IS HIJAB REALLY OBLIGATORY? || Samantha J Boyle

Hey my loves!! I hope this clarifies this entire situation for y’all.

So for every Quran verse, Hadith etc we should attempt to look not only at what it says at face value, but also interpret it with understanding of the context in which it was revealed and the impact the verses had on the people of the time.

There is clear agreement from the scholars on the hijab being obligatory. The general ayah governing the head covering is in Surah Al Ahzab surah 33, verse 59 where Allah azzawajal states, “O Prophet, tell your wives and your daughters and the women of the believers to lower over themselves a portion of their jilbabs. That is more suitable that they will be known (as Muslims) and not be harmed. And ever is Allah Forgiving and Merciful.”

The word jilbab is one that is most often misinterpreted when it is translated. Without understanding the full meaning of the word, people could translate it to mean just modest dress. According to the Arabic dictionary, the word actually means khimar or headscarf. So here, this verse clearly says that we should wear it in order to be known as Muslim women and also to be protected.

Also in Surah Noor, Ayah 31, Allah azzawajal states, “And tell the believing women to reduce [some] of their vision (i.e. lower the gaze) and guard their private parts and not expose their adornment except that which [necessarily] appears thereof and to wrap [a portion of] their walyathdribna bikhumurihina alla juyoobihina (meaning headscarf’s) over their chests and not expose their adornment except to their husbands, their fathers, their husbands' fathers, their sons, their husbands' sons, their brothers, their brothers' sons, their sisters' sons, their women, that which their right hands possess, or those male attendants having no physical desire, or children who are not yet aware of the private aspects of women. And let them not stamp their feet to make known what they conceal of their adornment. And turn to Allah in repentance, all of you, O believers, that you might succeed.”

Also, what is referred to when Allaah says “except that which ordinarily appears,"  is clearly the face and hands. This is the opinion of Aisha bint Abi Bakr (RA), Anas ibn Malik (RA), Abdullah ibn Abbas (RA) and Miswar ibn Makhrama (RA) - all companions of the Prophet (S). Almost every tafsir commentary on the Quran will include some if not all of these authorities for this opinion. & the strongest view is that the exemption refers to the face and the hands because a woman May reveal the face and hands in her salat (while everything else must be covered) In the context of the ayah, it confirms the practice of wearing the headscarf and covering everything else except the face and hands.

It’s also stated in hadiths that when this verse was revealed (al nur:31), it is narrated by Aisha (r) in Bukhari and it is authentic, that women at the time tore their fabrics of decorations from their clothes and covered themselves properly. Some people might be like “oh this is just their interpretation of the verse” but these are the early generations who heard and understood in a way we didn’t, and if they had of understood incorrectly then the prophet would have definitely corrected their practices. There is not text, Hadith or even possibly to even suggest that this might be speaking about something different. The scholars are in complete agreement over this topic. There’s no debate amongst them about whether or not hijab is obligatory or not, and they have agreed upon it from the time of the prophet until now, with no debate. Allaah knows best.

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