Ta’līm-e-dukhtarān say yeĥ ummīd ĥay zarūr
Nāchay dulĥan khushī say khud apnī barāt mayn
By educating girls we can definitely expect
Brides to dance happily in their own weddings
Question: What if a family stops its girls from wearing veils, because it is hard to find someone who will marry a girl who does not have any college education, who is uninterested in fashion, simple and wears a veil? Is it right to think like this?
Answer: This is a misconception. No matter whatever happens, a woman will get married where she is predestined to do. If she is not predestined to get married, then no matter how educated and fashionable she is, no force in the world can have her get married. And if a delay in marriage is in store for her, then that is her destiny. Many educated fashionable women and virgins die every day in tragedies or illnesses. Many young girls drown whilst enjoying a swim at sea. Some, due to unveiling and a fashion-craze, get caught up in the net of unreal love but find the door of love-marriage closed and resort to suicide. Never assume that you will only get what you want by the sins of unveiling and fashion-addiction etc. Please try to understand my message through this shocking story. My master A’lā Ḥaḍrat رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه narrated:
Sayyidunā Imām Sufyān Šaurī رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه told a man not to work for the government because it is difficult to avoid oppression and sin whilst serving rulers. The man asked, ‘What will I do about my family?’ He replied, ‘Listen to this! This man says: If I disobey