Page 322 - Bigotry: The Dark Danger

Bigotry:
The Dark Danger

A Muslim Woman Knows How to Dress in Accordance
with the Qur'an

One important point that needs to be made here is that a Muslim
woman knows perfectly well how to dress in accordance with the
Qur'an so there is no need for a man to tell women how to dress. A
man has no right whatsoever to interfere in what a woman wears,

much less tell her how to dress or judge her. God has not given man
that right. Today, this is an important matter that needs to be
brought up and emphasized, especially in Muslim societies.

A woman may wear the head-covering, or cover herself up
entirely or uncover her head or wear low-cut clothes. Once she says,
"I am a Muslim," nobody has the right to judge her. It is known only
in the Sight of God which is more virtuous. It is sincerity that counts

in the faith, not clothing. In the same way that someone who covers
up entirely may be insincere and go to hell, a woman who wears
low-cut clothes may also earn the right to enter paradise. It is God
alone Who will decide.

When people adopt guides other than the Qur'an, problems
arise that are unsuited to human nature and will invariably make

trouble of one kind or another. These also cease to be individual
problems and can transform into social conflicts or problems. The
distinction based on forms of dress – such as with or without the
head-covering, or low-cut clothing versus covering up entirely - is a
false perception that has no place in the Qur'an and leads to tensions
in society. God reveals in a verse that according to the Qur'an, supe-

riority lies not in dress and external appearance but in piety, or
taqwa (acting out of a fear of God):

Children of Adam! We have sent down clothing to you to conceal
your private parts, as well as to be an adornment to you, but the

320