Verse of Hijab
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| Verse's Information | |
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| Name | Hijab verse |
| Sura | Sura al-Nur |
| Verse | 31 |
| Juz' | 18 |
| Content Information | |
| Place of Revelation | Medina |
| Topic | jurisprudence |
| About | Obligation of women to wear Hijab |
Verse of Ḥijāb (Arabic: آيَة الحِجاب) talks about the obligation of women to wear hijab. This verse is one of the Qur'anic arguments of the jurists for the obligation of hijab. Also, some jurists based on the phrase "beyond what is [acceptably] visible" in this verse, said that it is not obligatory for a woman to cover her face and hands from the wrist down.
Other verses are also known as verses of hijab. Among them is Qur'an 33:59, which is called the verse of Jilbab.
Text and Translation
Verse thirty-one of Quran 24 is known as the verse of hijab.[1] They say that with the revelation of this verse, hijab became obligatory for women.[2]
| “ | وَقُل لِلمُؤمِناتِ يَغضُضنَ مِن أَبصارِهِنَّ وَيَحفَظنَ فُروجَهُنَّ وَلا يُبدينَ زينَتَهُنَّ إِلّا ما ظَهَرَ مِنها ۖ وَليَضرِبنَ بِخُمُرِهِنَّ عَلىٰ جُيوبِهِنَّ ۖ وَلا يُبدينَ زينَتَهُنَّ إِلّا لِبُعولَتِهِنَّ أَو آبائِهِنَّ أَو آباءِ بُعولَتِهِنَّ أَو أَبنائِهِنَّ أَو أَبناءِ بُعولَتِهِنَّ أَو إِخوانِهِنَّ أَو بَني إِخوانِهِنَّ أَو بَني أَخَواتِهِنَّ أَو نِسائِهِنَّ أَو ما مَلَكَت أَيمانُهُنَّ أَوِ التّابِعينَ غَيرِ أُولِي الإِربَةِ مِنَ الرِّجالِ أَوِ الطِّفلِ الَّذينَ لَم يَظهَروا عَلىٰ عَوراتِ النِّساءِ ۖ وَلا يَضرِبنَ بِأَرجُلِهِنَّ لِيُعلَمَ ما يُخفينَ مِن زينَتِهِنَّ ۚ وَتوبوا إِلَى اللَّهِ جَميعًا أَيُّهَ المُؤمِنونَ لَعَلَّكُم تُفلِحونَ
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| “ | And tell the faithful women to cast down their looks and to guard their private parts, and not to display their charms, except for what is outward, and let them draw their scarfs over their bosoms, and not display their charms except to their husbands, or their fathers, or their husband’s fathers, or their sons, or their husband’s sons, or their brothers, or their brother’s sons, or their sister’s sons, or their women, or their slave girls, or male dependants lacking [sexual] desire, or children uninitiated to women’s parts. And let them not thump their feet to make known their hidden ornaments. Rally to Allah in repentance, O faithful, so that you may be felicitous.
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| — Quran 24:31 | ||
Application in Jurisprudence
In the books of jurisprudence, this verse is mentioned as the reference to explain the obligation of women to wear hijab and some of its rulings, including the limits of hijab.[3] According to jurists, the phrase "and not display their charms" indicates the obligation of hijab for women.[4] Also, according to some Shi'a jurists, such as al-Shaykh al-Ansari, al-Shahid al-Thani and al-'Allama al-Hilli, the phrase "beyond what is [acceptably] visible" excludes the face and hands (from the wrists down) from the obligation to cover.[5]
Occasion of Revelation
Regarding the story of the revelation of this verse, it has been narrated from Jabir b. Abd Allah al-Ansari that one day, a group of women went to Asma', daughter of Murshida who did not have proper covering, in such a way that their anklets, necks, and breast projection were visible. He became upset by this act and criticized them. Then, the verse of hijab was revealed.[6] Al-Tabrisi, the exegete of the Qur'an, has also written in this regard that before the revelation of this verse, women used to wear headscarf in such a way that its tail fell behind them, and therefore their necks and chests were visible.[7]
Interpretation notes
According to exegetes, the meaning of not displaying the charms in the phrase "and not display their charms" is not showing the parts of the body that are usually adorned [such as the ears and the neck], not showing the ornaments alone; because it is not forbidden to show jewelry alone like earrings.[8] "Khumur" is the plural of "khimar", which means a cover with which women cover their heads.[9] In the phrase "and let them draw their scarfs over their bosoms", it is ordered that women put headscarves on their chests so that their hair, ears, and necks are not visible.[10]
Covering with Jilbab
Qur'an 33:59 also talks about hijab, which is known as the verse of jilbab.[11] In this verse, women are asked to cover themselves with jilbab.[12] Lexicographers have interpreted jilbab as a garment larger than a scarf and smaller than a rida' (overcoat, robe) that women put on their heads and cover their chests.[13]
Notes
- ↑ See: Dāʾirat al-maʿārif-i Qurʾān-i karīm, vol. 1, p. 381; Group of Authors, Farhangnāma-yi ʿulūm-i Qurʾānī, p. 129.
- ↑ Saʿīdī, Ḥijāb, p. 604.
- ↑ See: Khoeī, Mawsūʿat al-Imām al-Khūʾī, vol. 32, p. 36-47; Ḥillī, Tadhkirat al-fuqahāʾ, vol. 2, p. 446-447.
- ↑ Khoeī, Mawsūʿat al-Imām al-Khūʾī, vol. 32, p. 36.
- ↑ Anṣārī, Kitāb al-nikāḥ, p. 46-47; Shahīd al-Thānī, Masālik, vol. 7, p. 47; Ḥillī, Tadhkirat al-fuqahāʾ, vol. 2, p. 446-447.
- ↑ Ibn Abī l-Ḥātam, Tafsīr al-Qurʾān al-ʿaẓīm, vol. 8, p. 2573.
- ↑ Ṭabrisī, Majmaʿ al-bayān, vol. 7, p. 217.
- ↑ Ṭabrisī, Majmaʿ al-bayān, vol. 7, p. 217; Ṭabāṭabāʾī, al-Mīzān, vol. 15, p. 111.
- ↑ Ṭabrisī, Majmaʿ al-bayān, vol. 7, p. 217; Ṭabāṭabāʾī, al-Mīzān, vol. 15, p. 112.
- ↑ Ṭabrisī, Majmaʿ al-bayān, vol. 7, p. 217.
- ↑ Group of Authors, Farhangnāma-yi ʿulūm-i Qurʾānī, p. 126.
- ↑ Ṭabāṭabāʾī, al-Mīzān, vol. 16, p. 339; Ṭabrisī, Majmaʿ al-bayān, vol. 8, p. 581.
- ↑ Ṭurayḥī, Majmaʿ al-baḥrayn, vol. 2, p. 24.
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