``Allah says `` Make yourselves most beautifull when you come to the mosk
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Barakatuh. (May Allah's Peace, Mercy and Blessings be upon all of you)
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this question:
The
Prophet Mohammed says `` Get yourselves clean because Islam is clean ``Allah
says `` Make yourselves most beautifull when you come to the mosk`` If the men
have the right to make theirselves clean and beautifull the women don`t ?
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Answer:
Can women beautify herself
In the name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His help and ask
for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can misguide, and whoever
He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. We bear witness that
there is none worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that
Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 2 Surah
Baqarah verse 222 (part):
….For Allah loves
those who turn to Him constantly and He loves those who keep themselves pure
and clean.
Al-Tirmidhi Hadith 296 (part) Narrated by Banu Sulaym
I heard Allah's Messenger (saws) saying: “….
and cleanliness is half of the faith.’
The deen or ‘way of life’ called Al-Islam emphasizes and
absolutely encourages the believers, both men and women, to keep themselves
physically pure and clean at all times; so much so that Allah Subhanah Declares
that He loves those believers who keep themselves pure and clean and the
Messenger of Allah (saws) declared that cleanliness is half of faith!
Not only does Islam guide and command its followers to
become and remain spiritually clean from the spiritual impurities like
polytheism, disbelief, hypocrisy, etc.; but Islam guides and commands its
believers to strive to also be and remain physically pure and clean.
Allah says in the Holy Quran Chapter 33 Surah
Ahzaab verse 59:
O Prophet,
enjoin your wives and daughters,
and the believing women, that
they should cast their outer garments over their persons. It is expected that they will thus be
recognized, and not
molested. Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.
Allah says in the Holy Quran Chapter 24 Surah
Nur verse 31:
(O Prophet) enjoin the believing woman to
restrain their gaze and guard their modesty, and not to display their adornment except
that which is displayed of itself, and
to draw their veils over their bosoms, and
not to display their adornments except before their husbands, their fathers, …….and also forbid them to
stamp their feet on the ground lest their hidden ornaments should be displayed.
Dear and Beloved Sister, Islam does not at all discourage
the believing woman from adorning herself with adornments of beauty or make-up,
etc.; she may adorn herself as much as her heart desires….but what Islam guides
is that the believing woman should save and display her beauty only towards her
mehram relatives.
Al-Tirmidhi Hadith 3272 Narrated by Abu Hurayrah
When Allah's Messenger (saws) was asked which
woman was best, he (saws) replied, "The one who pleases (her
husband) when he looks at her, obeys him when he gives a (lawful)
command, and does not go against his wishes regarding her person or property by
doing anything of which he disapproves."
Allah has commanded the believing woman to guard her
modesty, and not to put herself and her beauty on display in front of
non-mehram males of the society, so that she may be recognized as a righteous
God-fearing woman. There is no
specific Shariah restriction on a believing woman, who is Islamically covered,
applying adornments like make-up, henna, ornaments, etc.; provided she scrupulously guards her modesty
and does not display her adornments in front of non-mehram males.
If a woman moves around in public with full make-up and
all her adornments on display, it is obvious that she will attract the
lust-filled and undue attention of other non-mehram males. Such display of her beauty and modesty is
absolutely unacceptable in Islam.
Al-Muwatta Hadith 48.7
Narrated Abu Hurayra that the Messenger of
Allah (saws) said, "Women who are naked even though they are wearing
clothes, go astray and make others go astray, and they will not enter
Sahih Muslim Hadith 6840 Narrated by Abu Hurayrah
Allah's Messenger (saws) said: ‘There are two
types, amongst the denizens of Hell, I have yet not seen them. One possessing whips like the tail of an ox
and they flog people with them. (The second are) the women who would be naked
in spite of their being dressed, who are seduced (to wrong paths) and seduce
others with their hair high like humps. These women would not get into Paradise
and they would not perceive the odour of
If one trusts, obeys, and follows the guidance and
commands of Allah and His Messenger (saws),
one can be assured of never ever being misled; but if one believes, obeys and follows any
other guidance, other than that of Allah and His Messenger (saws), one can be
assured of being led astray.
Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only due to
Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me alone. Allah Alone Knows Best and He is the Only
Source of Strength.
Your brother and
well wisher in Islam,
Burhan
Wister