Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Veil restriction in dawah work

“Often, Muslim women emphasize greatly that Islam only allows women to keep their eyes open. My question is that this kind of restriction can cause considerable difficulty for a Muslim woman in the work of dawah and reform. Is this really a matter of Islam or is it the culture of Muslims? Please clarify.”Asked by سائرہ لطیف, کراچی

He answers at 1:15:25 in Don't Be Angry Culture · 1 min 49 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:15:25
maulana, agla sawal aya hai miss saira latif ka karachi pakistan se. unhon ne likha hai: "aksar muslim khawateen is baat par bohat zyada zor deti hain ke islam mein aurat ko sirf aankhein khuli rakhne ki ijazat hai. mera sawal yeh hai ke is qism ki pabandi mein ek muslim aurat ko daawat aur islaah ke kaam mein kafi mushkil pesh aa sakti hai. kya waqai yeh islam ka masla hai ya musalmanon ka culture hai? wazahat farmayen." "yeh bilashubah musalmanon ka culture hai. aajkal jo tasawwur parde ka aur burqe ka hai, us ka islam se koi talluq nahi. koi bhi talluq nahi.
1:16:15
islam mein jo parda hai, woh kya hai? saada libas, dheela dheela libas, aur yeh zeeb o zeenat nahi, aur permissions nahi, sanjidgi ke sath aana jana. yeh hai parda. baqi yeh jo parda nikal nikla hai aaj kal, woh islami parda nahi hai. to yeh to riwaj hai, is mein koi shakk nahi. agar is ko kuch aap parhna chahein is mozu par kisi ko to ek do kitab mein naam loon ga aap ko. ek hai allama albani ki kitab "hijab ul mar'at ul muslimah".
1:16:58
allama naseer ud din albani ki kitab hai "hijab ul mar'at ul muslimah" arabi mein. doosri kitab khud meri kitab hai, woh hai "khawateen islam" aur do kitabein hain "khawateen islam" aur "aurat memar e insaniyat". aap do kitabein parh lijiye, is mein sari baatein wazeh ho jayengi, inshallah. agla sawal bangalore se aya hai aur maulana inayat ullah umri sahib ne kiya hai.
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