Hijab for Muslim Women

Hijab for Muslim Women

In the days of ignorance, women did not have the glory and always looked down upon. Having a daughter in the family is like having a big disgrace. Consequently many baby girls are buried alive. At that time, women were often treated arbitrarily, low-minded and utterly worthless, abused, denied their rights, even served as servant of man. But after prophet Muhammad came and bring Islam to the world, the women’s live changed completely. The killing of a baby girls was stopped, women’s right began to be given, all women began to be glorified and considered as men. So Islam glorify the women, Allah created rules about their clothing. We often called it hijab.

The word ḥijāb in the Quran refers not to women's clothing, but rather a spatial partition or curtain. The term can refer to any head, face, or body covering worn by Muslim women that conforms to a certain standard of modesty. Hijab can also be used to refer to the seclusion of women from men in the public sphere (Wikipedia). But in the context of clothing, hijab refers to the proper dress code according to the guidance of Islamic Religion.

First, wearing jilbab. Jilbab is the clothes that cover the entire body except the face and palms. In Al-Qur’an of al-Ahzab verse number 59, Allah Says: “O Prophet! Enjoin your wives, your daughters, and the wives of true believers that they should to draw their cloaks close round them (when they go abroad): That will be better, so that they may be recognised and not be harassed. Allah is ever Forgiving, Merciful.”

And in a hadith Rasulullah said: “O Asma! Actually, if a woman is baligh then it should not be visible from her limbs except this and this (he hinted to face and palms). [HR. Abu Dâwud, no. 4104 and al-Baihaqi, no. 3218. This hadith is authenticated by shaykh al-Albâni rahimahullah]

Second, wearing khimar. Khimar is the veil that extending to through the chest. After wear clothes that cover the entire body, muslim women should extending the veil to through the chest. In an-Nur verse number 31 Allah Says: “And say to the believing women that they should lower their gaze and guard their private parts; that they should not display their beauty and ornaments except what (must ordinarily) appear thereof; that they should extending the veil to through the chest and not display their beauty except to their husband, their fathers, their husband's fathers, their sons, their husbands' sons, their brothers or their brothers' sons, or their sisters' sons, or their women, or their slaves, or male servants who have no desire (againts women) or children who do not yet understand about women’s aurat. And let them not strike their legs to reveal the jewels they hide. And turn unto Allah together, O believers, in order that ye may succeed.”

Third, wearing socks. After wearing the jilbab and khimar, muslim women should wear socks to cover their foot. Because like hadith of the prophet that entire body of woman is aurat except face and palms. It means that foot is aurat too.

After that, clothes of the muslim women should not be thin, transparent, body shape or tight and their head should not forming a hump of camel. In this case the Messenger of Allah has said: "At the end of my people there will be women who dress (but essentially) naked. Above their heads like the hump of a camel. Curse them because they are cursed women.” (At-Thabrani Al-Mujamusshaghir: 232).

In another hadith there are additional: "They will not go to heaven nor will they smell it, but the smell of heaven can be smelled from so many trips" (HR.Muslim). Ibn Abdil Barr said: "What is meant by the Prophet are women who wear thin clothes, who can mensifati (describe) body shape dans can not close or hide it. They are still dressed in name, but the nature is naked." (Tanwirul Hawalik III / 103).

Allah rules all provisions about Muslim women in such detail that the glory of women can be awakened and their honor can be protected. But unfortunately, there are still many Muslim women who do not want to obey this rule. Whereas the hijab was created not to trouble them, but to guard their glory.