Muslim teen (Saudi Arabian girl) reveals father's response to removing hijab

[Aramagedon]

For some even breathing can make you a non Muslim....

True.

Ayas of holy Quran are completely against wahhabi and salafi beliefs.


@Zarvan

Read this, this is what Allah says:


www.qtafsir.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=653

Allah said that He,

﴿لاَ يَغْفِرُ أَن يُشْرَكَ بِهِ﴾

(forgives not that partners should be set up with Him (in worship),) meaning, He does not forgive a servant if he meets Him while he is associating partners with Him,

﴿وَيَغْفِرُ مَا دُونَ ذَلِكَ﴾

(but He forgives except that) of sins,

﴿لِمَن يَشَآءُ﴾

(to whom He wills) of His servants. Imam Ahmad recorded that Abu Dharr said that the Messenger of Allah said,

�إِنَّ اللهَ يَقُولُ: يَا عَبْدِي مَا عَبَدْتَنِي وَرَجَوْتَنِي، فَإِنِّي غَافِرٌ لَكَ عَلى مَا كَانَ فِيكَ، يَا عَبْدِي إِنَّكَ إِنْ لَقِيتَنِي بِقُرَابِ الْأَرْضِ خَطِيئَةً مَا لَمْ تُشْرِكْ بِي، لَقِيتُكَ بِقُرَابِهَا مَغْفِرَة�

(Allah said, "O My servant! As long as you worship and beg Me, I will forgive you, no matter your shortcomings. O My servant! If you meet Me with the earth's fill of sin, yet you do not associate any partners with Me, I will meet you with its fill of forgiveness.'') Only Ahmad recorded this Hadith with this chain of narration. Imam Ahmad recorded that Abu Dharr said, "I came to the Messenger of Allah and he said,

�مَا مِنْ عَبْدٍ قَالَ: لَا إِلهَ إِلَّا اللهُ ثُمَّ مَاتَ عَلَى ذَلِكَ، إِلَّا دَخَلَ الْجَنَّة�

قلت:وإن زنى وإن سرق؟ قال:

�وَإِنْ زَنَى وَإِنْ سَرَق�

. قلت: وإن زنى وإن سرق؟ قال:

�وَإِنْ زَنَى وَإِنْ سَرَقَ ثَلَاثًا�

، ثم قال في الرابعة:

�عَلَى رَغْمِ أَنْفِ أَبِي ذَر�

("No servant proclaims,`There is no deity worthy of worship except Allah,' and dies on that belief, but will enter Paradise.'' I said, "Even if he committed adultery and theft'' He said, "Even if he committed adultery and theft.'' I asked again, "Even if he committed adultery and theft'' He said, "Even if he committed adultery and theft.'' The fourth time, he said, "Even if Abu Dharr's nose was put in the dust.'') Abu Dharr departed while pulling his Izar and saying, "Even if Abu Dharr's nose was put in the dust.'' Ever since that happened, Abu Dharr used to narrate the Hadith and then comment, "Even if Abu Dharr's nose was put in dust.'' The Two Sahihs recorded this Hadith Al-Bazzar recorded that Ibn `Umar said, "We used to refrain from begging (Allah) for forgiveness for those who commit major sins until we heard our Prophet reciting,

﴿إِنَّ اللَّهَ لاَ يَغْفِرُ أَن يُشْرَكَ بِهِ وَيَغْفِرُ مَا دُونَ ذَلِكَ لِمَن يَشَآءُ﴾

(Verily, Allah forgives not that partners should be set up with Him (in worship), but He forgives except that (anything else) to whom He wills, and his saying,

�أَخَّرْتُ شَفَاعَتِي لِأَهْلِ الْكَبَائِرِ مِنْ أُمَّتِي يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَة�

(I have reserved my intercession on the Day of Resurrection for those among my Ummah who commit major sins.)'' Allah's statement,

﴿وَمَن يُشْرِكْ بِاللَّهِ فَقَدِ افْتَرَى إِثْماً عَظِيماً﴾

(and whoever sets up partners with Allah in worship, he has indeed invented a tremendous sin.) is similar to His statement,

﴿إِنَّ الشِّرْكَ لَظُلْمٌ عَظِيمٌ﴾

(Verily, joining others in worship with Allah is a great Zulm (wrong) indeed.) In the Two Sahihs, it is recorded that Ibn Mas`ud said, "I said, `O Messenger of Allah! Which is the greatest sin' He said,

�أَنْ تَجْعَلَ للهِ نِدًّا وَهُوَ خَلَقَك�

(To make a rival with Allah, while He Alone created you.)''

﴿أَلَمْ تَرَ إِلَى الَّذِينَ يُزَكُّونَ أَنفُسَهُمْ بَلِ اللَّهُ يُزَكِّى مَن يَشَآءُ وَلاَ يُظْلَمُونَ فَتِيلاً - انظُرْ كَيفَ يَفْتَرُونَ عَلَى اللَّهِ الكَذِبَ وَكَفَى بِهِ إِثْماً مُّبِيناً - أَلَمْ تَرَ إِلَى الَّذِينَ أُوتُواْ نَصِيباً مِّنَ الْكِتَـبِ يُؤْمِنُونَ بِالْجِبْتِ وَالطَّـغُوتِ وَيَقُولُونَ لِلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ هَـؤُلاءِ أَهْدَى مِنَ الَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ سَبِيلاً - أُوْلَـئِكَ الَّذِينَ لَعَنَهُمُ اللَّهُ وَمَن يَلْعَنِ اللَّهُ فَلَن تَجِدَ لَهُ نَصِيراً ﴾

(49. Have you not seen those who claim sanctity for themselves Nay, but Allah sanctifies whom He wills, and they will not be dealt with injustice even equal to the extent of a Fatil.) (50. Look, how they invent a lie against Allah, and enough is that as a manifest sin.) (51. Have you not seen those who were given a portion of the Scripture They believe in Jibt and Taghut and say to those who disbelieve, "These people are better guided on the way, '' than the believers.) (52. They are those whom Allah has cursed, and he whom Allah curses, you will not find for him (any) helper.)

صدق الله العلی العظیم

​

Extremist itself is a very great sin ! Because it gives bad image from religion and decrease people's interest in religion...

 

[Liquidmetal]

Hijab is compulsory in Islam what her father should have told her is to decide whether she wants to be Muslim or not and if she wants to be called Muslim than Hijab is compulsory.

Stop bullshitting mate, millions of women do not wear the hijab and are Muslim. Who is Muslim and who is not is up to our maker and our maker alone and not down to some dogmatic marrow minded right wing control freak.

In this case the father is a very wise and very loving man, who supported his daughter and nothing is more Muslim than that.

 

[Menace2Society]

Hijab and Niqab are cultural constructs. If find them horrid. Nunify an entire gender for risk of every woman being made a sexual object which needs hiding.

Barbaric mindset.

Equality is built on mutual respect, not covering up a woman's hair and face just because some men can't keep it in their pants.

 

[Luffy 500]

Liberal westerners and rigth-wing bigots have a problem with everything Islam stands for. SO should every islamic principle be watered down to appease these bigots? Where's the self-respect, pride and honor that a muslim should have? A pride and honour with which Salmān Al-Farsi (raḍiy Allāhu ʿanhu) answered the polytheist who mockingly questioned the need for divine guidance in answering the call of nature. Rather than being embarrassed by Islām’s holistic teachings, he assertively replied, “Yes, indeed! He has forbidden us from facing the direction of prayer when urinating or defecating.”

Why water down/hide/or apologize for something you have firm belief in? Such liberal watering down of Islam would never counter islamophobia because the simple-minded bigots who apparently changed their views of Islam by this tweet only did so because they liked something that's inline with their per-conceived bigoted notions. They did NOT appreciate islam for what it is, but they appreciated a liberal water down version of what an apologetic Muslim told them is islam. brother @Sharif al-Hijaz please read this article below:

https://www.islam21c.com/islamic-thought/842-should-a-muslim-be-proud/

Should a Muslim be Proud?
Posted by: Ustadh Gulraz Gachi in General, Islamic Thought, Opinion, Propagation, Spirituality 16/06/2010 8 Comments

“They ask you about the sacred month about fighting therein. Say, ‘Fighting therein is great [sin], and we totally condemn such actions that are perpetrated by heretical terrorists. Islām is a religion of peace.”

An unfamiliar verse, but nonetheless not far removed from the type of responses that many Muslims proffer in their feeble attempts to shield Islamic principles that are intermittently under attack. A simpleton may question the apparent variances between divine responses and those of such people who are apparently exercising wisdom and intellect in order to portray Islām in what they believe to be the best possible light. Closer inspection of the situation would illustrate, perhaps, that the observations of the simpleton reveal a flaw in the responses of our modern day defenders of the faith – a lack of pride and honour in Islām.

The pride I am referring to here is the ‘feeling of deep pleasure or satisfaction derived from achievements, qualities, or possessions’, ‘Consciousness of one’s own dignity’,[1] and ‘a sense of one’s own proper dignity or value; self-respect.’[2] While honour is ‘a clear sense of what is morally right’,[3] and ‘personal integrity; allegiance to moral principles.’[4]

This, clearly, is not the pride that is forbidden in Islām; rather this is historical pride and honour which the Prophet (sall Allāhu ʿalayhi wa sallam) filled the hearts of the believers with, and which Allāh defends His religion and its followers with, and with which the companions (raḍiy Allāhu ʿanhum) spread Islām to the expansive empires of their time; a pride and honour with which Allāh, the Mighty and Majestic defends Islām and the Muslims when they are accused of transgression, outlining the greater transgression of their opponents,

“They ask you about the sacred month about fighting therein. Say, ‘Fighting therein is great [sin], but averting [people] from the way of Allāh and disbelief in Him and [preventing access to] al-Masjid al-Haram and the expulsion of its people therefrom are greater [evil] in the sight of Allāh. And fitnah is greater than killing.’”[5]

A pride and honour with which Salmān Al-Farsi (raḍiy Allāhu ʿanhu) answered the polytheist who mockingly questioned the need for divine guidance in answering the call of nature. Rather than being embarrassed by Islām’s holistic teachings, he assertively replied, “Yes, indeed! He has forbidden us from facing the direction of prayer when urinating or defecating.”

A pride and honour with which ʿUmar (raḍiy Allāhu ʿanhu) protested, “Are we not on the right path in this life and the Hereafter?’ To which the Prophet (sall Allāhu ʿalayhi wa sallam) answered: “Of course you are! I swear by Allāh in Whose Hand my soul is, you are upon the truth in this world and in the Hereafter.” ʿUmar (raḍiy Allāhu ʿanhu) said in response, “Why then must we conduct ourselves secretively. I swear by Allāh Who has sent you with the Truth, we will leave our concealment and proclaim our noble cause publicly.” He then proceeded to march with the Muslims to pray openly at the Kaʿbah at a time when the oppression and torture of the Muslims was at its height.

This pride in the religion of the Creator is without doubt a praiseworthy one and something that emanates from the honour that Islām demands,

“And to Allāh belongs all honour, and to His Messenger, and to the believers”[6]

As for blameworthy pride, then that is ‘the quality of having an excessively high opinion of oneself’,[7] and “arrogant or disdainful conduct or treatment; haughtiness.’[8] This is, of course, dispraised and more often than not based on nationality, wealth, status, intellect, being ‘Western’ etc. No less blameworthy is the lack of pride and honour in what has been divinely revealed to us from Islām; a defect which seems to be, in many cases, caused by an inferiority complex and something which causes Muslims to go on the defensive, bending over backwards to show the compatibility of Islām with Western values and ideals. The hijāb thus becomes a mere expression of modesty similar to that which is displayed by nuns, jihād becomes a last resort and only applicable in self-defence, polygamy becomes restricted by a host of conditions making it, for all practical purposes, an impossibility, and the Sharīʿah is explained in a watered-down and liberalised model that is aspiration for dark-skinned people in far-off lands who have not tasted civilisation and the enlightenment that it brings to the mind.

As for the responses presented in the divine sources from the Words of Allāh, the Mighty and Majestic, His honourable Messenger (sall Allāhu ʿalayhi wa sallam) and his blessed, chosen companions(raḍiy Allāhu ʿanhum), then we see expressions replete with honour and dignity; responses that recognise their own superiority as well as the inferiority of their adversaries, and which have the assurance to go on the offensive instead of exhausting all efforts in defending every accusation in a futile manner.

An example of such a response was beautifully illustrated by the honourable companion Rabi’ b. Āmir (raḍiy Allāhu ʿanhu), when he entered into the presence of Rostum, the leader of the Persian army, in response to his request for negotiations. The pomp and glitter of the magnificent reception laid out by the Persians in no way made this bedouin feel inferior or leave him in awe. Instead he marched forward, indifferently, in his ragged clothes and on his short-legged horse refusing demands to drop his arms. Tying his horse to Rostum’s throne, the latter, taken aback, asked, “What brings you?” Rabi’ (raḍiy Allāhu ʿanhu) responded with his unforgettable words, “Allāh has sent us to free mankind from the worship of people to the worship of Allāh, from the narrowness of this life to the expanse of the Hereafter and from the oppression of other religions to the justice of Islām. Allāh has sent us to His creatures with His religion. Whoever accepts it, we will accept that from him and whoever refuses, we shall fight him until we attain the promise of Allāh.” “And what is His promise?” asked Rostom. “Paradise for those who die and victory for those who survive,” replied Rabi’ (raḍiy Allāhu ʿanhu). He then refused to give the Persians any longer than three days to deliberate and left in the unique majesty that only those who stand up for the truth can experience.

Such was the honour with which the Companions (raḍiy Allāhu ʿanhum) carried themselves. Despite being materially inferior to their enemies, they were not distracted from their certainty in the superiority of their own faith and principle-based civilisation; a civilisation based on the divine teachings of the Creator of the heavens and the earth and everything else that exists. We should thus realise that honour will not return to us through empty material, industrial or intellectual advances; rather, it will only make a comeback when we recognise and realise the timeless words of Caliph ʿUmar b. al-Khattab (raḍiy Allāhu ʿanhu),

“We were a people who lived in humiliation and then Allāh gave us honour through Islām. Accordingly, if we were to seek honour through anything other than Islām, Allāh would humiliate us once again.”

---------------------------
@The Sandman @Menace2Society @Liquidmetal @2800 you guys can also give a read if you want to get better informed about a totally different pristine pure world view that is ISLAM.

 

[WarFariX]

Uhmm
https://defence.pk/pdf/threads/musl...sponse-to-removing-hijab.490452/#post-9397560
it's not me who said this...

he means that to respect the state of being muslim , do follow it to fullest otherwise other people get wrong impression of islam and start thinking that " O she is not doing this that means it is not complusory"

 

[EgyptianAmerican]

Liberal westerners and rigth-wing bigots have a problem with everything Islam stands for. SO should every islamic principle be watered down to appease these bigots? Where's the self-respect, pride and honor that a muslim should have? A pride and honour with which Salmān Al-Farsi (raḍiy Allāhu ʿanhu) answered the polytheist who mockingly questioned the need for divine guidance in answering the call of nature. Rather than being embarrassed by Islām’s holistic teachings, he assertively replied, “Yes, indeed! He has forbidden us from facing the direction of prayer when urinating or defecating.”

Why water down/hide/or apologize for something you have firm belief in? Such liberal watering down of Islam would never counter islamophobia because the simple-minded bigots who apparently changed their views of Islam by this tweet only did so because they liked something that's inline with their per-conceived bigoted notions. They did NOT appreciate islam for what it is, but they appreciated a liberal water down version of what an apologetic Muslim told them is islam. brother @Sharif al-Hijaz please read this article below:

https://www.islam21c.com/islamic-thought/842-should-a-muslim-be-proud/

Should a Muslim be Proud?
Posted by: Ustadh Gulraz Gachi in General, Islamic Thought, Opinion, Propagation, Spirituality 16/06/2010 8 Comments

“They ask you about the sacred month about fighting therein. Say, ‘Fighting therein is great [sin], and we totally condemn such actions that are perpetrated by heretical terrorists. Islām is a religion of peace.”

An unfamiliar verse, but nonetheless not far removed from the type of responses that many Muslims proffer in their feeble attempts to shield Islamic principles that are intermittently under attack. A simpleton may question the apparent variances between divine responses and those of such people who are apparently exercising wisdom and intellect in order to portray Islām in what they believe to be the best possible light. Closer inspection of the situation would illustrate, perhaps, that the observations of the simpleton reveal a flaw in the responses of our modern day defenders of the faith – a lack of pride and honour in Islām.

The pride I am referring to here is the ‘feeling of deep pleasure or satisfaction derived from achievements, qualities, or possessions’, ‘Consciousness of one’s own dignity’,[1] and ‘a sense of one’s own proper dignity or value; self-respect.’[2] While honour is ‘a clear sense of what is morally right’,[3] and ‘personal integrity; allegiance to moral principles.’[4]

This, clearly, is not the pride that is forbidden in Islām; rather this is historical pride and honour which the Prophet (sall Allāhu ʿalayhi wa sallam) filled the hearts of the believers with, and which Allāh defends His religion and its followers with, and with which the companions (raḍiy Allāhu ʿanhum) spread Islām to the expansive empires of their time; a pride and honour with which Allāh, the Mighty and Majestic defends Islām and the Muslims when they are accused of transgression, outlining the greater transgression of their opponents,

“They ask you about the sacred month about fighting therein. Say, ‘Fighting therein is great [sin], but averting [people] from the way of Allāh and disbelief in Him and [preventing access to] al-Masjid al-Haram and the expulsion of its people therefrom are greater [evil] in the sight of Allāh. And fitnah is greater than killing.’”[5]

A pride and honour with which Salmān Al-Farsi (raḍiy Allāhu ʿanhu) answered the polytheist who mockingly questioned the need for divine guidance in answering the call of nature. Rather than being embarrassed by Islām’s holistic teachings, he assertively replied, “Yes, indeed! He has forbidden us from facing the direction of prayer when urinating or defecating.”

A pride and honour with which ʿUmar (raḍiy Allāhu ʿanhu) protested, “Are we not on the right path in this life and the Hereafter?’ To which the Prophet (sall Allāhu ʿalayhi wa sallam) answered: “Of course you are! I swear by Allāh in Whose Hand my soul is, you are upon the truth in this world and in the Hereafter.” ʿUmar (raḍiy Allāhu ʿanhu) said in response, “Why then must we conduct ourselves secretively. I swear by Allāh Who has sent you with the Truth, we will leave our concealment and proclaim our noble cause publicly.” He then proceeded to march with the Muslims to pray openly at the Kaʿbah at a time when the oppression and torture of the Muslims was at its height.

This pride in the religion of the Creator is without doubt a praiseworthy one and something that emanates from the honour that Islām demands,

“And to Allāh belongs all honour, and to His Messenger, and to the believers”[6]

As for blameworthy pride, then that is ‘the quality of having an excessively high opinion of oneself’,[7] and “arrogant or disdainful conduct or treatment; haughtiness.’[8] This is, of course, dispraised and more often than not based on nationality, wealth, status, intellect, being ‘Western’ etc. No less blameworthy is the lack of pride and honour in what has been divinely revealed to us from Islām; a defect which seems to be, in many cases, caused by an inferiority complex and something which causes Muslims to go on the defensive, bending over backwards to show the compatibility of Islām with Western values and ideals. The hijāb thus becomes a mere expression of modesty similar to that which is displayed by nuns, jihād becomes a last resort and only applicable in self-defence, polygamy becomes restricted by a host of conditions making it, for all practical purposes, an impossibility, and the Sharīʿah is explained in a watered-down and liberalised model that is aspiration for dark-skinned people in far-off lands who have not tasted civilisation and the enlightenment that it brings to the mind.

As for the responses presented in the divine sources from the Words of Allāh, the Mighty and Majestic, His honourable Messenger (sall Allāhu ʿalayhi wa sallam) and his blessed, chosen companions(raḍiy Allāhu ʿanhum), then we see expressions replete with honour and dignity; responses that recognise their own superiority as well as the inferiority of their adversaries, and which have the assurance to go on the offensive instead of exhausting all efforts in defending every accusation in a futile manner.

An example of such a response was beautifully illustrated by the honourable companion Rabi’ b. Āmir (raḍiy Allāhu ʿanhu), when he entered into the presence of Rostum, the leader of the Persian army, in response to his request for negotiations. The pomp and glitter of the magnificent reception laid out by the Persians in no way made this bedouin feel inferior or leave him in awe. Instead he marched forward, indifferently, in his ragged clothes and on his short-legged horse refusing demands to drop his arms. Tying his horse to Rostum’s throne, the latter, taken aback, asked, “What brings you?” Rabi’ (raḍiy Allāhu ʿanhu) responded with his unforgettable words, “Allāh has sent us to free mankind from the worship of people to the worship of Allāh, from the narrowness of this life to the expanse of the Hereafter and from the oppression of other religions to the justice of Islām. Allāh has sent us to His creatures with His religion. Whoever accepts it, we will accept that from him and whoever refuses, we shall fight him until we attain the promise of Allāh.” “And what is His promise?” asked Rostom. “Paradise for those who die and victory for those who survive,” replied Rabi’ (raḍiy Allāhu ʿanhu). He then refused to give the Persians any longer than three days to deliberate and left in the unique majesty that only those who stand up for the truth can experience.

Such was the honour with which the Companions (raḍiy Allāhu ʿanhum) carried themselves. Despite being materially inferior to their enemies, they were not distracted from their certainty in the superiority of their own faith and principle-based civilisation; a civilisation based on the divine teachings of the Creator of the heavens and the earth and everything else that exists. We should thus realise that honour will not return to us through empty material, industrial or intellectual advances; rather, it will only make a comeback when we recognise and realise the timeless words of Caliph ʿUmar b. al-Khattab (raḍiy Allāhu ʿanhu),

“We were a people who lived in humiliation and then Allāh gave us honour through Islām. Accordingly, if we were to seek honour through anything other than Islām, Allāh would humiliate us once again.”

---------------------------
@Sharif al-Hijaz @The Sandman @Menace2Society @Liquidmetal @2800

You went on a long-winded story about a bunch of nonsense with no proof that the Qur'an commands the Hijab or anything like it. Therefore Hijab is not required in Islam, go screw off now.

 

[WarFariX]

So which one is it genius? Does taking Hijab off makes one a non Muslim or not? You didn't specify which statement of mine made my thinking clownish. You just came across as Zarvan's side kick. Did you guys both go to the same madarash or something?

actually i never went to madrassa . i am a doctor and a lifetime high achiever in school,...my parents raised me well....

 

[EgyptianAmerican]

For people like @Luffy 500 @Zarvan @MarvellousThunder@PDC

Who think the Qu'ran commands Hijab, watch this

 

[WarFariX]

You went on a long-winded story about a bunch of nonsense with no proof that the Qur'an commands the Hijab or anything like it. Therefore Hijab is not required in Islam, go screw off now.

ahmm ok now for your country , i never saw an egyptian women with hijab....1/100 maybe.....read quran and tafseer...u will find ur answer “O Prophet, tell your wives and your daughters and the women of the believers to draw their cloaks close round them (when they go abroad). That will be better, so that they may be recognised and not annoyed. Allah is ever Forgiving, Merciful.” (Quran 33:59).

 

[Menace2Society]

Liberal westerners and rigth-wing bigots have a problem with everything Islam stands for. SO should every islamic principle be watered down to appease these bigots? Where's the self-respect, pride and honor that a muslim should have? A pride and honour with which Salmān Al-Farsi (raḍiy Allāhu ʿanhu) answered the polytheist who mockingly questioned the need for divine guidance in answering the call of nature. Rather than being embarrassed by Islām’s holistic teachings, he assertively replied, “Yes, indeed! He has forbidden us from facing the direction of prayer when urinating or defecating.”

Why water down/hide/or apologize for something you have firm belief in? Such liberal watering down of Islam would never counter islamophobia because the simple-minded bigots who apparently changed their views of Islam by this tweet only did so because they liked something that's inline with their per-conceived bigoted notions. They did NOT appreciate islam for what it is, but they appreciated a liberal water down version of what an apologetic Muslim told them is islam. brother @Sharif al-Hijaz please read this article below:

https://www.islam21c.com/islamic-thought/842-should-a-muslim-be-proud/

Should a Muslim be Proud?
Posted by: Ustadh Gulraz Gachi in General, Islamic Thought, Opinion, Propagation, Spirituality 16/06/2010 8 Comments

“They ask you about the sacred month about fighting therein. Say, ‘Fighting therein is great [sin], and we totally condemn such actions that are perpetrated by heretical terrorists. Islām is a religion of peace.”

An unfamiliar verse, but nonetheless not far removed from the type of responses that many Muslims proffer in their feeble attempts to shield Islamic principles that are intermittently under attack. A simpleton may question the apparent variances between divine responses and those of such people who are apparently exercising wisdom and intellect in order to portray Islām in what they believe to be the best possible light. Closer inspection of the situation would illustrate, perhaps, that the observations of the simpleton reveal a flaw in the responses of our modern day defenders of the faith – a lack of pride and honour in Islām.

The pride I am referring to here is the ‘feeling of deep pleasure or satisfaction derived from achievements, qualities, or possessions’, ‘Consciousness of one’s own dignity’,[1] and ‘a sense of one’s own proper dignity or value; self-respect.’[2] While honour is ‘a clear sense of what is morally right’,[3] and ‘personal integrity; allegiance to moral principles.’[4]

This, clearly, is not the pride that is forbidden in Islām; rather this is historical pride and honour which the Prophet (sall Allāhu ʿalayhi wa sallam) filled the hearts of the believers with, and which Allāh defends His religion and its followers with, and with which the companions (raḍiy Allāhu ʿanhum) spread Islām to the expansive empires of their time; a pride and honour with which Allāh, the Mighty and Majestic defends Islām and the Muslims when they are accused of transgression, outlining the greater transgression of their opponents,

“They ask you about the sacred month about fighting therein. Say, ‘Fighting therein is great [sin], but averting [people] from the way of Allāh and disbelief in Him and [preventing access to] al-Masjid al-Haram and the expulsion of its people therefrom are greater [evil] in the sight of Allāh. And fitnah is greater than killing.’”[5]

A pride and honour with which Salmān Al-Farsi (raḍiy Allāhu ʿanhu) answered the polytheist who mockingly questioned the need for divine guidance in answering the call of nature. Rather than being embarrassed by Islām’s holistic teachings, he assertively replied, “Yes, indeed! He has forbidden us from facing the direction of prayer when urinating or defecating.”

A pride and honour with which ʿUmar (raḍiy Allāhu ʿanhu) protested, “Are we not on the right path in this life and the Hereafter?’ To which the Prophet (sall Allāhu ʿalayhi wa sallam) answered: “Of course you are! I swear by Allāh in Whose Hand my soul is, you are upon the truth in this world and in the Hereafter.” ʿUmar (raḍiy Allāhu ʿanhu) said in response, “Why then must we conduct ourselves secretively. I swear by Allāh Who has sent you with the Truth, we will leave our concealment and proclaim our noble cause publicly.” He then proceeded to march with the Muslims to pray openly at the Kaʿbah at a time when the oppression and torture of the Muslims was at its height.

This pride in the religion of the Creator is without doubt a praiseworthy one and something that emanates from the honour that Islām demands,

“And to Allāh belongs all honour, and to His Messenger, and to the believers”[6]

As for blameworthy pride, then that is ‘the quality of having an excessively high opinion of oneself’,[7] and “arrogant or disdainful conduct or treatment; haughtiness.’[8] This is, of course, dispraised and more often than not based on nationality, wealth, status, intellect, being ‘Western’ etc. No less blameworthy is the lack of pride and honour in what has been divinely revealed to us from Islām; a defect which seems to be, in many cases, caused by an inferiority complex and something which causes Muslims to go on the defensive, bending over backwards to show the compatibility of Islām with Western values and ideals. The hijāb thus becomes a mere expression of modesty similar to that which is displayed by nuns, jihād becomes a last resort and only applicable in self-defence, polygamy becomes restricted by a host of conditions making it, for all practical purposes, an impossibility, and the Sharīʿah is explained in a watered-down and liberalised model that is aspiration for dark-skinned people in far-off lands who have not tasted civilisation and the enlightenment that it brings to the mind.

As for the responses presented in the divine sources from the Words of Allāh, the Mighty and Majestic, His honourable Messenger (sall Allāhu ʿalayhi wa sallam) and his blessed, chosen companions(raḍiy Allāhu ʿanhum), then we see expressions replete with honour and dignity; responses that recognise their own superiority as well as the inferiority of their adversaries, and which have the assurance to go on the offensive instead of exhausting all efforts in defending every accusation in a futile manner.

An example of such a response was beautifully illustrated by the honourable companion Rabi’ b. Āmir (raḍiy Allāhu ʿanhu), when he entered into the presence of Rostum, the leader of the Persian army, in response to his request for negotiations. The pomp and glitter of the magnificent reception laid out by the Persians in no way made this bedouin feel inferior or leave him in awe. Instead he marched forward, indifferently, in his ragged clothes and on his short-legged horse refusing demands to drop his arms. Tying his horse to Rostum’s throne, the latter, taken aback, asked, “What brings you?” Rabi’ (raḍiy Allāhu ʿanhu) responded with his unforgettable words, “Allāh has sent us to free mankind from the worship of people to the worship of Allāh, from the narrowness of this life to the expanse of the Hereafter and from the oppression of other religions to the justice of Islām. Allāh has sent us to His creatures with His religion. Whoever accepts it, we will accept that from him and whoever refuses, we shall fight him until we attain the promise of Allāh.” “And what is His promise?” asked Rostom. “Paradise for those who die and victory for those who survive,” replied Rabi’ (raḍiy Allāhu ʿanhu). He then refused to give the Persians any longer than three days to deliberate and left in the unique majesty that only those who stand up for the truth can experience.

Such was the honour with which the Companions (raḍiy Allāhu ʿanhum) carried themselves. Despite being materially inferior to their enemies, they were not distracted from their certainty in the superiority of their own faith and principle-based civilisation; a civilisation based on the divine teachings of the Creator of the heavens and the earth and everything else that exists. We should thus realise that honour will not return to us through empty material, industrial or intellectual advances; rather, it will only make a comeback when we recognise and realise the timeless words of Caliph ʿUmar b. al-Khattab (raḍiy Allāhu ʿanhu),

“We were a people who lived in humiliation and then Allāh gave us honour through Islām. Accordingly, if we were to seek honour through anything other than Islām, Allāh would humiliate us once again.”

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@Sharif al-Hijaz @The Sandman @Menace2Society @Liquidmetal @2800

You are getting defensive.

My only issue is with women being made the exception in having to cover their face and/or face. I don't agree with this. This is a mans insecurity forced upon women. It's all cultural. Like I said I don't care what other countries do but I want it kept well away from Pakistan. This is not us.

We are a neutral worldly society, not barbarians who are constantly eyeballing women in the street just because her hair is uncovered. I never want Pakistan to turn out like this.

 

[WarFariX]

For people like @Luffy 500 @Zarvan @MarvellousThunder@PDC

Who think the Qu'ran commands Hijab, watch this

giving your source a women who doesnt even meet 1% of hijab...buhahahahahahaha u must be joking or something...u must refer to scholars..not "named" muslims for teachings

this post is in a defense forum, why?

general discussion section

 

[Jf Thunder]

this post is in a defense forum, why?

 

[el 3mir]

Anyone who has a problem with the hijab is most likely a pervert.

 

[EgyptianAmerican]

giving your source a women who doesnt even meet 1% of hijab...buhahahahahahaha u must be joking or something...u must refer to scholars..not "named" muslims for teachings

Watch first my friend.

 

[WarFariX]

Watch first my friend.

watch 2:37