Scribd
Upload
70 views1 page

Understanding Hijab: Meaning and Significance

Hijab refers to a veil worn by Muslim women that covers the head and chest in the presence of adult males beyond puberty. It represents modesty, privacy, and morality. While the Quran stresses modesty for both men and women, it does not specifically require women to cover their heads or faces. The Quran uses words like khimar and jilbab rather than hijab to refer to veiling, with hijab referring more broadly to rules of modest dressing.

Uploaded by

Daniel Djayapranata
Copyright
© Attribution Non-Commercial (BY-NC)
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
70 views1 page

Understanding Hijab: Meaning and Significance

Hijab refers to a veil worn by Muslim women that covers the head and chest in the presence of adult males beyond puberty. It represents modesty, privacy, and morality. While the Quran stresses modesty for both men and women, it does not specifically require women to cover their heads or faces. The Quran uses words like khimar and jilbab rather than hijab to refer to veiling, with hijab referring more broadly to rules of modest dressing.

Uploaded by

Daniel Djayapranata
Copyright
© Attribution Non-Commercial (BY-NC)
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd

Hijab" or "ijb" [1][2][3][4] (/hdb/, /hdb/, /h.

db/ or /hdb/; Arabic: ,pronounced [idb] ~ [ib]) is a veil that covers the head and chest, which is particularly worn by a Muslim female beyond the age of puberty in the presence of adultmales. It can further refer to any head, face, or body covering worn by Muslim women that conforms to a certain standard of modesty. It not only refers to the physical body covering, but also embodies a metaphysical dimension, where al-hijab refers to "the veil which separates [5] man or the world from God. Hijab can also be used to refer to the seclusion of women from men in the public sphere. Most often, it is worn by Muslim women as a symbol of modesty, privacy and morality. According to the Encyclopedia of Islam and the Muslim World, modesty in the Qur'anconcerns both men's [6] and women's gaze, gait, garments, and genitalia." Although the Qur'an stresses modesty, it does not specifically require women to keep their heads or faces covered. In fact, the Qur'an never explicitly uses the term hijab in reference to body veiling in any context, instead utilizing the words khimr () and jilbb ( ) , not hijab. Hijab or Hejab refers to The Rules of covering up. It never references the specific item or items of clothing used to cover up.

You might also like