Hijab, My Rules or God’s Rules?
Every system or place, or every idea that exists in this world, contains of some rules. The governor or the boss of each system establishes some rules and ideas, and then says to his people if you want to be part of us, you should obey these rules; otherwise you will be punished. Whatever that system or idea is greater, its rules are more precise. The governor produces those rules, some for having better discipline, some for giving more benefits to his people and some just for knowing how they obey his/her rules.
This world is the greatest system and God is the governor of it. He creates The man as a small part of his great system. He teaches them the last rules and laws of his system by his latest prophet in a religion called Islam. One of the most important laws of Islam is Hijab. Hijab means cover and in Islam both men and women are supposed to wear it. Hijab is something like a supporter for the women to keep them from evil’s eyes in the system. By wearing Hijab they will feel save mentally and physically. The 29th, 30th and 31 verses of soreh- Noor and some other verses like the 59th verse of soreh- Ahzab in holy Ghoran are about the benefits and qualities of Hijab in Islam. In these verses of holy Ghoran, God orders to men keep their eyes of looking to the women and order women to cover their body and hair from other men except their husband and some other close relatives. God say not only there is a hidden beauty in women body but also there is something in heart of men, which women are not aware of it. I create them and I know them better than themselves. I give them these needs to save human being from extinction and give joy to them. But they must learn how and when use it. Thus they can be part of my organization and I will congratulate them in my eternal heaven.
In this system there are different kinds of people. Some obey God for his own sake. They know He gifts us every thing and we desire to thanks him instead. And the best way to thanks God is to obey his rules and laws if not as he say, we have been obeying the Evil and deserve the hell. They obey God to show their mercy to him and to steps forward in the road of heaven, sets up by God himself. Moreover we all know that God did not force anyone to obey his order. Every person has a free will to choose his/her way. May some wants to step in the road of Evil. There is no obligation. But remember we are a tiny part of a great system and we should obey the rules of it, not the set of laws established by of our whishes and desires. When a piece of a system have not been in his/her right place and causes chaos, the order of that system will be lost.
Consequently our country is like that system. We live in a Muslim society and believe in Islam. The rules of our system are based on it and the members of it should obey the rules. But human is the only creature of God that possesses rationale and thought. There are some people in our organization that should be aware of the philosophy hidden behind every rule and not worship God or obey him just for his own sake. They should not be forced to obey. The God’s language is kindness. The surly parts first should become aware of the philosophy at the back of their duties, not forces them to do best. People with the rationale given by the God can recognize every philosophy but sometimes, some of them are so much far from God that can’t hear God’s voice. Or their hearts are so covered by sins that they can’t obey him lovingly via their heart. They don’t think about God’s rules, but consider just about their own whishes. The question is: Really what shall we do with that surly part of our system?
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2 comments:
Hello Zahra, and thank you for leaving a comment on my blog. You wrote a long and eloquent post about hijab. I learned some new things, for example that in Islam men are also supposed to wear hijab. I have never seen that or heard of it. It looks to me as though men have a lot more freedom than women. But I could be wrong! (Maybe they just tend to flout the rules more often!)
Nina
Hi Zahra,
I love your way of writing, very eloquent in deed.
I am against the idea of Hijab, although I am a Muslim, but also I am against societies which forbid wearing of hijab.
In fact I think wearing Hijab is a sin. hmmm. don't worry let me explain.
Our fundamentals of following the Hijab has come from the interpretations of Koran, not from Koran. You for example come from Iran and you probably don't know Arabic inside out, and you follow the interpretation.
I think wearing of Hijab is doing nothing to the behaviors of man and women, it just restrict your freedom that is all. I think also the interptation didn't do a good job all these years, and now is the time to look at it again.
More so, I would look to the idea of Religion itself, what is a religion? in my opinion, it is to make your life here on planet earth enjoyable and full of bliss. It is also to make you wonder about your existence and where you come from experientially. it is not to make you follow a certain regimen at all.
So yes, you would exercise your freedom and wear Hijab or whatever you want and yes if I was a woman I would never wear Hijab, and Yes I think you are entitled to do either one from a free perspective...
Love and joy to you :)
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