Dan’s thinking box….

In the name of God, the Gracious, the Merciful.
Praise be to God, the Lord of the Worlds.
Peace and blessings be upon the last prophet of God, Muhammad.
And peace be upon those who follow true guidance.

A few days ago, I was discussing Islam with my beloved aunt which, in my opinion, is one of the best Muslim woman there is. So, as a muslim, i would like to share with all of you a story that we should ponder and reflect on.

I asked my aunt, seeing that she’s a woman and has more understanding about women,

"why wouldn’t Muslim women wear the compulsory head cover?" She said that, according to the non-muslims and some muslim women, the wearing of the head cover violates the human rights. Then she asked me,

"how can we answer to these people?" I, having very little knowledge about this, said,

"well, since the human rights as we know are rights made by men and the commands in the Quran are from God, the Quran should supersede the man-made human rights". She agreed but she wasn’t satisfied with my answer, so she said,

"Ok, sure. That’s one of the ways to answer the Muslim women. But, non-muslims don’t regard the Quran as the word of God, so we cannot use that argument to justify our answer. These women say that this is our body, and it is our right to wear anything we like. It’s not like we’re harming anyone."

It struck me silent. Then she said,

"Physically, of course they’re not harming anyone. But emotionally, they do harm everyone, especially the men. I mean, if we look at reality, if a woman with legs exposed or belly button exposed, there will definitely be men who get distracted by the exposed parts of women. There will even be people who would wolf-whistle at the women and some would say, ‘nice legs!’. This can also be seen as an invitation to crimes such as rape or sexual harassment. First you get distracted, then you’d feel like looking, then you feel like touching. Even though touching is very rare, but even looking long with your eyes is sometimes considered as raping. They’re undressing the women with their eyes! Do you agree with me that you get at least distracted by women who expose parts of their body?"

Aww the trick question. What should I answer? Even though the answer is yes, but if i say yes then i would be labeled as pervert or something. But this is reality. So i had to answer yes but just to make it sound better, i said, "hmm.. i dunno. sorta, kinda, maybe…". However, in my mind, i do agree with what she said.

Then after having said that, she went back to the question of head covering and human rights. She gave me a great example of an accepted human right violation; the helmet. She asked me, "why does everyone accept the man-made law that requires every motorcyclist to wear a helmet, which sometimes makes them look silly, while on the road when it clearly violates the human right that allows a person to wear anything they like as long as they don’t harm other people? Is it harmful to other motorcyclist if a person wears a helmet or not? This is a clear violation of human rights, but society accepts this. Why would society accept this man-made law and reject the God-decreed law?"

So, Muslim brothers and sisters, let us reflect on our rational thinking. Is it rational to accept a man-made law but reject a similar law created by GOD!? I urge the Muslim women start thinking. God has always told you to think and think and think, so let us take heed and think! After we think, let us do what else God commands, and that is the head cover.

I invite the Muslim women to fear God and please wear the head cover and cover your aurat. May God bless us all. And please spread this as a muslim and for God’s sake. And please don’t cite my name unless you’re questioned. This is because people hate forwarded msg.

God, be my witness that I have conveyed your message. Forgive my wrongness and guide me to the straight path. Amen.

What’s good is from God, and what’s bad is caused by my own ignorance. Do correct me if i’m wrong. Jazakallahukhayran.

HOLLER!

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