What the Dupatta should really cover ….

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113 responses to “What the Dupatta should really cover ….”

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   saad

   January 3, 2010

   I’ve got all of your views and good to know you re all atleast close to the religion …. hijab , dupptah or whatever else ….. basics in Islam how to cover the wits * hiden parts * but here we followin region not religion , I even ve seen jews using hijab , & we shouldn’t consider dupatta as hijab , is it because we all ve got ancestors from sub-continent so they adopted the both stuff and let us here discussin abt it ….

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   Mohamed

   January 2, 2010

   @ Shayma: Sister, I have similar feelings for Pakistan, I join you in your prayers- ameen

   @ Yusha: Hijab is not the dress of any tradition or custom. It does not mean “veil” as many translate, rather it means “to veil” according to criteria laid by Allah SWT & his messenger SWS. The 6 criteria can be met by the shalwar khameez or in fact even the saree worn in India.

   What Shayma is pointing at, is the wearing the shalwar khameez in the manner of the traditional hindus who do not have any such criteria to follow and can modify it over time. If Shayma or any Muslim who cares for the rulings of Allah SWT and his rasool SAWS would see a sister wearing the shalwar khameez confirming to the criteria of hijab, we would only appreciate.

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   Mohammad Yusha

   December 15, 2009

   @Shayma: Since you didn’t answer two very simple questions I asked you, I’m left to assume that you don’t know what you are talking about. So much for Mohamed’s appreciation of your “participation.”

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   Shakir Lakhani

   December 14, 2009

   Hend: “Already a lot of people are arguing here that the ‘all covering’ Hijab is a cultural practice from Arabia”. You’re right. Muslims are living in practically all countries on the planet, yet the Hijab (“burqa”) has come from the Arabs. Allah has asked Muslims to dress modestly (decently). The shalwar kameez worn by Pakistani and Indian women (with a “chador” or “dupatta” draped over the chest and head meets this criterion. I’ve been to the holy places in Saudi Arabia and I’ve seen women (including my wife) performing religious rites in this dress (the “burqa” or “abaya” is not necessary).

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5. 

   Hend

   December 14, 2009

   Shayma

   One factual error in your statement

   “but because before the muslims go to pakistan hindu were there so the muslims inherit the hindu tradition”

   You should say …before Islam reached the region that is Pakistan, Hindu religion was already being practiced by the populations settled there…..

   This is to clarify that ancestors of people who are practicing Islam in Pakistan today did not necessarily come from outside the region. The culture and languages practiced by them were already there. The traditions they have inherited are from their ancestors and are not necessarily ‘Hindu traditions’ because culture and languages came long before any religion.

   The religion does modify culture to some extent as the time goes but we must understand the difference between the two otherwise there is a danger of mistaking cultural practices as religious practices. Already a lot of people are arguing here that the ‘all covering’ Hijab is a cultural practice from Arabia.

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   Mohammad Yusha

   December 14, 2009

   @Shayma: If a woman does not wear Shalwar Kameez then what is she supposed to wear? And do you have any proof that Shalwar Kameez is of Hindu origin?

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7. 

   shayma

   December 14, 2009

   May Allah Bless u and reward u brother. thank u for ur apreciation, actually i am very sad due to everything which happen in pakistan.i ask Allah to guide all my brothers and sisters there and all over the world on the right way, on the way which all of us should go. if i had the power i would have changed things in pakistan 🙂 but unfortunately i cant. but i can pray and all of us can. Insha Allah i hope one day to be pleased to go to pakistan and to find this country a real islamic country. is one of my biggest wish. Insha Allah.

   Assalamu alaykum

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8. 

   Mohamed

   December 13, 2009

   @Shayma: Jazakee Allah Khair, due to lack of time I have not been able to visit Chowrangi or even read email comment updates, however this one caught my attention and I had to respond in appreciation of your participation. Please stay around and tell us more. Your involvement is severely needed on many different posts.

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9. 

   shayma

   December 13, 2009

   actually dupatta is a indian thing. but because before the muslims go to pakistan hindu were there so the muslims inherit the hindu tradition. no pakistani perhps will admit it but is a fact. i am half pakistani but i dont live in pakistan. i was born in another country and Alhamdulillah for this. because i realise many things which some pakistani dont want to accept. and dupatta and hijab have nothing to do one with another. and many other pakistani traditions have nothing to do with islam unfortunatly. because pakistan is a islamic country is a country were according with the statistics 99% of people are parcticing islam in the good way. but i dont see this. even in my family. and i dont know why is difficult for the muslims there to follow islam and not some hindu traditions. hijab is to cover complet hair and……. all the body. not half hair and at the next step all ur hair will become uncovered as dupatta is doing. so for my pakistani sisters, please leave aside all the traditions and customs of this country and look in the Quran and see what Allah says. and follow that. because in the end we will go to Him. and we will answer in front of Him not in front of the society.

   Assalamu alaykum

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10. 

    saad haleem humayun

    October 9, 2009

    Hijaab and Dupatta ….quite different things
    Hijaab will lead a women cover herself up throu Islam s teachings
    and Dupatta ….just the formality

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