Question: Some people say things like, ‘The non-Muslims have excelled profusely, and ‘veil’ will obstruct Muslim progress!’
Answer: The ‘veil’ does not obstruct Muslim progress. In fact, unveiling does. Yes this is true; when Muslims had shame and modesty and veiling was a common practice, they conquered city after city consecutively until the flag of Islam waved high in countless countries of the world. Veil-observing mothers gave birth to courageous generals, commanders, great scholars and venerable saints. All of the Ummaĥāt-ul-Mu`minīn and Ṣaḥābiyyāt رَضِیَ الـلّٰـهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُنَّ wore veils. The honourable mother of Ḥasanayn رَضِیَ الـلّٰـهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُمَا, the Queen of Paradise, Sayyidaĥ Fāṭimaĥ Zaĥrā رَضِیَ الـلّٰـهُ تَـعَـالٰی عَـنْهَا wore a veil. Sayyidatunā Umm-ul-Khayr Fāṭimaĥ رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ تَـعَـالٰی عَـلَيْـهَا the blessed mother of Sayyidunā Ghauš-e-A’ẓam عَـلَيْهِ رَحْـمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ الۡاَکْرَم wore a veil.
In conclusion, for as long as veiling was a common practice and chaste women confined themselves to shawls and the four walls of their homes, then the Muslim community excelled and surpassed the disbelievers. Since Muslims began to commit unveiling due to non-Muslim influences, we have been constantly falling into the deep pit of descent. In the past ill-fated disbelievers trembled with fear on hearing the name of a Muslim, but now, as a consequence of Muslims’ unveiling and wrongdoings, they have become dominant. Islamic countries are constantly under barbaric attacks and oppressive conquests, but Muslims are oblivious to all this.
What kind of prosperity are Muslims searching for in watching films and dramas on TV, VCRs, the internet, in singing indecent movie songs, dancing in weddings, imitating unbelievers by shaving their beards, wearing indecent clothes like unbelievers, sitting their unveiled wives behind them on motorbikes, making their shameless