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Originally posted by PyariCgudia:
"u have obviously dismissed anything other guppies have come up with using Hadiths or Quranic verses, or **simple logic.
Quite the contrary, whenever I see anyone using simple logic here, I see the post or the whole thread is wiped out.
I've used logic many times here, but it never seems to work.
Which is why I understand now why a small group of guppies come here often. The precise LACK of logic scares pple away.
On the matter of the hadith posted above on women not wearing perfume - i've shot that hadith down becuase as posted above another hadith exists in which the Rasul (PBUH) himself would use perfumes. It doesn't make sense to me that rights given to men aren't being given to women in this hadith I'm criticizing.
The guppie a couple posts above posed an excellent question which got taken out.
If men are permitted to wear perfume , wouldnt they be committing adultery every time they pass women by?
This , my dear, is LOGIC.
Hence, I dont really go on Hadith too much, because as another intelligent guppie pointed out on another post - there is a difference between Sunnah and Hadith.
I take this difference seriously. **
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Asalam O Alaikum,
My advice to you, Dont get too caught up with the differences that you lose the motive behind the discussions.
Firstly, one needs to evaluate how serious the issue is, and how it effects us as Muslim. We have to prioritize the issues when we discuss them.
Yes its true that Prophet Muhammad (saw) was very strict about cleanliness, whether it be body wise or else. Cleanliness is ibadat.
If a women wants to wear perfume, and like u pointed out, what we are to do if we are driving 1.5 hours back and forth from work in the midst of summer, well there are lot of ways around it.
Think about it, if a women really wants to wear a perfume that smells really nice, she wouldnt really be stepping out of the house without her mehram, for un-necessary reasons. She is very un-likely to attract any na-mehram's attention in either of the cases. Isnt that the real reason why women is told not to wear nice perfume??????
If u r going to work, (which is the case with most of modern muslim sisters) then, u just have to be cautious of what sort of perfume u r wearing. and i firmly believe in that, perfumes do attract men.
Other than that, its all about one's niyat.
Logic can be used, but in very minor cases sister. Where we are not given clear cut instructions in Hadiths or in Quran. thats when we are to make intelligent decision as to what to take and what to leave.
On last note...dont make Islam so hard for urself that u lose sight of what really matters. Allah ul Alam
JazakAllah
[This message has been edited by Qaswa (edited June 23, 2002).]