HIJAB IN THE LIGHT OF THE QUR’AN AND HADITH

~ 6 ~ 2. But any veil which in itself becomes an attraction is to be avoided. 3. Garments should not be semi-transparent. 4. Dress should not be tight fitting. 5. Garments should not be perfumed. 6. The form of dress should not in any way resemble that of men. 7. It should not resemble that of non-believers. 8. Garments should not reflect worldly honour.4 The first rule of hijab has been derived from the following passages of the Qur’an: Say to the believing women to turn their eyes away (from temptation) and to preserve their chastity; to cover their adornments except such as are normally displayed; to draw their veils over their bosoms and not to reveal their finery except to their husbands, their fathers, their husbands’ fathers, their sons, their stepsons, their brothers, their brothers’ sons, their sisters’ sons, their women-servants, their slave