I have seen your takes on this affair regarding the niqab and I respectfully disagree with your view. You need to understand that some things are absolute truths in Islam and we have very objective standards by which to measure them.
To properly flesh out your perspective, and perhaps so that when you articulate it more clearly you will understand the issue with your stance better, I want to ask you a few things.
Firstly, what is the ruling of the niqab according to the religion specifically? Is it mandated for adults and not for adolescents? And even more fundamentally, what exactly is wrong with a person who holds the opinion that the niqab is compulsory and then encourages their child to observe it on that same basis? For what it is worth, if we understand that the pleasure of Allah and Jannah are the ultimate goal, what is objectively wrong with encouraging children from a young age to be on that path as early as possible? I would daresay that socialisation and the internalisation of values are far easier to impart and nurture in a child than in an adult, which actually runs contrary to the "why not wait until they are adults" argument.
Is it categorically wrong for a parent to require a child to do something even if the child does not particularly like it? If we accepted that premise fully, it would mean parents should not take their children to school either, given that most children have historically disliked school from the very first day. Would it then be wrong for parents to insist on it regardless? I am guessing you would say no, on the basis that education serves a greater good and its long term benefit outweighs the child's immediate reluctance. So why is that same reasoning not extended to parents who want their daughters to grow up understanding the niqab and the hereafter as a greater priority to live by?
I will also add, and this is worth noting, that I am actually engaging with the premise of forcing for the sake of argument, because in reality, and I do not know how many niqabis you know personally, particularly those who started young, but virtually all the ones I know were never forced into it. It was mostly a natural outcome of their mothers observing it and them growing up in that environment, which again speaks to the power of early socialisation in forming righteous character. But for the sake of engaging with your premise directly, what exactly is wrong with a parent actively pursuing what they sincerely believe to be the objective good of their child's soul and her understanding of this life in relation to the next?
Calling me a tent or a garbage bag is not offensive at all. It’s a superficial insult.
You cannot judge me with the beauty standards society has placed on you 🤷🏻♀️
Truly unfortunate is the Muslim who celebrates the victory of a sports team filled with kuffar, while he has never celebrated the victory of an army of mujahideen.
A man I know lost his job after years of being the family's sole provider.
His wife stood by him financially for months, but the tension kept growing.
One evening during a heated argument, she blurted out, "I regret the day I married you.
"If I had another chance, I'd choose anyone but you."
The fight ended, but the sentence didn't.
She apologized the next morning, insisting she was only angry and didn't mean it.
He forgave her outwardly, but something had shifted.
He stopped sharing his dreams with her, stopped laughing the same way, and the marriage slowly became two people living under one roof.
Anger fades. Some words don't.
When emotions are high, it's better to lose an argument than to say something that can never truly be taken back.
That marriage since then, haven't been the same..
Subḥānallāh!
Some of the quotes and comments here.
Are the reminders not enough? Have we not seen enough reminders that lying even as a joke or “cruise” is prohibited in Islam?
My dear Muslimah, what else should we do before we finally take this matter seriously?
Truthfulness is a noble quality of a believer. Don’t let lying become a habit that weakens our character and our deen. Be someone whose words can always be trusted.
May Allah purify our tongues, make us among the truthful, and protect us from falsehood in all its forms. Āmīn.
@unknownhabibty_@halal_pair That Allah mentioned we should not go near it (for both genders) is the most valid justification. The responsibility of upholding shouldn't be on one gender and if it should be, it should be on the "qawwam".
From a wife:
My husband loves okra soup, but I don't like okra soup so I don't cook it.
My friend came to spend a night with us one day, and I suggested that she cook okra soup for herself and my husband since they both loved it.
She did. And after dinner, my husband thanked her. He said: " if not for you, I wouldn't eat 'good' food tonight."
He said that to her smiling, and my friend too was there smiling. I responded, what about me who told her to cook it? I expected him to acknowledge my thoughtfulness, after all she won't cook the soup if I did not tell her to.
He said i wasn't the one who cooked it, so no gratitude. All that my friend was there, smiling. I got angry, went to the kitchen and threw the remaining soup away.
My friend saw my reaction and got angry, she left the next morning.
My husband and I settled and I thought the okra soup chapter was closed when we agreed " no more okra" in our house.
Months later, I saw the slime line of okra soup on his singlet, I thought he had bought it outside until I checked his phone and saw that my husband has been sending money to my friend every week, to cook okra soup for him. Every week, he would go to her house to eat.
I feel betrayed and disrespected.
It's strange how some people act as if committing a sin means you've permanently lost the right to remind others about what's right and wrong. If that were actually an Islamic principle, then the duty of enjoining good and forbidding evil would practically disappear
@hijabecuore You dont exist. You are blacked out, so, stop talking. Besides Islam says women have no right to speak on Islam. Not only is your identity erased with this tent, your voice should be silent.
I recommend everyone to write a 500- word essay every day.
Literally.
Pick a topic you love and write about it. Without AI. Without templates. Without the feeling that you need to go viral. Just you, your thoughts, and a piece of paper.
🧵 The Quran is often presented as divine law as separate from previous traditions. Holger Zellentin’s new paper argues prophetic law is one continuous unfolding structure rooted in creation itself, with each community receiving specific applications.
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