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by chenina on November 9th, 2008

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I want to know if it is haram for women in Hijab to wear makeup? I have heard so many conflicting things such as Mohammads PBUH wife wore kohl and it's ok as long as it's light and doesn't distract and I have heard it's wrong period. I need facts ppl.

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  • by borasalama on November 14th, 2008

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    You're doing the right thing by asking for evidence. This has to come directly from or be based upon the HQ or the authentic Sunnah.

    In the absence of that, or until such evidence comes to light, for those who are guided by genuine Imaan, it is worth bearing in mind the advice "istafti qulbak" meaning ask, or search, your heart.

    The idea is to see which of the possible answers to the secondary question is most in keeping with the primary requirements.

    The primary requirement here is to maintain hijab. Hijab btw doesn't mean the headscarf as is widely and mistakenly understood, it means a barrier, a screen. In this case it is a protective barrier that stops inappropriate thoughts. So, as you can see it is not just what you put on yourself, and what you don't, but how you carry yourself, how you speak, they're all part of your hijab. It is your dignity that Islam seeks to elevate and protect. That's the whole point of the hijab, and that's the point that unfortunately quite a few of our headscarf-donning sisters haven't quite grasped.

    There are two telling statements in HQ 24:31 "that they should not display their attraction (beauty) except what (naturally) appears thereof" This appears to rule out beauty enhancers, and "that they should not strike their feet in order to DRAW ATTENTION to what is hidden of the attraction (beauty)" It is clear that the sort of attention being referred to here is the inappropriate kind and the instruction is not to take any action that would draw that kind of attention. Generally the more impervious the barrier (to inappropriate thoughts) the better the hijab.

    Woman is man's weakness, he can't help it. He's been created that way. HQ 3:14 says "Fair in the eyes of men is the love of things they covet: women and sons; heaped-up hoards of gold and silver; horses branded (for blood and excellence); and (wealth of) cattle and well-tilled land." She tops the list.

    When the husband and wife are themselves described as clothing for each other (HQ 2:187 "They are your garments and ye are their garments") then of course the question of hijab doesn't arise. Here the aim is the opposite, it is to heigten one's attraction to the other.

    The above is admittedly not an answer to the specific question but gives a general drift on the subject which may be useful until a specific, evidence-backed answer is given.

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  • by sharpjwe on November 22nd, 2008

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    Hijab or ħijāb (حجاب, pronounced: [ħi.ˈdʒæːb]) is the Arabic term for "cover" (noun), based on the root حجب meaning "to veil, to cover (verb), to screen, to shelter".In some Arabic-speaking countries and Western countries, the common meaning of hijab currently is of "modest dress for women," which most Islamic legal systems define as covering everything except the face and hands in public.[1] Since the 1970s, hijab has emerged as a symbol of Islamic consciousness "and an affirmation of Islamic identity and morality" in opposition to "Western materialism, commercialism, and values."[2]According to Islamic scholarship, hijab is given the wider meaning of modesty, privacy, and morality.[2] The word used in the Qur'an for a headscarf or veil is khimār (خمار). Still another definition is metaphysical, where al-hijab "refers to the veil which separates man or the world from God."[3]
    According to the Encyclopedia of Islam and the Muslim World, the meaning of hijab has evolved over time:
    The term hijab or veil is not used in the Qur'an to refer to an article of clothing for women or men, rather it refers to a spatial curtain that divides or provides privacy. The Qur'an instructs the male believers (Muslims) to talk to wives of Muhammad behind a hijab. This hijab was the responsibility of the men and not the wives of Muhammad. However, in later Muslim societies this instruction, specific to the wives of Muhammad, was generalized, leading to the segregation of the Muslim men and women. The modesty in Qur'an concerns both men's and women's gaze, gait, garments, and genitalia. The clothing for women involves khumūr over the necklines and jilbab (cloaks) in public so that they may be identified and not harmed. Guidelines for covering of the entire body except for the hands, the feet, and the face, are found in texts of fiqh and hadith that are developed later.[4]Muslims differ as to how hijab dress should be enforced, particularly over the role of religious police that are or have been enforcing hijab in Iran and Afghanistan.make up no problem in the bag.

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