10. HIJAB IN ISLAM

10. Hijab in Islam ~ 228 ~ 188. Muhammad Nasiruddin al-Albani, op. cit., p. 31. 189. Qur’an, 33:33. 190. Muhammad Nasiruddin al-Albani, op. cit., p. 31. The third rule of the hijab, according to the writer, is that the garment should not be thin because a thin cloth can never provide cover. And a diaphanous garment only accentuates the attraction of a woman and becomes a potential source of mischief.191 The author quotes many sayings of the Prophet Muhammad, one of which is as follows: Towards the end (in the last phase) there will be women among my followers who will appear naked, or as good as naked, even when wearing clothes. The fourth condition set by the writer is that the garment should be loose-fitting. He again supports his argument by quoting various sayings of the Prophet. Finally he has given an instance where Fatimah (the Prophet’s daughter) expressed her disapproval of a dead woman being wrapped in such a shroud as might display her body as being a