Muslim women have been using for long times black color clothes to cover their body in most of the part of Muslim world. Hence, black color dress has become the symbol of Muslim women to use it as Naqab or Hijab.


After that, there were issues that which part of women body is awrah (to be covered). So many differences here, someone say that complete body of women to be covered. Someone say hands and face is not the part of the awrah that it is necessary to be covered and someone have different ideas.


Despite these differences, most important thing to know is what is the original message of Qura'an in the context of Naqab, or Hijab or veil?


It appears from the sturdy of Qura'an that Muslim women should cover each part of their body which instigate and attract others.


For that, it can be seen across Muslim world that some Muslim women use full-face veil, someone use veil without covering their face and hands.


After all using Burqa or Naqab is not a critical issue in Islam and among Muslims.


It has been made a trouble thing by a section of society who don't have interest in protecting the rights of Muslim women given to them by Islam.


France's President says that full-face veil is damaging his country's democratic values. Millionaire Question, are France's democratic values so much weaker as they can be demolished by only two thousand veiled women. If as it is, its mean that France's president and the citizens of France who voted in favor of ban on veil, understand that their country’s democratic values are no stronger.


To be continued……….


19-07-2010

Burqa, society and Muslim women

By

Abdul Hannan Siwani Nadvi

Part-2

These Qura’anic verses indicate clearly on what Islam wants from Muslim women. There is various Ahadeiths insist that Muslim women to use veil when they intend to come out from their homes.

The aims that appear from these Qura’anic verses are providing only protection to Muslim women and preventing them from bad elements of the society.

The study of 31 Chapter of Surah Al-Noor makes it clear that there are four things Qura’an likes it to be placed in Muslim women’s daily life.

First, lower their gaze, second they protect their private parts (from illegal sexual acts), third, to draw their veils all over Juvubihinna (bodies, faces, necks and bosoms,) and fourth not to reveal their adornment except to their husband etc.

These are the aims of veils that Qura’an insists that it followed by Muslim women. Telling the reasons of using the veil, Qura’an says “O Prophet! Tell your wives and your daughters and the women of the believers to draw their cloaks (veils) all over their bodies (i. e screen themselves completely except the eyes or one eye to see the way). That will be better, that they should be known (as free respectable women) so as not to be annoyed. And Allah is ever Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful. (Surah Al-Ahzab chapter 59)

In this chapter, Qura’an mentions the reasons of using the veil, and that why it is mandatory for Muslim women.

These Qura’anic verses related to women’s integrity and their chastity. Islam likes that a women to be careful about them. Islam tells them that how they can protect themselves. Islam sees all Muslim women as human being and expresses their concerns on their security and their rights. Islam does not term them a call girl, slaves, model or a sold item, as they have been handled in western society for long times.

In these chapters, Qura’an mentioned the rights of women, asks Muslims to protect them and stresses that how they can be protected from sexual harassment, eye-teasing, rape etc.

To be continued…..

19-07-2010

فـــــــــــــأين العــــــــــــــــــــــــرب؟

بقلم : عبد الحنان السيواني الندوي

دراسة التاريخ توضح أن صفحات المجلات والجرائد اليومية والأسبوعية مليئة بالحادثات والواقعات التي تتعلق بالقضية الفلسطينية، والظلم والجور والقتل والدمار والهجمات الأمريكية والحروب وغير ذلك من القضايا الأخرى التي يواجهها الشرق الأوسط منذ عقود.

لكن هذه الصفحات للجرائد والمجلات خالية من تاريخنا. لا توجد صفحة واحدة هناك أن كيف المسلمون والعرب يعيشون هناك، ما هي إنجازات العرب ؟ وما هي أهدافهم؟

فأين عامة الناس في العرب، ماذا هم يفكرون؟ وماذا يريدون؟ وما هي تجاربهم اليومية؟ كيف هم ينظرون أحوال العالم و ما هي التحقيقات التي قد تمت في البلدان العربية؟ وكم الصواريخ التي أجريت عليها التجربة.

تفيدنا الأخبار العربية والدولية أن إسرائيل أجرت تجربة الصواريخ. إسرائيل قامت الجدار العازل. القوات الإسرائيلية تجري مناورات تجريبية مع القوات الأخرى.

وكذلك كل دولة تتقدم وتتخذ الإجراءات الصارمة في الاقتصاد والتعليم وقيام الجامعات لكن ساحة العرب ساكتة وصامتة من هذه التحركات، لا يوجد هناك أي تحرك حقيقي . الناس ينومون ويتغدون ويتعشون ويتجولون في الأسواق ويرجعون إلى بيوتهم في الحالة أنهم يظنون أنهم فتحوا حربا طويلة.

لا يريدون العمل الشاق ولا يحبون أن يستخدموا عقولهم وأفكارهم، هم يرون أن الأكل والشرب والنوم هي الحياة فقط وهم خلقوا ليستفيدوا من هذه الحياة الدنيا. لا يوجد هناك أي فكرة جيدة و هم خال من الابتكار.

عامة الناس في العرب مشغولون ومنهمكون في أمورهم والحكومات العربية والمسلمة مشغولة في أمورها, ليس لديهم فرصة أن يتوقفوا لحظة ويتفكروا أن لماذا خلف العرب؟ لماذا الشعوب الأخرى تحكم عليهم؟ لماذا الدول الأخرى تهاجم عليهم ؟ لماذا الشارع العربي خال وفارغ من أي نوع من الابتكار، و متى العرب يدركون قيمتهم؟

وضع حقوق الإنسان هو أسوأ في البلدان العربية مقابلة من الدول الأوروبية والغربية. حرية التعبير وحرية الرأي جرم عظيم في الساحة العربية.

قد حان الوقت أن الكتاب والمحققين الذين يكتبون صفحات الجرائد بأفكارهم المتنوعة يوجهوا أقلامهم إلى العرب وينظروا إليهم أنهم ماذا يفعلون وكيف يعيشون؟ قد حان الوقت أن لا نلوم الآخرين بل ننظر إلى أنفسنا أننا ماذا نفعل الآن.

06/08/1431هـ

18/07/2010م

Burqa, society and Muslim women

By

Abdul Hannan Siwani Nadvi

Controversies over Parda, or Burqa, or Niqab, or veil are going on across the glob. On Thursday 13, July, 2010, France's Parliament approved a law to ban on full face veil. A similar law was passed in Belgium in April 2010.



A British MP, Mr. Philip Hollobone, said that he would not meet Muslim veiled women. Such as, various schools in India are not allowing veiled students. Many times, school's administration force Muslim veiled students to take off their veils or go back to home.


Actually, Burqa is not so larger issue as it is receiving much attention from every corner of society.


First, we take a look on Holy Book Qura'an and let us see what He says about Burqa or Naqab.


1. Qura’an says “ And tell the believing women to lower their gaze (from looking at forbidden things), and protect their private parts (from Illegal sexual acts) and not to show off their adornment except only that which is apparent like both eyes for necessity to see the way, or outer palms of hands or one eye or dress like veil, gloves, head-cover, apron, etc, and to draw their veils all juyubihinna (i.e their bodies, faces necks and bosoms)and not to reveal their adornment except to their husbands, or their fathers, or their husband’s fathers, or their sons, or their huband’s sons, or their brothers or their brother’s sons, or their Muslim women (i. e their sisters in Islam), or the (female) slaves whom their right hands pssess, or old male servants who lack vigour, or small children who have no sense of feminine sex and let them not stamp their feet so as to reveal what they hide their adornment. And all of you beg Allah to forgive you all, O believers, that you may be successful . (Surah Al-Noor -31)


2. And as for women past child-bearing who do not expect wed-lock, it is no sin on them if they discard their (outer) clothing in such a way as not to show their adornment. But to refrain (i.e. not to discard their outer clothing) is better for them. And Allah is All-Hearer, All-Knower. (Surah Al-Noor -60)


(To be continued)


18-07-2010

العـــــــــــــــــرب والإنســــــــــــانيـــــــــــــــــــة

بقلم : عبد الحنان السيواني الندوي

العرب يرون أن الصمت سيغير خرائط العالم. هم يرون أن الصمت هو مفتاح سيحل كل القضايا، هم يرون أن صمتهم سيضطر أمريكا وإسرائيل للانسحاب من مواقفها العدائية. هم يرون أن الصمت في كل قضية سواءّ هي تتعلق بها أم لا سيبرد كل الغضب والعنف.

ربما العرب قد نسوا التاريخ. هم نسوا أن كيف أبائهم وأجدادهم جاهدوا لبلادهم ولشعبهم. اليوم نحن ننظر العرب في الجرائد ، والمجلات، والتيلفيزيونات وفي المجالات التي لا تليق بهم، لكنهم لا يوجد في مجالات التعليم والتقنية ، والهندسة وفي الطب وفي الاتصالات

كل المجالات التي تفيد في الحياة الدنيا ، عرب غائبون منها. هم يحبون شراب الشأي، هم يجبون شرب السجائر، هم يحبون التكلم على الهاتف لكنهم يهربون من العمل الشاق والجهد.

هل الصمت وعدم التوجه إلى التعليم يمكن لهم أن يستعيدوا منصبهم ومكانهم في العالم؟ هل يمكن للعرب أن الصمت يسبب لهم النجاح في الحياة الدنيا؟

هذا العالم ليس هو كما نراه ، هذا العالم لن يقبل أي أحد حتى يستفيد من تجاربه. هذا العالم لن يقبل أي أحد حتى يضطر العالم أن يستسلم نفسه أمام إنجازاته وتحقيقاته. هذا العالم لن يقبل أي أحد حتى هو يثبت نفسه أن لديه قدرة لمواجهة تحديات العالم.

العرب لا يحبون العمل الشاق. هم يهربون منه. ليس لديهم صبر. هم يرون أن عمال الهنود والباكستانيين جاءوا إلى بلادهم ليعملوا عملاً شاقاً وهم خلقوا للاستراحة ومراقبة العمال.

بهذه الطريقة لن يمكن للعرب أن يستعيدوا مكانهم أو ينظر العالم إليهم بالعزة والإحترام.

الحوادث والقضايا التي تحدث كل يوم في المجتمع العربي هي شهادة أن العرب لم يستيقظوا من نومهم الدائم. هذه الحوادث تقع طالما العرب يكونون مغفولاً عن أهميتهم.

يجب على العرب والحكومات العربية أن يستيقظوا من نومهم، و يتخلوا عن كسلانهم وطبيعتهم على عدم استجابة التحديات التي واقفة أمامهم.

يجب علينا أن ننتظر أن متى العرب يستيقظ ومتى هم يجيئون لإنقاذ الإنسانية التي على شفا الموت.

05/08/1431هـ

17/07/2010م

Why governments interfere in Muslim’s religious issues?

By

Abdul Hannan Siwani Nadvi

It is noted that various countries across the glob are dictating their Muslim citizens to follow them in their religious life, as they want. Some countries made amendments in their constitutions to force Muslims on what they do and what they do not.

Student of history knows it very well that Muslims do not interfere in anybody's life. The Fatwa or decree that is being issued by Ulema is only for Muslims. It belongs not to other communities. Despite it, Muslims are under pressure from various sections and from various governments across the glob to follow the rules have been passed by them.

How Muslims pray, what Muslims eat, which kind of dresses are being wore by Muslim women, which kinds of foods Muslims intend to take it and such as other issues are related to only Muslims.

Any country, organisation and any government cannot force Muslims or Muslim women on what they do and what they do not in their daily life.

Such move is strongly condemnable and a bid to keep Muslims away from their Islamic rights. It is an effort to rob the rights from Muslims given to them by Islam.

If such moves continued to work, then it would be a religious catastrophe where Muslims deprived to take advantages from their rights secured it by Islam.

17-07-2010