Can anyone explain why this is ok? ?

Question

<---and to extend their headcoverings (khimars) to cover their bosoms (jaybs), and not to display their beauty 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 brothers' sons, or their sisters' sons, or their womenfolk.....---> Ok i dn't want to include the entire verse because i'm trying to focus on 1 point here, that indicates it's ok to show your beauty to your brothers, fathers, etc. I don't understant why that is ok? I thought any man will have sexual desires, and those who have no respect for anyone would even look at their own sisters in the wrong way. It's not just me saying this, but i heard of many cases where fathers and even brothers misbehave with their sisters/daughters (tauba).. But you get my point...

Answer 1

Allah is providing a woman a relaxed atmosphere in which she can take off her hejab in that verse. Since our religion is practical if there is a man who is lustful in one&#039;s family and it is revealed, of course the woman would cover in that man&#039;s presence. Also most families are usually healthy minded and especially when they follow Islam values. Even in Kafir families there are people who can be trustd to only want his own wife and would be appalled at lusting after his sister, mother, aunt, cousin etc.

Answer 2

In Islam you are not allowed to marry those individuals but it doesn&#039;t mean you can be naked in front of them. You may not have to wear hijab/khimar but you still have to be modest.

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Answer 3

and your point ?

Answer 4

its not okay..its disrespectful...thats why many people not part of that

Answer 5

Yes, it is ok. No normal parents or brothers would do harm to their offsprings or sibling unless their abnormal.

Answer 6

yea i get what you mean but to my knowledge i haven&#039;t heard of any muslim brothers, or fathers who have ever misbehaved with with there sisters/daughters

Answer 7

its definetely not ok, but there&#039;s always a pervert in ones family. And its sad to knoe that not even at your own house its safe.

Answer 8

My Algerian friend told me they are always taught not to wear tank tops or shorts in front of the male family members.  Just to take off the hijab but still dress modestly.

I mean, I don&#039;t even feel comfortable in racy clothing in front of my mother.  Not because she is going to have feelings, bt because it is common courtesy on my part not to show off my body or make her look at my body.  It&#039;s my business!

Answer 9

quite an exaggeration to say brothers and fathers like thier sisters daughters.

Answer 10

We do our part and the rest is up to Allah. So there will always be sickos out there but that&#039;s not our job to worry about. We should just keep the commands of Allah. Seeing one another fully (without awra) builds bonds and a closeness. Perhaps this is why it&#039;s allowed in the family setting.

Nichole

Answer 11

First point I have to make is that the translation of that verse is wrong, the correct translation is: &quot;...And tell the believing women to lower their gaze and be modest, and to display of their adornment only that which is apparent, and to draw their veils OVER their bosoms...&quot;. It does not translate to &quot;cover their bosoms&quot;. This means that the believing woman should draw theirs veils over to their bosoms. Think about the veil a woman wears on her wedding day, it starts from her head to the bottom of her face. In this verse, a woman must draw her &quot;Khimar&quot; from her head over her bosom.  

So that does not mean a woman has to cover her bosoms and show it only to her husband, father, brother, etc. It means that which you cover (Khimar) or usually referred to as the Hijab (covering) the hair, neck, ears, and it should go down to the bosoms. This verse does not mean show your b*****s. Your beauty doesn&#039;t necessarily mean your bosoms and your private parts. Your father and brothers and uncles and whatnot can see your hair and your neck and your ears. Her bosoms are obviously covered with the clothing she is wearing, but upon leaving the house, she should wear the Khimar from her head to her bosoms.

Answer 12

In some cultures females wear very tight and short clothes displaying beauty of their body parts to get attention of men.  They try to be as s**y as they can.  With that kind of provocating clothes even brothers can get satanic ideas.  Asker is right about that.

Muslim females from age 12 are required to cover themselves the way Ayah says when they go out.

They are supposed to wear loose clothes all the times which do not show curves of their chest and their behind.  Islam teaches females to do totally opposite  to the females of  other cultures  I mentioned above.  

Ayah  simply means that in presence of your family members who can not marry you, you do not need to cover beauty of your face.  Muslim women wear  a long piece of cloth in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh to keep it on their bossoms inside the house in presence of their male family members  in addition to wearing loose outfits.

It also covers their area below their their waist..

If a young women feels  some closest family member looks at her with lusty eyes, then she should cover herself in such a way that makes him feel that she  does not consider him a family member  and also she should not be friendly to him and never be alone in house in his presence.   The Ayah also says to men and women both to keep their gaze down.  This is to restrict the wandering eyes of wierd male family members.  She can politely remind to such a person of family that Allah commands in Quran for men to  keep their gaze down in presence of young women.  He will undestand and correct his behaviour.

Usually girls are very sharp in recognizing the way a male looks at them  and know how to avoid such person&#039;s coming close to her.    

Answer 13

Beauty does not mean privates or genitals.

You can sit with your brother; father and sisters in a room with your hair, arms, and neck revealed for example; but you can&#039;t do it with strangers.

Incest or such sick sexual desires are not dominant; they are an exception, and we cannot generalize a rule or Hukm for an exception.

Some people who are late at night in the streets got killed and raped. We cannot make a law to forbid people from staying out late at night bacuse of that exception.