Ameer e Ahle Sunnat Maulana Ilyas Qadri: Islamic Scholar

Questions and Answers about Islamic Veil

پَردے کے بارے میں سُوال جَواب

Parday kay bāray mayn Suwāl Jawāb

Questions and Answers

about Islamic Veil

Shaykh-e-Tareeqat, Ameer-e-Ahl-e-Sunnat,

Founder of Dawat-e-Islami, Allamah Maulana Abu Bilal

Muhammad Ilyas Attar

Qadiri Razavi دَامَتۡ بَرَكَاتُهُمُ الۡعَالِيَه

Translated into English by

Majlis-e-Tarajim (Dawat-e-Islami)

Index

Du’ā for Reading the Book
Translator’s Notes
15 Intentions for Reading this Book
Two Madanī pearls
Transliteration Chart
Questions and Answers About Islamic Veil
Excellence of Ṣalāt-‘Alan-Nabī صَلَّی اللّٰہ تعالٰی علیہ واٰلہٖ وسلَّم
Literal meaning of ‘Awrat’ [woman]
Is observing veil necessary these days?
How long was the pre-Islamic era of ignorance?
The harm of unveiling
What is an anklet?
A devil with every anklet
Angels do not enter home that has anklet in it
The ruling regarding the sound of jewellery
A woman’s adornment for her husband
Blessed with vision of Beloved Prophet صَلَّی اللّٰہ تعالٰی علیہ واٰلہٖ وسلَّم
Questions and Answers regarding Satr
What does Satr mean?
Total area of Satr for a man
Hajj-pilgrims and shorts-wearing people
The Satr of a woman
What if the Satr is slightly exposed in Ṣalāĥ?
I did not offer Ṣalāĥ
The excellence of making someone happy
The 4 subtypes of the second category of Satr
1. The Satr of a man for a man
Satr of a child
Touching the thigh of a very young child
The ruling on looking at a handsome young boy
2. The Satr of a woman for another woman
3. A woman looking at a non-Maḥram man
Non-Muslim midwife assisting with childbirth
4. The Satr of a woman for a man
(a) A man looking at his wife
(b) A man looking at his Maḥārim relatives
A man massaging his mother’s feet
(c) A man looking at a free non-Maḥram woman
Looking at ear and neck of non-Maḥram woman
Repenting from unveiling
Looking at the person one intends to marry
What if it is not possible for them to see each other
A woman receiving medical treatment from a man
Backache and a Madanī Qāfilaĥ
Men looking at female clothing
String of a garment
Precautions when exiting home
Who does a woman have to observe veil from?
Types of Maḥram men
It is advisable to observe veil with one whose relation is based on Raḍā’at
Which people are included in the category of Maḥārim blood relatives
Some father-in-laws can cause serious trouble
Veil between sister-in-law and brother in-law
How should a woman observe veil in her in-laws’ house?
Tribulations for veil-observing Islamic sisters
The painful test of Āṣiyaĥ
Deceased mother helped get permission for a Madanī activity
Passion for Madanī work!
Four sayings of Mustafa صَلَّی اللّٰہ تعالٰی علیہ واٰلہٖ وسلَّم
How to encourage female family members to wear the veil?
You will be questioned about your subordinates
Individual effort by younger brother
Definition of a ‘Dayyūš’
What if a woman is disobedient?
Does a woman have to observe veil with her ‘so-called’ brothers?
Adopting a boy
Adopting a girl
A condition in which ‘veil’ with adopted child is not required
When does a boy reach puberty?
When does a girl reach puberty?
From what age should girls observe veil with boys?
Veil in front of non-Muslim women
A’lā Ḥaḍrat’s Fatwā
Veil with a female sinner
The purpose of my life
883 Islamic Ijtimā’āt
Madanī In’āmāt for different groups of people
Amazingly good news for those acting upon Madanī In’āmāt
Does an Islamic sister have to observe veil with her teacher?
Veil between a Pīr (spiritual guide) and his female disciple
A woman cannot kiss the hand of a non-Maḥram spiritual guide
The punishment for shaking hands with women
Can women exit their homes to learn the Quran?
Fruit of perseverance
Spiritual reward of a year’s worship for every word
Woman learning from her spiritual guide
Can a woman speak to her spiritual guide?
A female disciple speaking to her spiritual guide on the phone
How a woman should answer the phone
The unfortunate worshipper and young girl
Lust led him unbelief
What if a scholar’s daughter does not observe veil?
The agonising consequence of a scholar
Should women perform ‘Umraĥ or not?
Mother of believers never stepped outside her home
Reason for women being forbidden to enter a Masjid
Grave opened after 15 days
Man is influenced by the company he keeps
World has progressed tremendously!
If husband prevents wife from appearing before brother-in-law...
7 Sayings of Mustafa صَلَّی اللّٰہ تعالٰی علیہ واٰلہٖ وسلَّم
Is the right of a husband greater or the right of parents?
Husband’s duties towards his wife
How to create peaceful environment at home
Two sayings of Mustafa صَلَّی اللّٰہ تعالٰی علیہ واٰلہٖ وسلَّم
Too much salt
Good-news of Paradise for a wife
Madanī Saĥrā for Islamic sisters
Good intention helped find a lost necklace
Benefits of a good intention
Four recitations for finding a lost item
A woman remaining unmarried due to fear of Allah عزوجل!
Is a woman a sinner if she remains unmarried?
1. Harm of exiting house without husband’s permission
2. Licking blood and pus
3. I will never marry
Woman’s family should be careful
What if a husband prohibits his wife from wearing a veil?
A child’s first school is its mother’s lap
Woman should gain knowledge from her husband
Can a woman seek knowledge from a female scholar
Sunnaĥ-inspiring Ijtimā’āt are also a source of knowledge
Seeing Mustafa صَلَّی اللّٰہ تعالٰی علیہ واٰلہٖ وسلَّم
Our Prophet صَلَّی اللّٰہ تعالٰی علیہ واٰلہٖ وسلَّم is aware of his followers’ predicaments
Exiting without permission to attend a religious Ijtimā’
Can a woman get education from a man?
Can a woman exit her home to listen to a scholar’s speech?
Deeds that lead to Heaven
99% of Dawat-e-Islami’s work is based on individual effort
Dangerous poisonous snake
Does the veil obstruct progress?
Who is truly prosperous?
Many women in Hell
Extreme shamelessness
Seventy thousand illegitimate children
Origin of veiling and staying within home
Questions and answers about women working
Is it permissible to employ a maid?
Is it permissible to be an air hostess?
Can a man seek assistance from an air hostess?
Can a woman travel alone?
Is it permissible for a woman to fly alone in an aeroplane?
Can a woman stroll in her street for fitness?
Now we only watch the Madani Channel
Ṣalāĥ will protect you from sins
Copying the Prophet صَلَّی اللّٰہ تعالٰی علیہ واٰلہٖ وسلَّم by shaking a dry branch
Can a woman visit a male doctor?
Can a woman be injected by a man?
Can a man be injected by a woman?
An iron nail hammered into his head
Is it permissible to be a nurse?
Female Ṣaḥābiyyāt treating patients!
One case for the permissibility of being a nurse
My father got a job abroad
The Islamic verdict about co-education
Woman and college
Veil-observing girls find it harder to get married!
Government job
Do not be afraid of tribulations
Is it permissible to read novels?
I was fashionable
Smiling whilst talking is a Sunnaĥ
Is the veil not necessary these days?
You are like a family member
Man making woman wear bangles around her wrist!
Despairing and discouraging response from people
Story
Is it necessary to wear a veil in case of death in house?
Son was lost, not modesty
Daughter’s pain vanished
Can a man express condolences to non-Maḥram female
What is the ruling on visiting a sick non-Maḥram person?
Questions and answers about childbirth
Allowing non-Muslim midwives to help with childbirth
Is it enough to have a ‘veil’ in your heart?
Mental illness was cured
What if someone hesitates to wear a veil?
Even the shroud of Sayyidatuna Fatimah was concealed!
Veil of Sayyidatuna Fāṭimaĥ even on Ṣirāṭ bridge!
The blessings of politeness
Women visiting holy tombs!
Should women visit Jannat-ul-Baqī’ or not?
Women visiting the sacred tomb of the Holy Prophet صَلَّی اللّٰہ تعالٰی علیہ واٰلہٖ وسلَّم
Can women visit historic sites in Madīna-tul-Munawwaraĥ!
Should women perform I’tikāf in Masjid-un-Nabawī or not?
The veils of Ṣaḥābiyyāt
1. Veiling face even in Iḥrām
2. Black shawls of Anṣārī Ṣaḥābiyyāt
3. Tearing a garment and turning it into two scarves
4. Careful about veil
5. Scarves must not be transparent
6. Tearing a transparent scarf
7. Veil was symbol of free women in era of Holy Prophet صَلَّی اللّٰہ تعالٰی علیہ واٰلہٖ وسلَّم
8. Veil in every situation
9. Why did wife exit the house?
Misbehaving with a woman caused a war
Women and shopping centres!
Keep women restricted to home!
Men should do the shopping!
Questions and answers about women sitting in taxis!
Women behaving informally with domestic servants!
Islamic sisters and travelling in the path of Allah!
Six Madanī parables of Madanī Qāfilaĥs
1. Relief from kidney pain
2. A paralysed man instantly recovered
3. Recovery of a blood-pressure patient
Calamities removed from 100 homes
3. Peaceful sleep
4. Recovery from neck-pain
Astonishing story about a blind child
5. Indigestion and vomiting cured
6. The lost gold ear-ring turned up
Greatness of Heaven
Islamic sisters and call to righteousness
Voice got better!
Madanī Mashwaraĥ of Islamic sisters!
Exiting the house during the period of ‘Iddat to learn Sunnaĥs?
Ijtima’ for Islamic sisters!
It is Ḥarām for a non-scholar to deliver a speech
Definition of a scholar
Speeches by a non-scholar
Important advice for preachers
Should Islamic sisters recite Na’ats?
Islamic sisters should not use microphones
A woman’s melodious voice
My voice stuttered
Calling each other from balconies!
Scolding children!
Can women watch videos of Na’ats?
Can women listen to Na’at cassettes or not?
Islamic sisters should not listen to Na’at cassettes!
Can islamic sisters listen to Na’ats by deceased men?
Madani Channel made me wear a Madanī Burqa’!
Islamic verdict about Islamic sisters watching Madani Channel
Should a woman go to exorcist or not?
Can women wear make up?
Naked despite being clothed!
Wearing jewellery to show off
Should women wear perfume?
A woman should not wear perfume when exiting her home!
Story about a woman wearing perfume
Attractive Burqa’
Madanī Burqa’
Warning to Islamic sisters!
Unfastening Burqa’ in neighbourhood!
What if women feel hot in a Madanī Burqa’?
Holy Prophet صَلَّی اللّٰہ تعالٰی علیہ واٰلہٖ وسلَّم in a scorching desert!
Questions and answers about hair!
Precautions regarding hair!
Can women shave their heads?
Can women have male hair styles?
She tore the shroud and sat up!
Weak excuses!
Can women give body-measurements to tailors?
Individual efforts of brother and sister-in-law
Reform your families
Saving your family from Hell
Observe veil with a eunuch as well!
What is a eunuch?
Emphasis for avoiding being a eunuch
Fake eunuch
Calling a non-eunuch a eunuch!
Calling a eunuch a eunuch!
Behaviour of a eunuch
Sprinkling the water from a bride’s feet
Questions and answers about glancing
4 Sacred Ahadis about ‘looking’
Turn your eyes away!
Do not look deliberately!
Excellence of protecting eyes
Poisonous arrow of the devil
Eyes filled with fire
Needle of fire
‘Looking’ plants a seed of lust in heart
Do not even look at a woman’s shawl
What to do in case of misusing eyes
Tip for erasing sins!
Sinning with the intention of repenting is unbelief
One-eyed man
I came out from a sandpit of sins
Excellence of prayer
Do not glance into other people’s homes!
The right to poke somebody’s eye!
Where to look whilst talking
The eyes of Mustafa صَلَّی اللّٰہ تعالٰی علیہ واٰلہٖ وسلَّم
My life changed by the blessing of celebrating Mīlād
Embracing Islam on seeing Mīlād celebrations
The Beloved Prophet صَلَّی اللّٰہ تعالٰی علیہ واٰلہٖ وسلَّم is pleased with Mīlād celebrators
Questions and answers about unreal love
Can two lovers marry each other?
The destructions of un-Islamic and unreal love
3 Young sisters collectively committed suicide
Suicides of failed lovers
How to avoid unreal love
At what age should someone get married?
What if a jinn falls in love with a woman?
What if a jinn forces a woman to take a gift?
Verdict about exchange of gifts between lovers
How to return unlawful gifts
What about giving gifts to young attractive boys?
Can a woman give a gift to a non-Maḥram or not?
Zulaykhā’s story
Refutation of unwise lovers
A Burqa’-wearing female Bedouin
Waẓīfaĥ for salvation from a love affair
Reason for ‘Abdullāĥ Bin Mubārak’s repentance
A snake uses a branch to swat flies away
Determination of a fortunate worshipper
Even the honourable Prophets faced tribulations
Unreal love has caused havoc
7 Shameless statements by male lovers
12 Shameless statements by female lovers
Questions and answers about love-marriages conducted in court
What is Kufw?
Details of all conditions of Kufw
(1) Lineage
Non-Arab man and Arab woman
One great excellence of a scholar
Court-marriage between a Memon and a Sayyidaĥ
A Sayyid’s court-marriage with a Memon woman
A non-Sayyid marrying a Sayyidaĥ
2. Kufw in Islam
Muslim woman marrying a new-Muslim man
3. Kufw in occupation
Kufw with a businessman’s daughter
Kufw between barbers and cobblers
4. Kufw in piety
Sinner and pious man’s daughter
5. Kufw in wealth
Miscellaneous issues about Kufw
Declaring someone else to be one’s father
Writing the name of someone else in place of real father in wedding card
Husbands and wives doubting each other
Calling someone a ‘whore’
The earthly punishment for swearing
Don’t accuse anyone on the basis of suspicion!
80 Iron whips
Hide faults and enter Paradise
The punishment for exposing faults
Accusations of black magic
Punishment for slandering
Fulfil the conditions of repent!
Question and answer about Bud-Gumānī [unlawful suspicion]
The loss caused by unlawfully suspecting a crying person!
Questions and answers about post-death bathing of husband and wife
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
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