The Hijab Series [#6] - Denying the Importance of The Hijab - Sayed Ahmed Al-Qazwini - Day 13

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One of the most controversial and highly discussed subjects in Islam is the topic of Hijab (veil). In this series, Sayed Ahmed Al-Qazwini provides a detailed overview of the different aspects and misconceptions surrounding the Hijab. Within this lecture, which is the Sixth and the final in the series, Sayed Ahmed Al-Qazwini discusses the importance of the Physical Hijab, clarifying some misconceptions that belittle its value and significance. Al-Rasoul Islamic Society, Halifax - Canada | The Holy Month of Ramadan 2015

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[0:01][Music] Brothers and sisters, [Music] for the last few nights, we discussed

[0:19]the topic of hijab from an Islamic perspective.

[0:24]And throughout the series of this lecture of these lectures we tried

[0:30]to clear many of the misconceptions against the hijab and we said

[0:37]that the hijab is misunderstood in the Muslim world and in the

[0:42]non-Muslim world and that's why it's necessary that in order to educate

[0:48]others about the hijab and to clear these misconceptions first we have

[0:55]to educate ourselves and that's why we began speaking about the philosophy

[1:00]of the hijab and the wisdom behind the hijab and we said

[1:05]that anytime Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala orders something there is wisdom behind

[1:09]it and we spoke about about that for the last two nights

[1:15][Music] and after we mentioned the benefits of the hijab and the

[1:26]wisdom behind the hijab.

[1:26]We said that there are some common objections to the hijab that

[1:34]we understand the answer to based on what we already mentioned from

[1:40]the benefits of the hijab.

[1:41]And we said there are three common objections to the hijab and

[1:47]we mentioned the first yesterday and we'll mention the rest today.

[1:50]The second objection that many hold against the hijab and they pose

[1:54]against the hijab is they ask why don't men have to wear

[2:01]the hijab?

[1:59]Why is the hijab only waj upon women?

[2:03]And I believe that based on what we mentioned it's already clear

[2:08]to us.

[2:10]The answer is already clear.

[2:11]But we will quickly go over a few points in order to

[2:14]clear this misconception and to understand why.

[2:18]In order to understand why Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala he only asked

[2:23]the woman to wear the hijab and not men, there's two important

[2:29]points that we must understand.

[2:29]The first point that we said that the hijab is in two

[2:32]parts.

[2:32]There's the physical hijab and the social.

[2:35]The hijab that is a behavior.

[2:37]And the hijab and Islam does say that men have to uphold

[2:44]the second hijab, the social hijab.

[2:45]And that's why we said Allah orders them to lower their gates.

[2:47]So it's not like men have absolute no responsibility when it comes

[2:52]to hijab.

[2:53]They do have the hijab, but it's the social hijab.

[2:56]It's the behavior hijab.

[2:56]So then comes the second question then why don't they have to

[3:02]why aren't they asked by Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala to maintain the

[3:06]physical hijab?

[3:07]And like I said, this should already be clear, but we will

[3:11]quickly mention that number one, Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala in general, anything

[3:15]that he does, it's based on wisdom.

[3:18]And Allah subhana wa ta'ala had created two genders.

[3:22]And this is also based on wisdom.

[3:24]And he created these two genders differently.

[3:28]A man is different than a woman.

[3:32]A a woman is different than a man.

[3:36]their psychology, their body, their emotions, their hor hormones, everything is different.

[3:40]The way they function, the way they think, it's all different.

[3:45]And this now is all proven scientifically.

[3:46]We all see this and realize this on a daily basis.

[3:50]But it's all proven through research and data and evidence that they

[3:55]are different.

[3:56]And Allah subhana wa ta because they are different, he has given

[3:59]them different roles and responsibilities.

[4:01]So anytime we see there's a difference between the functions and the

[4:06]roles and the duties of men and women, it's not because Allah

[4:08]has prepared rising.

[4:10]It's not because Allah subhana t is giving more privileges to one

[4:14]than the other.

[4:15]It's only because he designed them differently and that's why he has

[4:20]to give them different roles and he has to give them different

[4:22]duties.

[4:23]But Allah subhana t nonetheless he sees them as equal and that

[4:27]equal doesn't mean they have the same roles and the same duties

[4:29]but however they have the suitable the suitable roles and duties.

[4:35]So this is as a general point we have to understand this

[4:38]but then once we come to this point why do women have

[4:43]to wear the hijab and not men once again we have to

[4:48]remember that general point is that men and women are different brothers

[4:51]and sisters and we already explained this and we showed that Allah

[4:55]subhanahu wa ta'ala because he created men stronger they are physically stronger

[5:00]and women are more vulnerable than men then obviously more of the

[5:06]responsibility will be on the woman because she's the vulnerable.

[5:09]She's the weaker agent of the two and she could easily be

[5:14]taken advantage of.

[5:13]We spoke about the objectification and molestation.

[5:17]And we remember yesterday we we we mentioned the statistics that in

[5:22]America there are 300 at least 300,000 cases of rape every single

[5:29]year.

[5:28]And once you look at those statistics, 90% of the victims are

[5:34]women.

[5:35]If you look at the victims, 90% are women.

[5:37]And what's interesting is when you look at the criminals that are

[5:43]performing these crimes, the rapes, you see almost 99% of the criminals

[5:47]are men, but 90% of the victims are women.

[5:51]So even if there are men that are being raped and molested,

[5:54]it's also men that are doing that.

[5:56]And that's because they have they're either homosexuals or gays or for

[6:00]any other reason.

[6:02]So you rarely find a woman that goes after a man that

[6:07]you see a rape case in which a woman it's all the

[6:08]vulnerability is all on the woman's side.

[6:11]So obviously Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is going to ask the woman

[6:13]to wear the hijab because they need the protection.

[6:17]The man doesn't need the protection.

[6:19]He's not being sought after.

[6:21]He's the stronger agent.

[6:22]He has more power.

[6:24]So Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala in order to establish modesty in the

[6:29]society.

[6:28]Allah subhana wa ta'ala he sees that he must ask both of

[6:33]them to lower their gaze and he asks women to cover themselves

[6:36]and Allah sees this is enough.

[6:38]This is the solution.

[6:41]Asking men to cover up won't add anything.

[6:44]It won't solve any problem.

[6:44]The problem is on the woman's side.

[6:46]They are the ones that v are vulnerable.

[6:48]They are the ones that are weak.

[6:50]They are the ones that are being objectified.

[6:52]They are the ones that are being sought after.

[6:56]And that's why Allah subh he says you wear the hijab.

[6:57]Just because she needs the hijab, that doesn't mean the man needs

[7:02]the hijab.

[7:01]They're different.

[7:03]You know, sometimes, like I said, these feminist movements, they want something

[7:07]for the woman just because the man has it, not because they

[7:09]need it, just because the man has it.

[7:11]It's a race.

[7:13]It's a competition.

[7:12]Sometimes you see you take two children to a toy store.

[7:18]Sometimes this is I've even experienced this.

[7:20]I take my son and another child.

[7:22]For example, my niece, my nephew, or my younger sister or brother

[7:26]and I tell each one to choose a toy and sometimes, you

[7:29]know, one of them is a boy, one of them is a

[7:33]girl.

[7:33]Sometimes the younger one, he ends up choosing what the other one

[7:36]chooses.

[7:36]Even if he doesn't like it, he doesn't choose what he wants.

[7:39]He chooses what the other one chose just because I want what

[7:43]that person wants.

[7:43]And he doesn't play with it at the end of the day.

[7:47]Why?

[7:48]Because the second one chose this toy.

[7:49]I want this toy.

[7:49]Do you need this toy?

[7:52]Will you enjoy this toy?

[7:52]No.

[7:53]He leaves.

[7:54]The child leaves what he enjoys and he goes and picks another

[7:56]toy just because the other child he picked it.

[8:00]Sometimes we human beings are also childish.

[8:02]Because a man has that privilege because a man can do that

[8:05]than a woman.

[8:07]Because a woman has this responsibility.

[8:10]This is not a contest.

[8:13]Brothers and sisters, Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala does everything based on wisdom.

[8:17]And he sees there's no need in society for the hijab of

[8:20]men because all the problems are on the women's side.

[8:23]They are the ones that are vulnerable and thus they are the

[8:26]ones that need the hijab.

[8:29]And that's why brothers and sisters even in the west you find

[8:32]that when someone wants to initiate any relationship, you find most of

[8:40]the times it's the man that initiates.

[8:41]Rarely do you find a woman that goes a girl that goes

[8:45]and asks the guy out or he asks the or she asks

[8:48]the guy for her number.

[8:49]It's always the guys are going after the girls.

[8:53]And you find this is even in the west.

[8:56]And you find that when it comes to the relationship, you find

[9:00]that girls and women are most of the times they're more reluctant.

[9:05]They always want to take things easy.

[9:08]They always want to be on the safe side.

[9:10]Why?

[9:09]because they have more to lose than the men because a woman

[9:14]is more vulnerable than the men and she will be taken advantage.

[9:17]She's at risk of being taken advantage and even molested.

[9:21]So that's why you find even in the west that level of

[9:24]hay that small level of still exists.

[9:26]It's the men that are what?

[9:28]It's the men that are going after the women.

[9:31]So obviously it's the women that need the protection.

[9:32]It's not the men doesn't make sense to tell the man to

[9:35]wear the hijab.

[9:35]He's not being sought after.

[9:38]He's the stronger agent physically.

[9:39]And this is why you see Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala he asked

[9:44]the woman to wear the hijab.

[9:45]And this brothers and sisters like I said it's been proven by

[9:50]empirical data and research that recently I was reading an article that

[9:55]that was explaining how men and women they react to this desire

[10:03]when a man is tempted and when a woman is tempted.

[10:07]And the article said that researchers have discovered that when a man

[10:13]is tempted, his brain convinces him to go more.

[10:17]I want more.

[10:17]His brain tells him, "Go more.

[10:19]Take the second and third step." But when a woman is aroused

[10:24]and tempted, subhan Allah, it's the exact opposite.

[10:26]Her brain tells her, "Be careful.

[10:31]Stay away.

[10:29]Think twice." And the brain tries to talk the woman out of

[10:35]what?

[10:35]out of further pursuing after this desire.

[10:37]So do you see how men are and how women are and

[10:38]that's why like I said women are always more reluctant and they

[10:43]want things easier and the man is always what is pushing for

[10:45]more and more.

[10:46]So because Allah subhana wa ta created them differently and women obviously

[10:51]are much more vulnerable.

[10:52]Woman is weaker.

[10:55]She's vulnerable and she may be raped.

[10:57]And if there is a rape incident, she is the one that's

[11:00]as at risk of becoming pregnant and at risk of raising the

[11:05]child all by herself.

[11:05]It's not the man.

[11:07]She has much more to lose.

[11:08]Since the woman has much more to lose than the man, obviously

[11:11]Allah subhana ta is going to ask more for the woman.

[11:15]And he doesn't ask it for the man because there is no

[11:19]meat.

[11:19]So this is the second objection that many people ask.

[11:21]Why men don't have to wear the hijab?

[11:23]Islam says there is no need.

[11:24]The need is for the woman.

[11:26]And that's why Allah differentiates.

[11:28]There is no superiority.

[11:28]Allah doesn't do it because men are closer to him.

[11:33]Everyone is equal in the eyes of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.

[11:35]It's all a matter of where is the need.

[11:37]The need is on this side.

[11:38]There is no need on the other side.

[11:41]And the third and final objection that some that some people pose

[11:50]about hijab and this is mainly Muslim women that don't wear the

[11:54]hijab and when they are when they are asked why don't you

[12:00]wear the hijab many of them will tell you that I don't

[12:01]need to wear the physical hijab I don't need to wear the

[12:06]scarf to be a better person they will tell you that I

[12:08]could be a good practicing Muslim And still at the same time

[12:13]I don't wear the hijab.

[12:13]So to them the hijab the physical hijab is insignificant.

[12:19]It's irrelevant.

[12:19]It doesn't add anything to the equation.

[12:21]I could be a very good I could be a very good

[12:25]practicing Muslim and at the same time I don't need to wear

[12:30]the hijab.

[12:28]They will tell you that my behavior is modest and that's enough.

[12:33]And they will tell you many of them you'll hear they tell

[12:36]you the hijab is in the heart.

[12:40]My hijab is in my heart.

[12:40]And it's what the heart is what matters.

[12:43]And they'll even read you, some of you, some of them, they'll

[12:45]even read you some verses from the Quran here or there.

[12:50]They'll tell you Allah says in the holy Quran, Allah says on

[12:55]the day of judgment, the only people that will succeed are those

[12:58]that have the pure hearts.

[13:00]So they will tell you my heart is pure and thus I

[13:04]do not need to wear this physical hijab.

[13:04]And they will add to that.

[13:07]And they will tell you that I know that woman will tell

[13:09]you that I know many mujas Muslim women that do wear the

[13:14]hijab but their hijab did them no good.

[13:16]They lie, they cheat, they're immodest in their behavior and I a

[13:20]much better person than that mujah.

[13:22]And thus they conclude that this hijab is just a piece of

[13:26]cloth and it does not make me a better person because there

[13:28]are mujabat and I am better than you see that this that

[13:36]this fallacy that many Muslim women that they posed this fallacy it

[13:41]existed for almost 2,000 years.

[13:43]If you go back in history, 1900 years ago, 2,000 years ago,

[13:49]you see, even back then, this was common that the hijab is

[13:51]in the heart, it's ins it's insignificant.

[13:53]It doesn't make me a better person.

[13:55]And that even in Christianity, if you remember, I mentioned even in

[14:00]Christianity, the hijab is waj, but Christians have deviated from their teachings.

[14:04]I said that there were church famous church fathers that existed hundreds

[14:09]of years ago and they believed that the hijab was waj and

[14:12]amongst them was Tertullian.

[14:13]Tertullian one of the most famous church fathers in the one of

[14:18]the biggest of Christianity that lived almost 1900 years ago.

[14:21]He had written a book on the laws of women that he

[14:27]called female fashion or the apparel of women.

[14:29]And in this book he tries to prove the importance of the

[14:33]hijab the covering.

[14:33]And subhan Allah in this book for 1900 years ago he says

[14:39]this.

[14:39]He says that there are some women back then 1900 years ago

[14:43]that say the hijab the physical hijab is not important.

[14:47]And what's important is the heart.

[14:49]The heart has to be clean.

[14:50]I have to be modest in my conduct and that's enough.

[14:54]Or else this physical hijab is not important.

[14:55]And then he tries to answer this and he says this is

[14:59]wrong.

[15:00]This is all from the devil.

[15:00]The physical hijab is very important.

[15:04]And one day I remember many years ago I was in a

[15:08]majus and there was a there was a speaker that was speaking

[15:13]and amongst the audience there was a woman that didn't like what

[15:16]she was hearing and she stood up and she objected to the

[15:22]lecture of that speaker.

[15:21]She didn't like it.

[15:24]And that woman, she wasn't a muhaj, but you could tell based

[15:26]on her hijab, most of the hair is showing.

[15:28]You could tell that she's not a muhaj.

[15:30]She's only wearing it because she's at the center.

[15:33]So this speaker after she objected to him, she he told her

[15:39]that with all due respect, no offense, but sister, fix your hijab

[15:43]first and then come and teach me what to say and what

[15:45]not to say.

[15:47]And she was offended by this.

[15:48]She didn't like it.

[15:51]She gave the same answer.

[15:51]She told him, "My hijab, don't judge me based on my appearance.

[15:54]My hijab is in my heart." So you find that this that

[16:02]this is common between many Muslim women.

[16:05]But brothers and sisters, what's obvious is that this is a fallacy.

[16:10]And anytime I hear this, I hear this or I see something

[16:14]in my mind as a Muslim woman, I should be careful because

[16:19]this is the Shaitan telling me this.

[16:22]Why?

[16:23]Four answers, four points that show us that this is from the

[16:26]Shaitan.

[16:27]That when I say the hijab is in the heart and this

[16:30]physical veil is not important, this is the shaitan telling me why.

[16:34]Point number one, those women, Muslim women that say the hijab is

[16:37]in the heart and I don't need to show it and this

[16:40]is not important.

[16:40]I tell those women then why do you pray?

[16:43]Prayer is in the heart as well.

[16:44]Why do we pray?

[16:46]It's a form of showing our humbleness to Allah.

[16:50]So say that my heart is humble to Allah and I don't

[16:52]need to pray.

[16:53]Why do you pray?

[16:53]Prayer is just what?

[16:55]It's a bunch of actions.

[16:55]If you don't need hijab, you don't need prayer.

[16:58]Why do you pay charity?

[17:00]Say charity is in the heart.

[17:03]I'm a kind person and that's enough.

[17:05]Why do you go to Hajj?

[17:08]Why do you fast in the month of Ramadan?

[17:10]So you see if you want to neglect hijab because hijab is

[17:16]in the heart.

[17:18]This mentality eventually leads to what?

[17:21]To refraining from doing any of the wajat.

[17:22]And that's why I tell you this is the shaitan.

[17:24]Be careful.

[17:26]He wants you to what?

[17:26]Stay away from a a a waj.

[17:30]He wants you to not obey Allah subhana wa ta'ala.

[17:31]What does he tell you?

[17:33]Tell them it's not important.

[17:34]The action isn't important.

[17:35]What what's important is in the heart.

[17:37]So you tell those women then why do you pray?

[17:40]Why do you do any of these same woman this mentality they

[17:46]apply it with Allah but when it comes to their personal lives

[17:49]they don't accept it.

[17:49]Every woman wants her husband to express his love to her.

[17:56]Is it enough that her husband tells her your love is in

[17:58]my heart?

[17:59]He never tells her I love you.

[18:01]He never shows her that he loves her.

[18:02]He never brings her any gifts.

[18:05]He never buys her anything.

[18:06]He never takes her on any trip.

[18:08]Never shows her any sign that he loves her.

[18:12]And once she asks him why, he tells her the love is

[18:14]in my heart.

[18:15]I don't need to express it.

[18:15]Will she accept this?

[18:17]Obviously not.

[18:18]She wants him to express it in actions.

[18:21]Not just her husband, her children, her friends, everyone.

[18:25]She'll tell them, "No, just having the love in the heart is

[18:27]not enough.

[18:28]I want to see it." So in their personal lives they don't

[18:32]accept this mentality only with Allah.

[18:34]The hijab is in the hearts.

[18:35]I don't need to show Allah that I do or the hijab.

[18:38]And you find with the law the same thing applies with the

[18:41]law.

[18:41]Is it enough that I say I obey the law in my

[18:45]heart but I break all the laws through my actions?

[18:46]If I'm speeding and a police stops me and he tells me

[18:50]why are you speeding?

[18:52]I tell him officer who cares about going 60 70.

[18:53]These are all what?

[18:55]These are all irrelevant.

[18:56]I'm a good person in my heart.

[18:57]I want to go 500 koms ago.

[19:00]Is he going to accept that?

[19:01]Is it enough just to be good in my heart and I

[19:04]break all the laws of the government?

[19:06]Why don't you pay taxes?

[19:06]Why should I pay taxes?

[19:07]The point is I'm a good citizen and my heart is pure.

[19:11]If you give that answer, I'll come and visit you in jail

[19:15]next week.

[19:16]Brothers and sisters, don't give such an answer.

[19:17]You see with the governments because there is because there is it's

[19:26]enforced and there's quick punishment.

[19:28]We're very quiet when it comes to the government and submissive with

[19:33]Allah.

[19:32]All of the sudden we become so brave in front of Allah

[19:35]and we want to become all philosophers when it comes in religion

[19:39]and we want to bring thousands of excuses for not doing what's

[19:45]right for not carrying out our do duties towards Allah subhanahu wa

[19:49]ta'ala.

[19:50]So obviously brothers and sisters the point that I'm trying to say

[19:53]that I'm trying to deliver is that if I do not show

[19:57]through my actions that I am a good person I cannot claim

[19:59]that my heart is pure.

[20:01]If I do not follow the commandments of Allah how can I

[20:03]claim my heart is pure.

[20:06]If I disobey Allah my heart isn't pure.

[20:08]I have a black heart.

[20:09]You want a pure heart?

[20:11]You have to follow Allah subhana wa tala.

[20:12]Allah says the is.

[20:14]And I spoke about this from the Quran.

[20:17]The physical Allah says it's waj.

[20:18]If I do not follow and I say it's not important, how

[20:22]can I say I have a pure heart?

[20:24]We can't just claim things.

[20:24]We have to prove it.

[20:27]And that's why in many verses in the Quran, tens upon tens

[20:30]of verses, Allah always says a true believer is the one that

[20:39]believes and does good does good deeds.

[20:41]Belief by itself is not enough.

[20:42]I need the belief and I need the actions.

[20:45]And that's why Allah says in the holy Quran did the people

[20:55]think that we will just leave them saying we believe but we

[20:59]will not touch them.

[20:59]When we claim that we believe Allah says you have to show

[21:03]it.

[21:01]You have to wear the hijab.

[21:04]You have to pray give charity.

[21:04]You have to show it.

[21:05]You have to show it through actions.

[21:07]Just claiming it claiming it is not enough.

[21:10]This is point number one.

[21:14]Point number two, the fact that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala told woman

[21:18]to wear hijab proves that it's important.

[21:21]So if I say that the hijab is not important, that means

[21:24]I'm belittling Allah.

[21:26]That means I'm saying what Allah says doesn't matter to me.

[21:29]What Allah says is not important.

[21:30]Yes, maybe in my eyes this physical hijab is trivial.

[21:35]It's something irre irrelevant.

[21:37]It's insignificant.

[21:37]It's not important.

[21:40]It doesn't make me a better person.

[21:42]But Allah subhana wa ta'ala says it is important.

[21:43]That's why he mentions it in the Quran.

[21:46]When Allah mentions something not important in the Quran.

[21:49]So when I say the hijab is not important, it's my heart.

[21:52]I'm belittling Allah.

[21:54]And I gave an entire lecture a few nights ago about not

[21:57]belittling the commandments of Allah.

[21:59]The hadith of the im says Allah had his satisfaction within the

[22:14]obedience within the different wajat.

[22:19]So do not belittle any of the wajat.

[22:21]Do not say the hijab is not waj.

[22:23]Maybe at one time it's because of one waj that I do

[22:25]not do.

[22:26]Allah will not accept all my other.

[22:29]Who knows?

[22:30]Islam is a package.

[22:32]You take it all or you leave it all.

[22:35]I can't pick a Jews salah yes but hijab no Allah says

[22:39]all of it yes take it all because all of it is

[22:40]important don't say this isn't important or that isn't important you don't

[22:46]decide Allah decides for us what's good he created us he knows

[22:49]what's good for me not me he's my designer and that's why

[22:54]those people that say oh I could be a good person and

[22:58]not wear the hijab this is a fallacy no maybe because you

[23:01]didn't wear the hijab Allah won't accept all your It's the same

[23:06]thing.

[23:07]Imagine as someone as an example analogy.

[23:10]Imagine someone wants to be healthy.

[23:11]He wants to be healthy and he eats the healthiest foods.

[23:15]He's always eating organic fruits and vegetables.

[23:18]He stays away from the fatty foods and the the cholesterols and

[23:21]the junk food.

[23:24]And he exercises every single day two hours.

[23:27]But at the same time, he does all of this, but every

[23:32]day he smokes 20 cig cigarettes.

[23:32]Is there a point in in in all the dining that he's

[23:36]doing?

[23:36]Is there a point?

[23:36]There's no point.

[23:38]So don't say the hijab is irrelevant.

[23:40]I do all these the hijab because you don't wear the hijab.

[23:45]Maybe all of your other will not be accepted.

[23:46]In the same way I all this dieting and all this exercise

[23:51]if you smoke there's no point.

[23:52]So one thing can invalidate all your Islam is a package.

[23:57]That's why that's why Allah says don't pick and choose.

[23:59]Take all of it.

[24:01]So this is the second point.

[24:04]We shouldn't belittle any of the laws of Allah.

[24:05]Maybe in my eyes the hijab is not important but in the

[24:10]eyes of Allah it's important because he ordered it in the third

[24:14]point I said some of these women that don't want to wear

[24:19]the hijab.

[24:21]They say we have some muja friends they wear the hijab the

[24:23]physical hijab but they are what?

[24:25]They lie and they cheat and they're bad people and they're you

[24:29]know they're not modest.

[24:31]They're repulsive, loud, obnoxious.

[24:31]And they try to use this to what?

[24:34]To bring down the entire establishment of hijab.

[24:37]Brothers and sisters, if there is a girl, a woman that abuses

[24:40]the hijab, the problem isn't with hijab, it's that girl.

[24:44]Maybe it's because this girl is not wearing it for Allah.

[24:45]Maybe her parents force her.

[24:47]Maybe she's wearing it out of culture.

[24:48]Like the fashion hijab that we spoke about yesterday.

[24:51]Some people wear it for fashion, not for Allah.

[24:54]And even if this person is wearing it for Allah, this person

[24:57]has an incomplete hijab.

[25:00]Two wrongs don't make her right.

[25:04]Just because this woman isn't a good person doesn't mean she should

[25:07]leave hijab.

[25:07]That means she should also try to fix her as well.

[25:11]If there's someone that prays and drinks alcohol, that means he shouldn't

[25:14]pray.

[25:14]That means there's a problem with prayer.

[25:16]That means we should all stop praying.

[25:18]Two wrongs.

[25:18]Don't make her right.

[25:21]This is common sense.

[25:20]So if there is a bad that doesn't mean the problem is

[25:25]with hijab that doesn't mean we don't need hijab.

[25:28]That means that particular doesn't understand the philosophy of hijab and she's

[25:30]abusing and misusing the hijab.

[25:33]So we should never use this as an excuse.

[25:34]There are muhajabat that are not good people.

[25:37]This has nothing to do with it.

[25:38]Every single good deed and good thing in the world there are

[25:43]people that misuse it and abuse it.

[25:45]That's the third point.

[25:45]And finally, the fourth point.

[25:49]In a way, brothers and sisters, in a way, this these women

[25:54]have a point.

[25:56]These women do have a point.

[25:58]The physical hijab by itself is not enough.

[26:02]Brothers and sisters and I spoke about this many times over and

[26:07]over.

[26:08]I mentioned that the hijab is two parts.

[26:11]the physical hijab and the the symbolic hijab the social hijab the

[26:16]hijab that is what that is a code of conduct that is

[26:21]a demeanor and behavior so if there is a woman that wears

[26:26]the physical hijab but her actions are immodest her conduct is immodest

[26:32]then this person's hijab is incomplete yes there are people in community

[26:35]in our communities they do wear the physical hijab but when you

[26:38]come to their conduct and behavior you find them they're not modest

[26:41]and this shows that we haven't understood the correct hijab.

[26:45]We have a misunderstanding of the hijab.

[26:48]We think it's just a piece of cloth and that's it.

[26:50]The hijab is a barrier between the man and the woman to

[26:56]establish modesty.

[26:56]And that's why there is a physical hijab and there is a

[27:00]behavioral hijab.

[27:01]And Allah subhana wa ta'ala he speaks about both in the Quran.

[27:04]And I mentioned already in my first sermons, in my first lectures,

[27:09]the verses where Allah speaks about the physical hijab.

[27:12]Allah also speaks about the social hij that the hijab that is

[27:17]a behavior.

[27:16]In many verses in the Quran, one verse that I mentioned, Allah

[27:22]tells the woman, when you speak, do not soften your voice.

[27:26]I don't care if you're wearing the best hijab.

[27:29]You could even be covering your your face.

[27:32]When you speak, speak in a modest way.

[27:35]Do not soften it so that men are seduced.

[27:39]In another verse, remember we said Allah says when you walk, walk

[27:45]in a polite and modest way so that you do not draw

[27:49]men's attention.

[27:48]Even if I'm wearing the best hijab, I have to be careful.

[27:53]My conduct, my behavior is also modest.

[27:55]If it is not, then my hijab is incomplete.

[27:58]And in one story, Allah, he mentions a story that beautifully shows

[28:02]us the social hijab.

[28:02]The story of the daughters of Shah with MS.

[28:06]MS we know after he ran away from Egypt because Faran wanted

[28:12]to kill him.

[28:14]He went to a land by the name of Median.

[28:15]Once he arrived to Median, he saw a well.

[28:21]Men have gathered around the well to take water.

[28:24]And then he saw besides them there were two women that could

[28:28]not get water.

[28:29]They couldn't because there was too much men and they couldn't come

[28:31]in the middle of the men and take water.

[28:33]So he comes up to the woman Musa and he tells them,

[28:37]"Do you need some help?" They tell him, "Yes, if you could

[28:40]please get get us some water." So MS asks these two women,

[28:45]"Don't you have men to help you from your family members, your

[28:47]father, brothers." So they tell him, "We only have one man and

[28:49]that's our father.

[28:51]That's it.

[28:53]And he's an old man.

[28:53]He can't help us." So Musa, he helps them.

[28:55]He goes and he brings water for them and then he takes

[28:59]it to their house.

[29:00]So he takes the water, he places it and he goes.

[29:05]So after that the father who was a prophet he asked his

[29:09]daughters who brought the water they tell him there was a man

[29:14]he was and the Quran says he was strong and he was

[29:17]trustful.

[29:18]So it's narrated that he asked them how do you know he

[29:24]was strong?

[29:25]They tell him because he lifted the, you know, the the the

[29:27]the the heavy bucket of water.

[29:28]So, he was strong.

[29:30]And then he asked them, "How do you know he was trustworthy

[29:32]and modest?" Trustworthy here, he's modest.

[29:36]They tell him because when we wanted to when he wanted to

[29:38]bring the water back home, we walked in front of him.

[29:44]He told us, "No, do not walk in front of me.

[29:46]This is immoral.

[29:46]I'll be looking at you.

[29:49]You walk behind me.

[29:49]And when you want to tell me the directions, go right and

[29:51]left, you throw pebbles.

[29:54]Don't even speak.

[29:54]You don't even have to speak.

[29:55]Throw a pebble this way or that way and I will know

[29:59]which direction to go.

[30:01]And we saw that this man is very very modest.

[30:02]Do you see the hijab of MS?

[30:06]Do you see how modest he is?

[30:07]Walk behind me.

[30:07]I don't want you in front of me because the shaitan may

[30:09]come and he's a prophet.

[30:10]He's trying to teach us.

[30:13]He's a prophet.

[30:12]He's trying to teach us.

[30:15]Don't put yourself in a situation where the shaitan can come and

[30:18]what?

[30:19]And drag you.

[30:19]I don't want you to walk in front of me and don't

[30:22]even speak because we're not married.

[30:23]This may lead to haram.

[30:26]Do you see the level of the social hijab that he implements?

[30:29]And that's why MS is trying to teach us a message.

[30:32]Allah is trying to teach us a message.

[30:34]Even if a woman wears the best hijab, but if she is

[30:38]roaming around with other men and flirting with every man and laughing

[30:41]and joking with those men, there's no point of her hijab.

[30:45]There's no point of wear hijab.

[30:47]And unfortunately we have there are in Muslim communities some women the

[30:49]physical hijab is perfect but you find she's loud in front of

[30:56]men.

[30:56]She's obnoxious.

[30:55]She speaks with every man.

[30:57]She flirts with every man.

[31:00]She jokes with every man.

[31:01]There's absolutely no hab.

[31:02]What's the point of this hijab?

[31:06]The hijab is to place a barrier so nothing haram is done.

[31:10]And this hijab is lacking in our communities brothers and sisters.

[31:15]When we hear the word hijab, we just think of what?

[31:17]A piece of cloth, a piece of black or a head covering.

[31:22]This is one type.

[31:22]This is one part of the hijab.

[31:26]The other part of the hijab is the what is the is

[31:28]the behavior.

[31:29]I have to be modest in my behaviors.

[31:31]And both of them are important.

[31:33]The physical one is important and the social one is important.

[31:39]And that's why some people they don't understand the importance of this

[31:43]hijab.

[31:42]You find them that they wear the physical hijab some of sisters

[31:47]but unfortunately her actions speak otherwise and that's why you see in

[31:52]one hadith it's a beautiful hadith it's narrated that one day a

[31:55]blind man he wanted to come and meet father he wanted to

[32:00]come in her house he's blind he can't see father she said

[32:04]no I'm sorry I don't want you to come and sit you

[32:08]know you know sit with me and and even if he if

[32:09]he had you know whatever he he had any questions he had?

[32:14]She refused.

[32:16]So Allah, he asked her.

[32:17]He asked, "Yeah, why did you refuse?

[32:19]He's blind.

[32:21]He can't see anything." And look at the answer of And this

[32:24]is a message to all the sisters and all the brothers.

[32:29]Father, she says, "Yes, he's blind.

[32:35]He can't see me, but I can see him." And because he's

[32:41]blind, obviously the other senses will be stronger.

[32:45]He could smell and maybe that woman has some fragrance on and

[32:48]perfume on.

[32:49]And that man, even if he's blind, he will smell.

[32:54]Fatima says, "This is immodest." You see the level, there has to

[32:56]be a barrier.

[32:58]Even if he's blind, I'm not blind.

[32:59]I will look.

[33:00]And Fatma, obviously, she's not going to look in the bad way,

[33:03]but she's a role model.

[33:03]She wants to teach us the barrier has to be there.

[33:10]If that barrier is broken, if the ice is breaking wall, there

[33:13]will be there has to be a barrier between the two genders.

[33:16]And it's the behaviors, it's in my that I can make that

[33:22]that I can make that barrier.

[33:23]And one of the greatest threats, brothers and sisters, one of the

[33:28]greatest threats to the hijab that obstructs the hijab and compromises our

[33:32]hijab and especially of our youth is through the social media.

[33:39]You see, in real life, we're modest.

[33:41]There is that barrier.

[33:42]Once we go behind the computer, we go behind the iPhones, we

[33:48]turn into other human beings.

[33:49]There are things, brothers and sisters, there are some girls, some Muslim

[33:55]girls.

[33:53]There are things that they would never dare doing in real life,

[33:59]but once they go behind the computer and once they go behind

[34:02]the iPhones and the smartphones, you finally do it.

[34:06]Now, why?

[34:07]Maybe it's because you're behind a computer and it's online.

[34:12]It's a cyber world.

[34:15]You're behind a device.

[34:15]And maybe these sisters and even the brothers will say, you know,

[34:18]that guy can't see my hair.

[34:21]He can't hear my voice.

[34:22]And that's why, you know, it's not haram.

[34:24]So you see, once again, they think that the hijab is only

[34:27]what?

[34:27]Cover the hair.

[34:29]The hijab is a behavior.

[34:30]And that's why you see this social media, the the text messaging

[34:36]and all these chatting websites.

[34:38]They make sins much easier for us.

[34:40]You no longer, if you want to blow a kiss, you no

[34:41]longer have to look at the girl in her eyes and blow

[34:45]the kiss.

[34:46]You could just press one button, go on the emoticons, press send,

[34:49]and you blow you blow the kiss.

[34:50]It's so much easier to do what's on social media, to do

[34:55]what's online, and you say, "Well, I did nothing.

[34:57]I just press the button, I press send." Is this modest?

[35:00]wall you find even in between Muslim brothers and sisters and the

[35:04]girls where's the hijab but go on Facebook go on the public

[35:10]profiles on Twitter and you see blowing a kiss is perfectly fine

[35:13]nothing wrong with that or the hearts you know all the hearts

[35:16]because it's a symbol and because it's just one button they think

[35:21]it's halal so this is a very very big problem brothers and

[35:23]sisters we have to be extra careful when it comes to the

[35:28]social media just because it's easier to do do the haram.

[35:29]And just because it's easier to flirt doesn't mean it's halal.

[35:34]You see, there are girls that post the most of unappropriate pictures

[35:37]and they are unaware that anyone can see this sometimes.

[35:41]Every day she posts 20 pictures of herself.

[35:44]She wakes up in the morning, she takes a picture of herself.

[35:46]She goes to the bathroom, she takes a picture of herself.

[35:49]She's eating something, she takes a picture of herself.

[35:50]She goes to Walmart.

[35:53]First of all, I mean, don't waste your time, brothers and sisters,

[35:56]on this.

[35:57]I mean, sometimes we think that the entire world is just waiting

[35:59]to see what we're going to eat and what we're going to

[36:02]wear and what we're going to do and and come on, take

[36:04]it easy.

[36:05]It's not like I'm, you know, I'm a celebrity or something.

[36:09]So, first of all, it's a waste of time.

[36:09]Second of all, sometimes it compromises the hijab.

[36:13]And I've seen many of these public pro and it's a public

[36:18]profile.

[36:16]It's a public profile.

[36:19]Everyone can see it.

[36:19]Just make a friend request and that's it.

[36:22]You've got you've got an end to the private life of that

[36:27]girl.

[36:28]The most unappropriate pictures, the most unappropriate comments.

[36:30]You see, girls are talking between themselves, but the comments, there are

[36:35]men that come come and look at these and this is unappropriate.

[36:38]We have to be careful.

[36:40]Don't be carried away just because you're sitting privately in your room

[36:43]and you think that, oh, it's between me and my friend.

[36:47]If it's a public profile, be careful.

[36:49]Don't get carried away.

[36:50]And like I said, you will see many many unfortunate things on

[36:56]these social media and and on the chatting.

[36:59]Just because it's easier doesn't make it halal.

[37:02]And that's why I always say the guideline is if you won't

[37:07]do it in real life, don't do it on social media.

[37:12]That heart and that blow of of you know of kiss that

[37:14]you do on the iPhone and on the computer, you wouldn't do

[37:18]it in real life.

[37:18]You won't blow a kiss in front of that guy.

[37:20]The guy won't do it to the girl in most cases.

[37:24]Don't do it on social media.

[37:25]It doesn't make ital just because it's easy, just because it's one

[37:27]button.

[37:28]So, we have to be very, very careful, brothers and sisters, on

[37:33]social media.

[37:32]We don't get carried away.

[37:34]Even if he can't see me, even if he can't hear me,

[37:36]even if I can't see her and I can't hear her, it

[37:40]doesn't make ital to flirt and chat and speak about every single

[37:42]discussion as if she's my sister, my biological sister.

[37:46]We have to have that barrier because if the barrier is broken,

[37:51]all the sins will become all the sins will be committed.

[37:55]So this is a gen general rule when it comes to social

[37:58]media that we have to be very very careful of not to

[38:03]be carried away.

[38:05]When we post the pictures, think twice especially for the sisters.

[38:08]I see sometimes she's wearing the hijab.

[38:10]She posts a picture of her husband hugging her.

[38:12]Brothers and sisters, this is not appropriate.

[38:14]Keep this for your private lives.

[38:15]Don't put it on the internet so everyone billions of people can

[38:20]see it.

[38:19]Her husband is kissing her.

[38:23]Her husband is hugging her.

[38:24]She's she's for example riding a boat or she's riding a motor.

[38:27]If you want to do that, do that.

[38:31]But don't put it on the internet where millions of people can

[38:33]see it on a public profile.

[38:35]This is unappropriate.

[38:36]So when I post those pictures, when I put a comment, if

[38:40]it's public, it's not private.

[38:41]I have to be careful.

[38:44]I have to remember that the hijab is not just what I

[38:46]wear.

[38:47]The hijab is my demeanor.

[38:51]The hijab is also my behavior.

[38:52]And there are many people that are looking.

[38:55]I have to be extra careful with this.

[38:57]And with this, brothers and sisters, I end my series of lectures

[39:01]on this topic of hijab.

[39:02]The conclusion, Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala mandates the hijab in the Quran.

[39:07]And he tells us that it's only for our benefit.

[39:11]We the human beings are the only ones that will benefit from

[39:16]the hijab.

[39:17]Allah wants modesty.

[39:17]He wants to protect women.

[39:18]He tells them wear hijab.

[39:21]He tells men lower your gazes.

[39:23]And that's why brothers and sisters if for my entire life as

[39:26]a sister I did not wear hijab or I did wear the

[39:31]physical hijab but my behavior was not very modest.

[39:34]For the brothers my behavior is not modest.

[39:35]I did not lower my gaze when I look at the sisters.

[39:38]My entire life was haram.

[39:40]Tonight is the night that I turn to Allah and I tell

[39:44]them, "Ya Allah, forgive me.

[39:45]I want to start a new chapter.

[39:46]Allah will forgive all my sins." Brothers and sisters, no matter how

[39:50]many sins I have done, Allah says, All those servants of Allah

[40:04]that they did too much sins, excess of sins, do not despair.

[40:08]Allah will forgive all your sins.

[40:11]But you have to make the initiative.

[40:13]And what a better time than the month of Ramadan.

[40:15]Do not postpone.

[40:18]I cannot stress on this point more for the sisters.

[40:21]Do not say I will wear the hijab when I am 50.

[40:24]When I when I go to Hajj, you don't have a guarantee

[40:29]that that day will come.

[40:29]You don't.

[40:31]No one has a guarantee.

[40:31]Don't say tomorrow.

[40:32]This is I mentioned the story.

[40:34]This is one of the tools and the tactics of the devil.

[40:36]He tells you tomorrow.

[40:39]As they say, tomorrow never comes.

[40:42]Tomorrow never comes.

[40:41]Today.

[40:42]So if I want to do something good, if I want to

[40:47]change my life, if I want to wear the hijab, do it

[40:48]today.

[40:49]Yes, it may be difficult.

[40:53]Yes, it may be difficult.

[40:53]Yes, my desires and my comfort may be to take off the

[40:59]hijab.

[40:57]But think about it.

[41:00]Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala wants me to do this.

[41:03]Do it for Allah.

[41:02]Please Allah.

[41:04]And Allah, he will not let us down.

[41:07]He will help you.

[41:09]He will support you.

[41:10]Allah is the kindest being.

[41:10]He's the most generous.

[41:13]If I wear the hijab and I prevent myself from this dunya

[41:16]for Allah wall, he will reward me in a way that I

[41:22]can never comprehend.

[41:24]If Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala forgave a man that spent his entire

[41:32]lives fighting.

[41:32]But at the end he saw himself between Jenna and he said

[41:37]I will never choose anything against he chose Allah.

[41:40]He chose Hussein who say forgave him.

[41:43]Allah forgave him.

[41:42]Allah won't forgive me.

[41:45]So take this initiative brothers and sisters.

[41:46]Do not procrastinate.

[41:49]Do not say tomorrow.

[41:49]Do not say when I grow up.

[41:50]Do not say when I'm convinced that day may never come.

[41:55]And Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala wants this for me and he will

[42:00]hold me accountable.

[42:00]He will tell me in my grade, I asked you in the

[42:03]Quran to wear the hijab.

[42:06]Why didn't you wear the hijab?

[42:08]Why did you keep on making excuses before the month of Ramadan

[42:16]finishes?

[42:14]Let us make a resolution.

[42:16]If I do not wear the hijab, I begin wearing the hijab.

[42:19]If my if my and my demeanor and behaviors weren't modest, I

[42:25]change that.

[42:27]For the men, the same thing.

[42:28]I implement the social hijab and I make a resolution that before

[42:33]the day of Eid comes, I make a transformation to my life.

[42:36]I ask Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala to give us that strength to

[42:40]make that transformation and start that new chapter tonight, not tomorrow.

[42:45]If I say tomorrow, that means I'm not sincere.

[42:49]That means I don't want to do it.

[42:51]If we are sincere about it, we start tonight.

[42:56]I ask Allah subhanaha to give us the toib that we are

[43:01]able to ask for to tba to repent and to return on

[43:07]the straight path of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.

[43:09]And I ask Allah subhanana wa ta'ala to help us.

[43:11]It's difficult to carry out all our wajabat and our to fulfill

[43:18]our duties towards Allah.

[43:18]I ask him to help us and to support us and to

[43:22]make it easier and I ask Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala to accept

[43:25]our during this blessed month of Ramadan and to accept our duas.

[43:30]Alhamdulillah.

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