Re: Are High heels encouraged in Islam ?
Peace!
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And tell the believing women to reduce [some] of their vision and guard (*1) their private parts and not expose their adornment (*2) 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 (*3). And turn to Allah in repentance, all of you, O believers, that you might succeed (*4).
*اور مومن عورتوں سے بھی کہہ دو کہ وہ بھی اپنی نگاہیں نیچی رکھا کریں اور اپنی شرم گاہوں کی حفاظت کیا کریں اور اپنی آرائش (یعنی زیور کے مقامات) کو ظاہر نہ ہونے دیا کریں مگر جو ان میں سے کھلا رہتا ہو۔ اور اپنے سینوں پر اوڑھنیاں اوڑھے رہا کریں اور اپنے خاوند اور باپ اور خسر اور بیٹیوں اور خاوند کے بیٹوں اور بھائیوں اور بھتیجیوں اور بھانجوں اور اپنی (ہی قسم کی) عورتوں اور لونڈی غلاموں کے سوا نیز ان خدام کے جو عورتوں کی خواہش نہ رکھیں یا ایسے لڑکوں کے جو عورتوں کے پردے کی چیزوں سے واقف نہ ہوں (غرض ان لوگوں کے سوا) کسی پر اپنی زینت (اور سنگار کے مقامات) کو ظاہر نہ ہونے دیں۔ اور اپنے پاؤں (ایسے طور سے زمین پر) نہ ماریں (کہ جھنکار کانوں میں پہنچے اور) ان کا پوشیدہ زیور معلوم ہوجائے۔ اور مومنو! سب خدا کے آگے توبہ کرو تاکہ فلاح پاؤ *
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**(*1) **The need for modesty is the same in both men and women. But on account of the differentiation of the sexes in nature, temperaments, and social life, a grater amount of privacy is required for women than for men, especially in the matter of dress and the uncovering of the bossom.
*(*2) *"Zinat" means both natural beauty and artificial ornaments. I think both are implied here, but chiefly the former. The woman is asked not to make a display of her figure except to the following classes of people: (1) her husband (2) her near relatives who would be living in the same house, and with whom a certain amount of neglige is permissible (3) her women i.e., her maid-servants, who would be constantly in attendance on her; some Commentators include all believing women; it is not good form in Muslim household for women to meet other women except when they are properly dressed (4) slaves, male and female, as they would be in constant attendace but this item would now to be blank, with the abolition of slavery (5) old or infirm men-servants and (6) infants or small children before they get a sense of sex (more explanation in Surah Ahzaab verses 59)
**(*3) **It is one of the tricks of showy or unchaste women to tinkle their ankle ornaments to draw attention to themselves.
**(*4) **While all these details of the purity and good form of domestic life are being brought to our attention, we are clearly reminded that the chief object we should hold in view in our spiritual welfare. All our brief life on this earth is a probation, and we must make our individual, domestic, and social life all contribute to ur holiness, so that we can get the real success and bliss which is the aim of our spiritual endeavour. Mystics understand the rule of decorum themselves to typify spiritual truths. Our soul, like a modest maiden, allow not her eyes to stray from the One True God. And her beauty is not for vulgar show, but for God.
