Questions and Answers about Islamic Veil

Answer: Do not stop wearing the full Islamic veil because this is a great virtuous deed and unveiling is a severe sin. The more difficult you find it to observe veil اِنْ شَــآءَالـلّٰـه عَزَّوَجَلَّ the more reward you will gain. It is narrated, ‘اَفۡضَلُ الۡعِبَادَاتِ اَحۡمَزُهَاThe best act of worship is the one that involves more hardship. (Kashf-ul-Khifā, vol. 1, pp. 141)

Imām Sharafuddīn Nawavī عَـلَيْهِ رَحْـمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ الۡـقَـوِی said, ‘The reward and excellence of a deed increases with its greater difficulty and expenditure.’ (Sharḥ Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim lin-Nawavī, vol. 1, pp. 390)

Sayyidunā ‘Umar Bin ‘Abdul ‘Azīz رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ said, ‘The best deed is the one which requires people to force their Nafs into doing it.’

(Itḥāf-us-Sādaĥ liz-Zabīdī, vol. 11, pp. 10)

Sayyidunā Ibrāĥīm Bin Adĥam عَـلَيْهِ رَحْـمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ الۡاَکْرَم said, ‘The harder an action in this world, the heavier it shall be on the Scales.’

(Tażkira-tul-Awliyā, pp. 95)

However, if someone has a problem with her own heart, then     what can we say about her! The famous commentator, akīm-ul-Ummat, Muftī Amad Yār Khān عَـلَيْهِ رَحْـمَةُ الْـمَنَّان wrote on page 318 of Nūr-ul-‘Irfān, ‘If someone finds sin easy and worship difficult, then get informed that his heart contains hypocrisy. May Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ protect us.’

اٰمِيۡن بِجَاهِ النَّبِيِّ الۡاَمِيۡن صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيۡهِ وَاٰلِه وَسَلَّم

Even the shroud of Sayyidatuna Fatimah was concealed!

Question: It is said that Sayyidatunā Fāimaĥ رَضِیَ الـلّٰـهُ تَـعَـالٰی عَـنْهَا preferred that even her shroud should not be seen by any non-Maram man!

 

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