Clothes and Adornment of Muslim Woman - Woman [Electronic resources] نسخه متنی

that the opposers to woman's participation in the social life present two portraits in front of the woman: Either social participation and resemblance to the Western woman, or retirement in the house; and as the first case is not accepted, so the women's participation should be prevented and curbed. His reply in this regard being that a third case is there for woman's participation which is set forth by the Islamic Shari'ah: Women's participation with observing the religious manners and rules.

In this very section a detailed discussion in regard of the verse of Hijab "veil" is cited, the purport of which, with holding fast eleven proofs, should have been considered among the traits of the Prophet's wives.

The last chapter of this section, which is the last part of the third volume of the book too, contains a debate concerning ghulu "exaggeration" for convenient motive or applying the rule Sadd AdhDharayi' "obstructing the justifications". The author considers the causes of this marrowmindedness and exaggeration to lie in six points, paying attention to analysing and elaborating them.

Clothes and Adornment of Muslim Woman

The fifth section, which covering the fourth volume as a whole, is dedicated for discussing the issue of clothing and ornamentation of woman. The author is of the opinion that, the Islamic Law has never declared certain fashion for clothes and ornament for women, but reiterating the five conditions of which woman's clothes and ornament should never be out. The conditions are as follows:

1. The whole body "of the woman" except the face, two hands and two feet, should be covered;

2. Moderation should be observed in clothes and ornamentation;

3. This should not be irrelevant to the common law of the Islamic society;