Now religion has become a more personal thing, I CHOOSE my religion, anyone can only suggest to me but I will make my own decisions. We may be in the same religion but we don't see it the same way
And now because of the Internet, every and all kinds of info are available, in past times everybody was living in their own bubble nobody knew a different opinion from theirs
We don't really question culture usually,we don't really ask why we eat certain kinds of food in certain countries,why we have certain festivals etc.
Now we dare to question religion and ask so many questions that our ancestors would be shocked with
Countries like Pakistan really used to protect their religion and stay within it,but the next generation called for freedom and drew the line of religion for themselves, and some of them moved to countries like America, and they assumed that their children would also be muslims but their children ended up experiencing a new kind of religious freedom,so these societies only have traces have religion left
Now some of them may want to come back to religion, and they have no roots because their forefathers never really understood islam,they just followed it as a culture without questioning,so now this generation will make its own religion according to their personal understanding,they will be experimental,that is a fact
First thing first, we have to accept reality,and then we have to figure out how to deal with it
Purpose is not to convince others to wear Hijab, you should just try to strengthen their imaan and convinctions and then these things will fall into place on their own so don't stress about hijab in particular, build the foundation first
Going easy in religion does not mean that you change the quran for them,or you keep things from them,they are not babies, going easy means that you give them time to change
OVERALL CONTEXT
In this Surah we find out what light is and what are the elements of darkness
This Surah has a lot of ehkaamat, if we dont abide by these rules it will have spiritual consequences
In Badr, Makkans got beaten,Uhud went their way a bit,and then in Ahzaab they wanted to annihilate madinah and they gathered reports from neutral tribes and a lesion of tribes and told them they would win and get lots of booty,but then they lost although they had to spend weeks and weeks ,this really demoralized them
And now in Hudaiybiya they went unarmed to them for Hajj, the makkans could have killed them,but they were so afraid after the ahzaab,that they signed a treaty with muslims,and when you make a treaty then you admit that the other group is a serious party,and not someone you can ignore,now they became a force to reckon with
They decided to use 3 strategies to cripple the muslims strength and morale
1)Hypocrites raised a scandal that the prophet SAWW married Hazrat Zainab because he liked her and he got her divorced from hazrat zaid(his so called son)
2)There was a servant of Hazrat Umar RA,his name was jahja,and he got into a fight with an ansari Sanaan bin jahni over some water,Sanaan called out the Ansaar,Sanaan called out to the Ansaaris..Jahja called out the Muhajiroon,so it was a rift between Muhajiroon and Ansaar, Abdullah ibn ubay said that look hoe generous we have been and how they thanks us, and he tried to ruin their unity
3)hazrat ayesha RA got lost and forgot her necklace and had to go back for it and there was a whole scandal about it
Surah noor and ahzaab treat with problem 1 and 3 very extensively
Surah noor is extremely important to shape the personality of women,and Prophet SAWW especially said that we should teach women surah noor
Whoever reads Surah noor will get the reward 10-fold of every believing man and woman that lived or will live
Laws are the worst case scenarios, Morals are for the best case scenarios
When Allah mentions laws its for the worst people to remember their place,and when he mentions morals they are for the best of people
BREAKDOWN OF SURAH NOOR:
Hadh us zina 1-3
Hadh ul qazaf 4-5
Hadh ul liaan 6-10
Case study 11-26
Manners of seeking permission 27-29
Protective measures for oneself 30-31
Call for one getting married 32-34
Light versus darkness 35-40
Allahs creative powers 41-46
Now this is a transition from laws to moral codes,worst to the best
KHIMAAR PART 1
Sahih International
Tell the believing men to reduce [some] of their vision and guard their private parts. That is purer for them. Indeed, Allah is Acquainted with what they do.
Sahih International
And tell the believing women to reduce [some] of their vision and guard their private parts and not expose their adornment except that which [necessarily] appears thereof and to wrap [a portion of] their headcovers 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.Allah says tell the believing men, he is instructing through the Prophet SAWW because its very important to obey the messenger
>Allah used the noun momin here and not yaa ayyahulazeena aamanoo the word,because momin is a noun and its a permnanent sift as compared to a verb,so Allah is saying that if you do it then you will be a momin
>Then ghada is used,which means keeping a soft eye, we shouldn't stare around,we become conscious of the fact that there is a lot of evil around us so we don't look here and there for no reason
And in the previous ayah,it was about going to someones house and seeking permission,so this is especially relevant when going to someones house,and also a general principle,so this ayah is about social settings,what your behavior should be in social settings
Allah knows the cheating of the eye and whats hidden in the heart,so dont think that nobodys looking at you so you can keep staring and gawking
>Basar is different from taraf,basar is to have full view of something,taraf is just to have a side view of something
Allah is saying that you have the full view of it but then you guard your gaze and don't look
>Guard your privates, if you do not guard your gaze you cannot guard your privates,thats even proven through research and psychology now
>You make schemes to get the perfect girl,You don't just do it abruptly, You cook plans, and theres a lot of planning involved between yaguddoo and protecting privates, thats why Allah says he is acquainted with what you do, Sun-aa is the word used for manufacturing,whatever excuses you manufacture
>That is purer for them..zaalika azkaa lahum, so this is a way to get tazkiya,what we see affects us deeply..what kind of movies you are watching,what kind of things you are watching in the mall, in public, everything will affect your imaan
>Allah used the same ayah for women,but he uses zaalika azkaa lahum for men because its even more important for men and its a greater problem for them
KHIMAAR PART 2
Now women generally dress provocatively,they dress in mini clothes in freezing cold, why do they do that? because they want to look beautiful,they want to explore their physical beautyell
Prophet SAWW described it as a sign of judgement day: dressed but naked/not clothed
Allah first mentioned Jilbaab in Surah ehzaab then Khimaar in Surah noor, Jilbaab is for covering the rest of the body,and Khimaar is for the headcover, so first we need to cover the body
This hukm came much later in Quran, while shame was mentioned countless times,because once we develop shame we truly appreciate khimaar and jilbaab
When you become obsessed with yourself, you don't have time left for Allah, you think too much about yourself, you become impressed with yourself and feeling the urge to express your physical beauty, and feeling worthless if you think others dont appreciate your beauty,you become so obsessed with your body that you forget your soul
If somebody tells you that you are not beautiful then it ruins your sense of self worth,so Allah says that dont expose your beauty except what appears itself,so Allah is telling you that everyone is beautiful, if everyone wasnt beautiful then everyone wouldn't need to hide their beauty,but all of this takes imaan
Allah didnt use 2nd person amar but Allah used 3rd person amar,in fact he asked the Prophet SAWW to communicate it,what was the point? Allah said that they should do it,so it means that this applies when you will be on your own,the Prophet SAWW won't be watching you all the time,your parents will not be watching you, your positively influencing company wont be with you all the time, you have to fulfill that AMAR and hukm there! there will be lack of supervision, 2nd person amar in contrast is used to order when the person is present with you(don't do xyz) and it shows supervision
>Zaahir means whats obvious e.g. the height,the basic physique,her presence,hands etc
>KHIMAAR...
CONCEALING
khaa maa raa means to conceal something/hide something/completely envelop
khammara wajhuhu means to cover the face
khammara inaa-ak means to cover the lid
khammara baiytuhu means to hide your home/where you live
akhmaral qaum when an entire group is hiding or camouflaged
khammara shahadatahu means to conceal evidence/testimony
khamira anni iilal khabar means the news was hidden from me completely
khamara is also used for a place where wolves hide
khamar is also used in the sense of secrecy,keeping a secret,or hiding something
khamara also has the meaning of shyness
INTOXICATION
the 2nd meaning it is used in is that it conceals your mind and your ability to think,so the same root words are used for drinking
It covers up the intellect
khamira means when your head is full of some emotion or something
Khumra is a smell that makes you high, it is also used for women who have an intoxicating smell,because of intense perfume for e.g.
MIXING
because the headcover and the pardah we use mixes with us,it becomes a part of us that we are associated with it
SOMETHING TO INVADE OR TAKE OVER
e.g. the disease infected and took over him
CHANGE
it also means to change,one who puts khimaar on also changes,he changes
Ikhtimaar is used for maturity and change,it is also used for maturity of wine
khumra is used for make up,which is something to beautify us,hence khimaar is also a beautification and it changes us
Istikhmaar means to make someone a slave,its a radical transformation from changing someone who was free to someone who is a slave
Khimaar by definition covers your head,just like a sock is used to cover your feet,you dont need to mention that the sock is for the foot,just like that you dont need to mention that the khimaar covers the head
Khumr also refers to a turban,that covers the mans head
Khimaars length is linguistically till the stomach..the women of jahiliyyah used to throw the khimaar on their backs instead of over their chests
>ghufaarata= a scarf that goes up to chest
>Naseef=up to waist
>Miqna=up to knee
>Mijar=below knee
>Rida al jilbaab=head to toe
Ghitaa means any of these
Hijaab does not mean any of these,it means a barrier
Burqa means something that covers everything except eyes
Niqabs purpose is to not let people know who you are, niqab covers the soft part of the nose
Ligaam is when it covers the edge of the nose
waswasa is the niqab which is right at the eye
Lisaam means to cover the lips
>Hazrat abdullah bin masood is of the view that khimaar includes face
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