Unfortunately, we as
Muslims live during a time when there is no Islamic State to stop the Munkar we
see on a daily basis. It is an obligation on Muslims that we try to stop the
different Munkars we see. It is one of the biggest challenges a Muslim has to
endure to stop a Munkar when there is no support from the Islamic State.
We have been brought
back to a time when the kuffar in Mecca used to order the Muslims to stop
carrying the da'wah and not to worshipping publicly. As the ayah stated:
"Let their arise out of
you a group of people inviting to all that is good (Islam), commanding
al'Ma'ruf (good) and forbidding al'Munkar (evil)" [Al-Imran: 104]
One type of Munkar that
we see is the new trend of hijab. Hijab is not a fashion statement and never
was meant to be. It is an act of obedience that has been clearly defined in the
Qur'an and Sunnah. There is no debate on what is allowed and what is
prohibited. Allah (swt) has clearly defined the meaning and as time goes on it
should not meet the new trends of society. Unfortunately, we now see the hair
bangs showing from the veil, the earlobes showing their earrings, tight fitting
clothes, sandals displaying their feet. The neck is shown because the veil is
tied at the side or from the back, the huge barrettes to make a hump like style
under the veil. These are all types of tabarruj (revealing the beauty), which
Islam has prohibited. We see women in public wearing tight fitting clothes even
though the awrah is covered, that is under the category of Tabarruj.
A hadith of the Prophet
(saw)
stated that: "Two categories of people; have not seen them (yet): some people
who hold whips like the tails of the cow by which they lash people and women
who wear (clothes) but (are) half -naked, bending (their bodies) and bending
the sight of men to them. Their heads are like the tilted humps of the camels. These
women will not enter the paradise nor will they experience its smell (odor),
though its odor is felt at a distance of so and so."
It is disturbing to
find hijab fashion magazines and websites to teach fashionable hijab styles. It
gives Muslim women the Western style format of how to match the veil with the
shirt, pants, and purse. One magazine steered clear of the idea of the jilbab
and only introduced Western clothing to go out with. This is intentionally done
to steer the Muslim sisters away from what Allah (swt) revealed. This has
weaved doubt among Muslims with their religion. Hijab should not merit
discussions on what is allowed or prohibited. Allah has defined his laws about
hijab:
"Oh Prophet! Tell your
wives and your daughters and the women of the believers to draw their cloaks
(Jalabeeb) all over their bodies." [Al-Ahzab: 59]
Did the Muslims forget
when Umm Atiyya (ra) asked the Prophet (saw): "Oh Messenger of
Allah, what about one who does not have a jilbab?" The
Prophet (saw) replied: "Let her use the
Jilbab of her sister." This clearly states that if her excuse
is that she does not own a jilbab, she is to borrow one from her neighbor.
The West is trying to
redefine the meaning of hijab in order for Muslim women to break ties with
Islam. Discussions about hijab were generated by the colonialists to corrupt
the Islamic Aqeedah. The West realized that Muslim women all over the world
implemented the standards of hijab. The West gradually started to place ideas
of fashionable hijab. The West makes the women feel that the idea of hijab is
an oppressive and constraining form of dress. They are using so-called scholars
to give another meaning to the jilbab and distort what certain ayat mean. The
West purposely is encouraging scholars to change the meanings of hijab to steer
Muslims away from Islam. It is clearly stated in several ayat what happens when
proofs from Allah (swt) have been revealed. One being:
"And be not as those who divided and
differed among themselves after the clear proofs had come to them. It is they
for whom there is an awful torment." [Al-Imran: 105]
The West mocks the
Muslim woman for wearing hijab and tries to disgrace her. The West has
succeeded in passing laws banning the hijab. Tunis and Turkey restricts the
wearing of the headscarves in government buildings and public schools, and
discourages women from wearing the hijab on public grounds. France has banned
the wearing of any religious symbols, including the hijab in public schools and
government buildings. On June 22, 2009; the President of France, Nicolas
Sarkozy, said that "burqas
are not welcome in France," commenting that, "In our country, we cannot accept
that women be prisoners behind a screen, cut off from all social life, deprived
of all identity." Belgium passed a law that banned
face-covering clothing in public as seen when a Moroccan immigrant was fined
due to wearing of the burqa. Some states in Germany have also banned the hijab
in public schools. This clearly shows that the West is threatened by the hijab
and Muslims in general.
Why are some Muslims
then trying to fit in with a regime that is trying to destroy Islam in all
aspects? We need to stand together as one Ummah fighting this Munkar we see on
a daily basis. We as Muslims should not try to fit into a regime that is
man-made but a regime that was sent down by Allah (swt). We need to forbid
this Munkar we are seeing and be strong in fighting for the cause of Allah (swt). We should not fear
any laws that were man-made but only Allah (swt). It is crucial that we
as Muslims join together and call for the Islamic ideology to lift this
oppression on all Muslims and decrease the Munkars we see. This cause needs perseverance,
steadfastness and patience. As many ayat show the importance of patience as
such:
"Or think you that you
will enter Paradise without such (trials) as came to those who passed away
before you? They were afflicted with severe poverty, ailments and were so
shaken and that even the Messenger and those who believed with him said, ‘when
will come the Help of Allah?' Yes certainly, the help of Allah is near!" [Al-Baqarah: 214]
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