HIJAB FOR WOMEN IN HINDUISM, IN CHRISTIANITY AND IN ISLAM

HIJAB FOR WOMEN IN HINDUISM, IN CHRISTIANITY AND IN ISLAM

HIJAB FOR WOMEN IN HINDUISM:

"God made you women, so that you shall lower your gaze, do not look at men, keep your Feet close cover you hear and should not disclose the garment, which should conceal with the veil”
[Rig-Veda, Book 8, Hymn 33, Mantra 19]

“ It’s not good , that man covering this thigh with female garment”
[Rig Veda, Book 10, Hymn 85, Mantra 30]

When Ram saw the Parushu Ram coming, he tell to Seta.
“O Seta keep yourselves in the veil and lower you gaze”
[Maha veera Chritra Act 2 page on 71]

HIJAB FOR WOMEN IN CHRISTIANITY:

“For if the woman be not covered, let her also be shorn: but if it be a shame for a woman to be shorn or shaven, let her be covered.”
(The Bible, 1 Corinthians 11:6)

"The woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, neither shall a man put on a woman's garment: for all that do so are abomination unto the LORD thy God."
(The Bible, Deuteronomy 22:5)

"I also want the women to dress modestly, with decency and propriety, adorning themselves, not with elaborate hairstyles or gold or pearls or expensive clothes."
(The Bible, 1 Timothy 2:9)

HIJAB FOR WOMEN IN ISLAM:

It mention in Surah Noor, says:

And say to the believing women that they should lower their gaze and guard their modesty; that they should not display their beauty and ornaments except what (must ordinarily) appear thereof; that they should draw their veils over their bosoms and not display their beauty except to their husbands, 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 the slaves whom their right hands possess, or male servants free of physical needs, or small children who have no sense of the shame of sex; and that they should not strike their feet in order to draw attention to their hidden ornaments. And O ye Believers! turn ye all together towards Allah, that ye may attain Bliss.
[Al-Qur’an 24:31]

Six criteria for Hijab.

According to Qur’an and Sunnah there are basically six criteria for observing hijab:

1. Extent:

The first criterion is the extent of the body that should be covered. This is different for men and women. The extent of covering obligatory on the male s to cover the body at least from the navel to the knees. For women, the extent of covering obligatory is to cover the complete body except the face and the hands upto the wrist. If they wish to, they can cover even these parts of the body. Some scholars of Islam insist that the face and the hands are part of the obligatory extent of ‘hijab’.

All the remaining five criteria are the same for men and women.

2. The clothes worn should be loose and should not reveal the figure.

3. The clothes worn should not be transparent such that one can see through them.

4. The clothes worn should not be so glamorous as to attract the opposite sex.

5. The clothes worn should not resemble that of the opposite sex.

6. The clothes worn should not resemble that of the unbelievers i.e. they should not wear clothes that are specifically identities or symbols of the unbelievers’ religions.

“O Prophet! Tell thy wives and daughters, and the believing women that they should cast their outer garments over their persons (when abroad); that is most convenient, that they should be known (as such) and not molested. And Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.”
[Al-Qur’an 33:59]

The Qur’an says that Hijab has been prescribed for the women so that they are recognized as modest women and this will also prevent them from being molested.