Ruling Concerning Ridiculing a Woman who Wears the Proper Hijab and Covers Her Face
Question: 7844
What is the ruling concerning one who
ridicules those who wear the proper hijab and cover their faces and hands?
Praise be to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon the Messenger of Allah and his family.
Whoever ridicules a Muslim woman or man for sticking to and
applying the teachings of Islam is a
disbeliever. This is regardless of whether it is concerning woman’s hijab
or any other matter of the Shariah. This is based
on the following narration from ibn Umar: At a gathering during the Battle
of Tabuk, one man said, “I have not seen
anyone like our Quranic readers who is more desirous of food, more lying
in speech and more cowardly when meeting
the enemy.” A man said, “You have lied and you are a liar. I
shall definitely tell the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon
him) about that.” That news was conveyed to the Messenger of Allah
and the Quran was revealed. Abdullah ibn Umar
added, “I saw the man holding on to the bag of the camel of the
Messenger of Allah and the dust was striking him while he
was saying, ‘O Messenger of Allah, we were just joking and playing. The
Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) was
simply saying the verse of the Quran],
“Was it Allah, and His Signs and His Messenger you were mocking? Make
no excuse, you have disbelieved after you had
believed. If We pardon some of you, We will punish others among you
because they were sinners” (al-Tauba 65-66).
So ridiculing believers has been equated with ridiculing Allah, His Signs
and His Messenger.
Source:
The standing Committee
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