Re: Hijab / veil
I think this issue is way over-blown and way too much time is spent specially by men on this and probably other women(jealousy, insecurity who knows ...).
I agree with hskhan on this one however there is one question I would like to ask the ladies here:
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that they should not display their beauty and ornaments except what (must ordinarily) appear thereof; that they should draw their veils over their bosoms and not display their beauty except to their husbands, their fathers, their husband's fathers, their sons, their husbands' sons, their brothers or their brothers' sons, or their sisters' sons, or their women, or the slaves whom their right hands possess, or male servants free of physical needs, or small children who have no sense of the shame of sex; and that they should not strike their feet in order to draw attention to their hidden ornaments. And O ye Believers! turn ye all together towards Allah, that ye may attain Bliss.
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According to the verse women are not supposed to show their beauty. Question I would like to ask is : Why isnt hair part of this? Dont you consider hair as part of your 'beautification process' (for a lack of better term)?
Isnt it true that thousands of dollars are spent just on maintaining hair, coloring them, styling them and what not. Then why exclude hair?
The reason I ask this because most muslim women I know dont wear it often giving long-winded explanations to justify themselves (when what they really want to say is that it dosent look good).