Question: Parents say, ‘We’re afraid of what people will say if we make our young daughter wear a veil, our relatives will say all sorts of things!’
Answer: A Muslim ought to fear Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ and not society. The 40th blessed verse of Sūraĥ Al-Baqaraĥ (part 1) states:
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And fear none but Me. |
وَ اِ یَّا یَ فَا رۡہَبُوۡ نِ ﴿۴۰﴾ |
[Kanz-ul-Īmān (Translation of Quran)] (Part 1, Sūraĥ Al-Baqaraĥ, verse 40)
When someone truly fears Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ then Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ helps her from the unseen and makes people respect her.
Once a saint رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه was surrounded by a group of unbelievers who withdrew their swords with the intention of murdering him, but their hands were paralysed and they could not strike their swords. When the saint رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه saw this he started to cry. The unbelievers were puzzled and asked, ‘Why are you crying, you should be happy that you are still alive.’ He رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه replied, ‘I am crying because I have been deprived of the blessing of martyrdom. If you people had killed me I would have succeeded because I would have deserved Paradise by the grace of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ.’
اَلْـحَمْـدُ لـِلّٰـه عَزَّوَجَلَّ when the unbelievers heard his faith-refreshing reply, they all became Muslims. The saint رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه, who feared no one but Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ, touched their paralysed arms with his blessed hand, and Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ cured them all.