Adornment - Woman [Electronic resources] نسخه متنی

wife. Some day the Messenger of Allah"S" questioned: Why don't you wear that cloak? The man said: I gave it my wife. The Messenger said: Tell her to wear some other piece of clothes under it so as to prevent her body from being visible. ¹⁹⁶

Adornment

The Islamic Law, as considering covering for women more important than men, has taken into consideration nature "fitrah" and intrinsic desires of woman in regard of adornment "zeenah", permitting certain bounds for adornment for women or even encouraging to them.

The holy Quran divided adornment into two parts: outward and bodily, prohibiting displaying the inward finery and adornment, allowing outward adornment for woman:

"... and they display not their adornment save what is apparent of it..." "24:31"
Applicabilities of apparent adornment became manifest in the conduct "Sunnah" of the Prophet and Infallible Imams, to some of which a reference can be made here:

Khizab "Dyeing"

Dyeing the hand and the nails of fingers "with hennah", which is called khidaab, was something encouraged by the Prophet who abstained from taking bay'ah "swearing allegiance" from women whose hands and nails were devoid of Hennah.

'A'ishah is reported to have said: Hind the daughter of Otbah said: O Messenger of Allah swear allegiance with me. The Prophet said: I won't take an oath of allegiance with you until you change "colour of" your hands, they seem like hands of a "wild" beast. ¹⁹⁷

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196. Majma' Az-Zawa'id, vol. X, p. 405.

197. Sunan Abi Dawood, vol. IV, p. 76, Ha. 4165.