Pilgrimage begins with a bath and Ihraam, men in seamless sheets and women in modest dress, and pilgrims abstain from intercourse, shaving, haircuts, arguments, misconduct, and bad language, while cleanliness is encouraged.1, 2
Oppressing women, forcing them to wear head covers and unreasonable clothes, and depriving them of rights in marriage, divorce, and inheritance violates the Quran.1, 2
Children of true believers must be taught that their lifelong happiness depends on following God's law and preserving their chastity.1
God's advice to keep chastity before and after marriage is for our own good, because God controls our health, wealth, and happiness or misery.1
Today's society, including American society of the eighties, is full of powerful sexual temptations, with parents even encouraging dating and supplying birth control to their teenage children.1
True believers who care about their children advise and remind them repeatedly and persistently to stay virgins until their wedding night and then remain loyal to their spouses.1
God commands believing men and women to lower their eyes and keep chaste, and tells women not to reveal their beauty except what is necessary and to cover their chests.1
The head scarf is a man made restriction, and the Quran commands only general modesty for women.1, 2
Wearing a scarf is not required for a woman's prayer.1
Children of believers must be taught that lifelong happiness depends on following God's laws, including keeping their chastity for their future spouses.1
Maintaining chastity is one of the traits God shows are necessary for success, along with reverent prayer, avoiding vain talk, and giving Zakat.1, 2, 3
Servants and children who have not reached puberty must ask permission before entering at three private times: before the dawn prayer, at noon rest, and after the night prayer.1
The Quran's word for walls is al hujrat, not hijab, and if women were meant to stay home all the time there would be no need for dress code commandments for them.1, 2
The word hijab in the Quran has nothing to do with Muslim dress; it means a combination of physical and spiritual barriers.1
God commands chastity, so our children should remain virgins until their wedding night and then stay loyal to their spouse without ever committing adultery.1, 2
Marriage is a divine institution, and God's command to keep chastity before and after marriage is for our own good.1
Parents should urge both boys and girls not to have sex before marriage, using the Quran to explain what God says, and God will help them.1, 2
Faith calls for lowering the eyes, keeping modesty, and bearing witness with absolute justice even against one's own people.1
The best garment is the garment of righteousness.1
Successful believers are reverent in their Contact Prayers, avoid vain talk, give the obligatory charity, and maintain their chastity.1, 2, 3, 4
Both believing men and women are told to subdue their eyes and maintain their chastity.1
God nowhere commands women to cover their head or face; the clear command is to cover their chests, lengthen their garments, and maintain modesty.1, 2, 3, 4
Forcing women to wear the veil is a cultural, man-made dress code, not an Islamic one.1, 2
Modesty applies to men too, and Muslim men who follow the Quran alone also dress modestly.1
What counts as modest dress differs from culture to culture, so full hijab on Western streets may draw attention rather than be modest.1
Pilgrimage begins with a bath and the state of Ihraam, men in seamless sheets and women in modest dress, abstaining from intercourse, shaving, haircuts, arguments, misconduct, and bad language.1
Women do not have to cover their hair as a religious requirement, because hair covering is not in the Quran.1
A woman may relax her dress code around close relatives, other women, and servants, with male servants governed by 24:31, and elderly women may relax it under certain conditions.1, 2, 3
According to the Quran, believing women shall lengthen their garments so they are recognized and avoid being insulted.1, 2
According to the Quran, the best garment is the garment of righteousness, not the veil.1, 2
The Quran places on both men and women the duty to subdue their eyes and maintain chastity, rather than requiring women to be veiled.1, 2
The Quranic dress code for Muslim women is righteousness and modesty, not the veil.1, 2
Women in the Prophet's time were not veiled, since verse 33:52 speaks of admiring women's beauty, which would be impossible if they were veiled.1, 2, 3
Women shall cover their chests, not their faces or hair, based on verse 24:31.1, 2
Believing men and believing women must lower their gaze and maintain their chastity.1, 2
Those who cannot afford marriage must remain moral until God provides, honest servants wishing to marry should be freed, and no one may force girls into prostitution.1, 2
Believing women are to subdue their eyes, maintain their chastity, reveal only what is necessary of their bodies, and cover their chests.1
The best garment is the garment of righteousness.1
The Arabic word Khemar simply means any kind of cover over anything, and men who insist it must cover the woman's hair distort it.1
The Quran nowhere requires a woman to cover her hair; it orders men and women to dress modestly and subdue their eyes, and tells women to lengthen their dresses and cover their chests.1, 2
Covering the head is not an idea from the Quran but an innovation that has been falsely attributed to Islam.1, 2
Islamic garment is a set of manners in talking, walking, dressing, and acting, and a woman should behave in a way that does not attract the attention of strangers.1, 2
Men are the first to be told to lower their eyes and keep chaste, and men should be educated first so that women's modest dress will be effective.1, 2
Modest dress lets believing women be recognized as righteous women and avoid being insulted, even by strangers.1, 2, 3