Whenever Brothers bring the topic of Women not covering themselves according to Qur'an and Sunnah,

Women retaliate with the statement:

"And YOU should be lowering your Gaze Brother"

For some reason, making this ‘counter argument’ is the end of discussion where the Women think they've
"won" the argument.

For a moment, lets consider a World where all the Muslim Men are lowering their gaze, does that mean
Women can continue to dress however they choose to?

Of course not, why?

Because REGARDLESS of Men lowering their Gaze or not, Women have to cover their Awrah as that is a
commandment from Allah swt!

Even if ALL the Muslim Men were lowering their Gaze as the Sisters keep insisting, there will always be Non
Muslim Men lusting over the beauty of Sisters who don't cover their Awrah offline or online. Do the Sisters
now expect even the Non Muslim Men to lower their gaze before they accept that they have to cover their
Awrah regardless of Men lowering their gaze or not?

Lets turn the tables for a moment and imagine a Muslim Brother is showcasing his 6 pack Abs, barely
clothed and showing off his Body. If at that point, Muslim Sisters ask him to cover his Awrah online as he
should, imagine if he says: "Sister YOU should be

lowering your Gaze" See how pointless the argument is? Retaliating with what the other Gender is failing to
do, doesn't solve the ongoing fitnah. Lowering of the Gaze is a command for BOTH genders. Covering the
Awrah too is a command for BOTH genders. The only difference is that what is defined as the 'Awrah'
differs for the two Genders Why? Because the two Genders themselves are different from each other
hence different rules for each If Allah swt asks the Sisters WHY they didn't cover themselves, will their
answers be: 'But the Brothers should be lowering their Gaze' ?

And when Allah swt questions the Brothers WHY they didn't lower their gaze, will their answers be: 'But the
Sisters should be dressing appropriately' ?

Do you see how ridiculous it sounds? Its about time that we stop shifting the blame whenever each gender
is advised to observe what is FARDH (obligatory) for them. We need to accept what is lacking in our Deen,
because the excuses we give to each other here, won't protect us on the Day of Judgement. O Allah,
protect us from the tricks of Shaytan and help us all in lowering our gaze and covering our Awrah