 سورة scratches I about the Quran you and I know that in Islam , we cannot just do what we want in terms of dress we have to dress in a specific way we have to follow rules and regulations we have a uniform although that uniform is very broad and although the rules and regulations governing the dress they are actually quite broad and they are quite easy to fulfill but there are rules نحن لا نحاول أن نفعل ذلك كما نريد. لأننا نتكلمنا مسلمين. وإذا نفعل ذلك كما نريد then الله سبحانه وتعالى يخبرنا أنك يجب أن تقوم with the choice you've made. يجب أن يقولون today, I'm free to do whatever I want to do. بل تقوم بإمكانك أنك مستخدم. أنك مستخدم. لكن المستخدم أن تقوم with a price. تذكرون أنك يجب أن تقوم with it in the world or the hereafter or both. لذلك عندما تقوم with a decision you might be free to make that decision as a human being. أنت تقوم with how you want to dress, how you want to talk, what you want to do, what you want to eat, you chose what you want to engage in, you chose the prohibitions you want to do, and the obligations you want to stay away from. فعلاً يجب أن تقوم with the choice it was yours but you are answerable, you are responsible, you will pay for how you have chosen. لذلك يجب أن تقوم with the choice it was yours. لذا one of the issues made mention of in this beautiful surah is a piece of advice that Allah سبحانه وتعالى tells محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم to issue to his family members, to the women, to his wives, his daughters, and the believing females. لذا it is not just a piece of advice but in fact an instruction. So Allah says يا أيها النبي or messenger. صلى الله عليه وسلم قل, say, say to whom لأزواجك وبناتك ونساء المؤمنين say to your wives, to your daughters and to the believing women يدنين عليهم من جلابي به أن يجب أن يقوم with an outer garment يجب أن يقوم with an outer garment هذا يجب أن تقوم with when you are emerging from the home أن تقوم with yourself an outer garment it's an instruction verse number 59 of Surah 33 where Allah is saying to محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم tell your wives, tell your daughters and tell the believing women that they have to throw on themselves this outer جلب. meaning you have your dress you are wearing your clothing as you emerge from the home or you are in the presence of those who are strange you throw over a cloak or you throw over an outer garment in order to conceal your beauty now this is the rule of Islam سبحان الله so Allah سبحانه وتعالى says ذلك أدناء the reason behind this is so that you can save yourselves from harm so that you can be recognized as Muslim women as chased women as women who are not out there free for all so to speak and women who are serious about their modesty and chastity now this is an Islamic ruling like I said before we are governed by Islam there may be people around us who are not governed by the same rules and regulations let them do as they wish but we do as we are taught like I said before may Allah سبحانه وتعالى strengthen us it's not so easy it's not so easy at a time when Islamophobia is across the globe at a time when people are looking at Muslims with the eye of suspicion it's not so easy to dress as a Muslim woman but for those who do remember they will save themselves from calamity, disaster in this world and the next it might seem like it's tough and difficult but wallahi the more we are in number the better the message we deliver to say we are peace loving we are beautiful people we will reach out we will help we will assist we have good character we have conduct we are a nation that is filled with goodness and morality and conduct we are not bad or evil but when we hide our identity who would then know that we are Muslim when we do a good deed may Allah سبحانه وتعالى grant us acceptance so this is called the verse of Hijab and it is reported that the women from amongst the Ansar سبحان الله when this verse came out they used to cover themselves with a cloak or with an outer garment that would actually be non attractive in its color in order for them to fulfill this particular verse now one might say what exactly is the ruling the ruling is quite broad to be honest with you it's quite broad there is no specific color there is no specific material but it is something that would cover you it is something that would ensure that you have come across but, seriously, etc. may Allah سبحانه وتعالى grant our women and men the ability to cover themselves in a respectable way that would be, insha'Allah pleasing to our own maker سبحانه وتعالى السلام عليكم first I want to tell you that I'm a muslim I believe in everything written in the book of Allah and in everything he said but unfortunately لقد أجدت أساعدة لتكون أساعدة مع فريدة أفكارة هل لديك أي أساعدة عن هذا؟ أتمنى أنك يمكنك أن تقوم بأساعدة لي ومعرفة من أصدقائي شكرا جزاكي اللحظة لأخبارك أعطيك أن يقوم بأخبارك وهذا هو الأول بحيث أن تقوم بأخبارك أن تقوم بأخبارك أن تقوم بأخبارك لا يأذ�� على أن يدع out of the difficulty يجب أن يكون يمكنتم أستخدم بأخبارك دعني أذكر myself and you أن تقوم بأخبارك يوجد one thing لكن أن تقوم بأخبارك مُجُول أن تقوم بأخبارك أنه بحق لكن أن تقوم بأخبارك لا يوجد كتبين أفكار إذا كنت تقوم بأخبارك أخبارك مرحبا مرحبا أحد يمتل، أو يتصل وهي يقول ، أعلم أن أنا مجرد ، هل يمكن الله أن يساعدني؟ هذا ليس جيد ، في الوصول أنه يكون صحيح مع الله وعندما أنك صحيح مع الله ، هناك أتمنى للنساء وعندما أنك صحيح مع الله ، في الوصول أن يكون هناك مجرد المساعدة ، The Prophet ﷺ قال ، تشعر أن تشعر بسيطة هو المساعدة بسيطة ، تشعر بسيطة يعني أنك تعرف أنك تشعر بسيطة أنك تعرف أنك تشعر بسيطة ، هذا هو المساعدة أو المساعدة الأولى لتشعر بسيطة إذا كنت تشعر بسيطة أنك لا تشعر بسيطة لأن تشعر بسيطة is something that is very dangerous extremely dangerous and that really lowers that rank that we have with Allah وعندما أنك تشعر بسيطة لدي أشعر بسيطة عن فريضة الحجاب أذكر لكم that the concept of Hijab is a concept that is found very explicitly in the book of Allah جل جلاله and very explicitly in the sunnah of the Prophet ﷺ الله says in the Quran that let the believing women وليضربنا بخمرهن على جيوبهن الله says in the Quran that let the believing women draw their خمر over their جيوب and خمر is the plural of خمر and خمر is the Arabic word for that which covers your head in English we call it a headscarf so Allah is saying let believing women draw their headscarves over their جيوب and جيوب is their chest area so Allah is saying take your headscarf and make sure that you cover even your chest with the headscarf this is very explicit in the Quran there is no ambiguity here many people now are saying where does the Quran say we have to do Hijab these people are people who have never read the Quran it's right there in front of them black and white it's right there Allah says let believing women put their headscarves and cover their necks with it why is this because some women listen to this some women in the days of Jahiliyyah they would cover their hair but they would take their headscarf and throw it behind their back and they would expose the upper chest they would expose the upper chest you know how the dresses the low blouses that are common in the western attire in front of other women but in front of men no women can wear something like this so Allah is saying even if you wear a headscarf make sure you cover the front part of your body as well don't just take a headscarf and throw it behind you take the headscarf and put it in front of you so the Quran is very clear and realize my dear sisters that this concept of modesty is something that Allah is doing not just for our protection but primarily for yours Allah says in the Quran that let believing women wear their coverings and garments why that is better for them Allah is saying for you to wear your scarf for you to wear your covering it is better for you for you Allah is saying why so that they will be recognized and not taunted not humiliated not become the object of teasing and of evil things فلا يؤذين so my dear sisters realize that this protection that Allah wants from you it is to protect you not only to protect the rest of society but to protect you also realize that our prophet our prophet our prophet he praised modest women and he praised women who guard their chastity and who guard their beauty that Allah has given to them and he also was not happy in fact in some hadith he cursed those women who flaunt their beauty in one hadith he said those women who do so they will not smell the fragrance of paradise in another hadith he said these women who flaunt their beauty are of the signs of the day of judgment this is of the signs of the end of times that women will lose modesty and in another all of these hadith basically they tell us the positive of covering the positive of being modest and the negative of being immodest my dear sister in Islam let me remind you of a blessing that all of you here take for granted it is a blessing of living in a muslim land in a muslim country I come from America I come from America that's where I live that's where my home is that's where my family everybody is there for a sister to wear hijab in America it's not easy especially post 9.11 I know we know this as muslims living there my own wife has been threatened ridiculed people mock her people look at her and stare there's something strange they'll give sarcastic comments sometimes even if I'm with her they might just give an evil remark or something like this it's not easy practicing Islam in western lands and yet and yet we find that Alhamdulillah hundreds and thousands and hundreds and thousands of muslim men and muslim women are rediscovering Islam in the west you go to Islamic conferences as large as these nay even larger than this and you find masha'Allah brothers upon the sunnah sisters are wearing hijab they are doing so despite the problems living in the west my dear sister Allah has blessed you to live in the east Allah has blessed you to be amongst muslims no one will make fun of you if you wear a scarf no one will ridicule you no one will give you threats no one will think anything strange of you this is a muslim society you're living amongst muslims you hear the adhan you're mixing with people who believe in Allah in this messenger what is possibly preventing you from this level of excellence what is there preventing you from coming closer to Allah يا أيها الإنسان ما غرك بربك الكريم why are you deceived something so simple so straightforward living in a society of people who are believers in Allah in this messenger I pray that Allah سبحانه وتعالى gives you the strength and the courage and he gives all of us the strength and the courage and the iman to live like muslims to act like muslims to behave like muslims this is only only by doing this and only by being proud to be muslim will the pride that Islam deserves return my dear sister I ask you a blunt question if you are embarrassed about being a muslim if I am embarrassed about being a muslim then is it any confusion is it any wonder that Islam has become something to be embarrassed about the day that you are proud to be a muslima and I am proud to be a muslim that is the day that Islam itself shall regrain its pride may Allah سبحانه وتعالى make us amongst those who bring that pride back وجزاكم الله وطيرا والسلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبرك